Today's problems revolve largely around work ethic and in my opinion it's easy to see why.
30 years ago there was a lot of opportunity to learn how to work. Families had a yard, garden, animals that kids participated in maintaining. They had the opportunity to mow the old lady's yard next door. They walked or rode their bikes frequently. Many worked after school.
Fast forward 30 years. Kids are more and more being raised in an apartment setting. The opportunity to work is simply not as available and there are many more kids. Hell now days you are taking a risk hiring a kid under 18. People don't feel as safe letting their kids walk or ride their bikes anywhere. After school it's homework time or sit on the couch time and text away. The kids are connected with the other ones sitting on their asses and no effort is required. So are the adults. Many of which have become over weight because they to have bought into today's ways.
AND the kids that do want to work in their urban settings don't have job's or leaders to mentor them. Their choices are severely limited by their urban setting. Unless you consider the Starbucks manager a mentor.
Things have defiantly changed and until parents themselves realize it and get off their own asses their kids will be a product of them.
America has forgotten how to make their own coffee much less how to work.
The same fat lazy's who are screwing up their kids are the ones who complain about the illegals taking their jobs. Bottom line is the fat and lazy's wont do the hard work the Mexicans will do. They are the same ones that cut off the guy in the new red Corvette because after all how dare he have worked his ass off all his life and be able to afford that. They don't respect the effort=reward concept. They are the same ones that feel life has dealt them a tough hand because they haven't got off their asses and earned it.
They feel entitled to something for nothing and so do their fat offspring.
Today's Americans better wake up quick.