Open: In your opinion, what do you think is the most important problem or issue facing people in Arkansas today?
Economy based on agriculture and tourism which are both seasonal. Need more manufacturing.
Cutting of health care by Blanche Lincoln.
Jobs, the need for houses, and medical care.
Lack of infrastructure and lack of education.
Lack of application of bible principles.
Federal looting by corrupt banking oligarchs.
Job security, people losing jobs, and unemployment.
The health insurance issue is the most important thing.
I think the economy, like anyone else would say.
I think the most important problem facing people in Arkansas today is the society that we have when you want everything all at once, and the privelage that we have.
People that are on Welfare and Social Security that shouldn't be on it.
Economic crisis, jobs, and personal finances.
We're all poor except for those rich people.
Overbuilt Arkansas and looks like big city and no recycling.
Economy, quit wasting taxpayer money, lower taxes.
Federal government overstepping its boundaries and trumping state rights.
I'd say jobs, the industry is dropping bad.
Jobs, because there are not enough jobs.
I don't know. We seem to be pretty well off where we live, well, except maybe taxes.
Funding government services over a long term.
They are so dependent on social security. We have people here all their life. They can hunt and fish, and run up and down the mountains and say they can't work and still draw social security.
National standing in education and property taxes, but glad lottery passed.
Obama administration setting up government insurance.
Jobs, because there are not enough jobs for the people.
Grandparent's with kids overseas in the Armed Forces.
Japanese made products are leaving Americans without jobs.
Politicians that represents us in government.
Communication with the roads is so inferior.
Growing population of elderly people and the retired. We lose too many young graduates to other states.
I think the big debate on healthcare is very important.
There's not enough money, people just don't have enough to survive on.
We are being taxed so much or gonna be and have so much to have to pay for children, grands and great grands.
There are alot of them such as roads, bridges, and jobs.
Currently the economy and health insurance.
We do not have representation in Congress, who are not following the wishes of the people.
Whatever faces the nation faces Arkansas.
The country disintegrating from the inside.

Open: Is there another problem or issue you would like to mention?
Taxes, reduced when it doesn't take away from better roads or better education.
I think the education is good, but it could be better.
Forced to conform to Christianity in the Bible Belt.
The education system follows too many fads and doesn't give the program time to integrate to the system. Specifically the "no child left behind" consolidation has hurt many communities and eliminates tax base because the school means everything to the community.
A lot of education is not up to speed as other states.
Lack of industry and quality job opportunities.
We have politicians instead of teachers implementing learning materials.
Lack of good health care, especially in rural areas.
Education, we're not real high up on education.
Trying to get on Social Security Disability.
Ability to attract industry to Arkansas.
If we could straighten the economy out, I think everything else would straighten itself out.
Government getting in peoples business way too much.
We need to start following the constitution.
Elected officials following their own agenda, not the people's.
Several - lack of responsibility by representatives and government - no accountability.
Jobs, there aren't enough good jobs. My husband has to work outside the state because he can't find a good job in Arkansas.
The distribution of the lottery scholarship.
Not having enough jobs to go around to care for family.
Low wages, people living on the poverty line.
The economy in general and the health reform.
The healthcare thing going on in Washington.
The gradual increase in taxes especially in food.
Decisions being made on national forest.
Worried about the government running healthcare.
Yes, I'm glad we voted in the lottery for the scholarships.
People don't support the United States of America.
Between Springdale and Bella Vista, enforcement should be a lot stronger for children between 14 and 22.
Uur politicians are leading us down a dark road - we can't pray, pledge allegiance without interference.
I'd like to see them crack down on welfare.
Health program--catastrophe and shouldn't be government controlled.
Having troops in Iraq, keeps us from fighting people in America.
Transportation program; the roads are bad.
We cannot continue to be an entitlement society - the caliber of our teaching is going downhill.
We need more industrial development, more business, and more new thinking.
The housing bubble - a lot of houses are now unoccupied, because people lost their jobs and had to move away.
Cap and trade, they need to pass that , my wife's car has too much soot on it.
I would like congressmen to be more responsive to their constituents, and not worry about getting elected.
They could do the roads better, I got flooded twice.
We are losing so many freedoms. Becoming communist!
The people in goverment not doing their jobs.
Can't do anything about what's going on.

Regulate current plans. With proper guidelines. Take away cable tv, computers, and luxury living instead of making it seem like they are on a picnic or a hotel while they are in prison. Our soldiers sleep in tents and they are over there protecting our c
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