TEAM
GULF
THE DISAPPEARING MIDDLE CLASS
Tax dollars are being misused (Story of Broke)
Taxes are being used to help clean up the governments messes
Subsidies are supposed to help companies help us, the tax payers
RICH BECOMING RICHER
Wealth is being carried from generation to generation
Too much wealth (What is Broke)
Education
Wealthier areas are getting better schooling and better facilities to learn in
Living Conditions
With wealth being passed down, poor areas are only becoming poorer
The class system is decided by wealth (The New Class System)
Average well-being is no longer dependent on wealth or economic growth (How Inequality Harms Societies)
Countries with larger gaps in wealth are becoming affected (How Inequality Harms Societies)
THE PEOPLE LOSING THEI POWER AND SAY IN THE GOVERNMENT
Corporations are spending large amounts of money backing canidates that follow their agendas (Citizens United v. FEC)
Were granted the same rights as citizens in the first amendment (Citizens united v. FEC)
Capitalism is becoming far too powerful (How Capitialism is Killing Democracy)
Negatively affecting the people and taking away from what really needs to be done
Capitalists and democrats are no longer working as one (How Capitalism is Killing Democracy)
Each has a own tasks to acomplish as one, and togeter, but are failing to do so
Those with wealth now have the power (Money and Corruption and Politics)
THE AMERICAN DREAM
Generation shifts (What is the American Dream)
Everyone having the opportunity to move up in the world
As a child, being told that you can do/be whatever you want
Everyone has the same opportunity regardless of race or gender
The Dream will never Die (Does the American Dream Exist)
People will always have dreams and goals that they want to achieve
Financial Stability will always be the set goal
CORPORATIONS FOCUSING TOO MUCH ON THEIR PROFITS
Granted the same rights as the people in the first amendment (Citizens United v. FEC)
Poloticians are now more focused on fundraing than the Amerian people (Money and Corruption and Politics)
Circular Economy (Re-Thinking Progress: The Circular Economy)
Rethinking how we use goods
Goods of today become the resources of tomorrow
5 Main Principles (Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Circular Economy)
1) Waste is food, 2) Diversity is strength, 3) Energy must come from renewable sources, 4) Prices must tell the truth, and 5) Thinking in terms of systems is key—how one thing influences another within an entire system.
Licensed technologies
Waste can build capital
A new system would rethink the entire business practice (Ellen MacArther Foundation: Circualr Economy)
Products from Rohner are "safe enough to eat" and and the water from the plant is as clear or cleaner than water going into the town as drinking water
Linear Economy (Re-Thinking Progress: The Circular Economy)
Products are used and thrown out
Creates large amounts of waste