why dont presidential canidates talk about murder in our country.?

Question

With all the murder, shootings, gangs and taggers why are they so concerned about other countries. It seems as though they just want to look good and not say the wrong things. I would think if they really cared and talked about solving these issues they would get elected. I dont meet to many people that think differently than I do. Of course we have to care about the well being of our troops as I served in the army and saw how badly our government treats our troops. But we need to start worrying about why people cant walk down the street in our own country. Until we solve these issues here I can't see us making a big impact in these other countries.

Answer 1

In the old East Germany, a young girl could walk home in the most darkened streets at 4:00 in the morning without any concern for being mugged, assaulted or offered drugs. (I know this from my own in laws.) In that same town, that is no longer safe today due to drug addicts and skinhead gangs.

You tell me who had the freedom?

30,000 people are killed by guns in the US each year, far more than were ever killed trying to cross the Berlin wall. The United States is the most dangerous civilized country in the world.

But wait, we wouldn't want to do anything to fix that - that would be unpatriotic!!!

Answer 2

They only care about the issues that effect the elite.. Crime can happen anywhere.. but many times in areas where there is poverty.. Do you really think any politicians no matter how much they say, actually gives a damn? And one more thing they only care about other countries problems as they affect the, why else would we go into a country that never attacked us in the first place? Why not go into places like Darfur where there is a genocide... Do something besides playing sides between Isreal and Palestine... Face it as long as polticians are backed by corporations and lobbysits they will never do anything for us.. You want crime solved... you want are troops to stop being sent off and getting killed.. then you have to do the right thing.. Vote either Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich... they are the only ones who address these issues and will make change!

Answer 3

Several reasons....



1) Murder rates tend to be higher in the 'bad' parts of town. Conversely, voter registration is lower in these areas. In other words, people that vote tend to live where murder is not a 'hot' topic.



2) The day to day things that prevent murder (i.e. more cops on the streets, better enforcement and coviction rates, etc...) are controlled by state budgets, not federal.



3) Murder rates haven't really changed in the past 10 years.



http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=169&scid=12



In any society, you have to balance things. Unemployment, homelessness and child abuse are some other things that we will never eradicate. We can only fight them to a 'draw'. That's not to say that we should give up on trying to change them, but there is a point of 'diminishing returns', where you just spin your wheels, wasting time and money on a problem that is impossible to entirely solve.



As long as there are people, there will be murder. And theft and rape and drugs and hunger and pain and suffering.



These are issues that the canidates won't talk about because there are no votes in trying to solve these problems.

Answer 4

Most of the answers so far have been good. BUT, there is a very simple answer. Gun controll. NONE of the candadates want to debate about gun controll. The second amendment creates a big split with voters. There are too many voters on opposing sides of this issue, and nobody hoping to get elected wants to risk loosing that many votes.



Solving murder and violenc=gun controll



Thems the breaks..

Answer 5

Romney, we want a President who's conscious of a thank you to run a successfull company, because of the fact partly, the government is alot alike a company. want to be responsive to between the excuses why we are in debt so undesirable? we decide on officers who're not very company savvy, and who've for many human beings, relied on the government for money. Is that what we could like, to coach the full usa a thank you to place self belief in the government for money and retirement? NO!! Romney stored Mass., he made the olympics worthwhile, alongside with hundreds of different companies, he has journey that no different candidate has whilst in involves financial progression, which our usa desires desperately!!

Answer 6

Well, excluding libertarian candidates, Giuliani continuously stands on his record of decreasing crime in NYC, which, I believe, is the 5th largest government in the US (after California, Texas, etc). So he does mention murder in our country, for good reason. Some things are simply indisputable no matter what side you are on. I strongly dislike Hillary, but the fact that she has the best background in National Defense is indisputable. Whether you like Giuliani or not, his record is indisputable.

Answer 7

You see murder and other local crimes are very rare-ly federal crimes.

The states & cities are supposed to police themselves,,,,,,However when we have state National Guard units deployed all over the world, instead of protecting the states & cities that they and their families live in, we have a very bad situation.



Ron Paul not only wants to bring the troops home to protect their own states, he wants to re-organize the state by state militia to locally protect the whole country against murderers & terrorists, as it states in the U. S. Constitution.



It makes really good sense to me, and if it makes good sense to you support Ron Paul in his bid for President.

Thank you.

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Answer 8

Because crime is considered a local problem, not a national one. Your mayor, your councilmen, your governor will talk about (but not do much about) crime.



Crime is actually down in most large cities.

Answer 9

I think that is part of the problem our politicians are always looking out when in fact there are many problems which get ignored here -and our money and resources are also sent out so what are we left with? ronpaul2008.com

Answer 10

its just a political statistic anymore!!!