This is a political post, but not the usual kind.
 

Most political posts focus on division. I’m not interested in shouting 

matches or picking sides like it’s a sports team.
 

This post is meant to bring us together.
 

Traveling has made me ask some hard questions about life in America.
 

I love America, and if you’re American, I hope you do too. That’s why I think these questions matter.
 

If America is so great, then why:

• Do our roads have so many potholes?
• Is New York so dirty when cities like Rome are cleaner, even after thousands of years?
• Why are there so many homeless people in Los Angeles? 
• Is healthcare so broken? If you get sick and can’t work, it’s easy to fall into debt.
• Is food so expensive here, when the same food is cheaper and healthier in other countries?
• Are so many people unhappy?
• Is higher education so expensive, yet still doesn’t guarantee a job?
• Is our infrastructure in such bad shape?
• Is the tax system so complicated?
• Why aren’t affluent people from other countries rushing to live here?
• Do people worry so much about retirement, with many working well past retirement age?
• Do we pay so much and get so little in return?
• Is maternity leave so limited?
• Is childcare so expensive?
• Are so many luxury apartments being built while many adults can’t afford to buy homes?
• Is it so hard to find a new job after age 50?
   

If we’re the beacon lights for other nations, why are they doing some of these things better than we are? 

Aren’t we supposed to set the standard? 

The answer is simple. 

I believe it comes down to discrimination, and America definitely discriminates, especially by one color: green.
 

Everything else is a distraction to keep us divided, instead of fixing the real problems.