SmartCars and Bombs

To go along with some of the things discussed in class, I also feel it is ridiculous that all Americans do not have health insurance. I feel that is a governments responsibility to maintain the health of their nation. I would have no problem with a few more of my tax dollars going into my personal health insurance provided by the government. Perhaps some of the money that is pumped into the military could be rooted towards national health insurance. The US leaders are just more concerned with leaving up to the ego of being the most dominate nation in the world in terms of brute force. We've always figured that if we can blow 'em up then we have the upper hand. Perhaps this is why nations like Spain have developed much faster in the social sphere and why we have the most technologically advanced military in the world. When we started talking about how European countries develop faster than America I immediately thought about how for over five years SmartCars have been all over the European streets because of their efficiency. Just now plans have been made to have the cars sold in America next year. Another thought that came across my mind during class is how a nation like Spain funds education in relation to America and how the education systems compare as far as percent of people with college degrees and so on. Perhaps education or the way that they are educated makes a difference in how one society develops both technologically and socially faster. But if any nation with more ATMs or legal gay marriage tries to mess with us we'll blow them into smithereens, because we're the United States of America and we like blowing things up and being the protectors of the world. And if any other nation tries to gain power through weaponry or tries to challenge our power then we'll blow up everything and sacrifice thousands of our soldiers to show how "badass" we are.