| Gallup Ranking |
Cost to Americans Yearly |
Problem |
Endnote |
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$435,000,000,000 |
01 Administrative Law |
01 |
| |
$105,000,000,000 |
02 Civil Lawsuits |
02 |
| 14 |
$1700,000,000,000 |
03 Crime |
03 |
| 15 |
$53,000,000,000 |
04 Foreign aid corruption |
04 |
| |
$100,000,000,000 |
05 Fraud: Health Care |
05 |
| 2 |
$233,333,333,333 |
06 Governmental Disruptions |
06 |
| 7 |
$174,000,000,000 |
07 Gun-related violence |
07 |
| 11 |
$300,000,000,000 |
08 Immigration |
08 |
| |
$39,000,000,000 |
09 Incarceration costs |
09 |
| 13 |
$53,000,000,000 |
10 Ineffective family law system |
10 |
| |
$64,000,000,000 |
11 Racial Discrimination |
11 |
| |
$63,500,000,000 |
12 Recidivism |
12 |
| |
$353,000,000,000 |
13 Regulations: EPA |
13 |
| |
$840,000,000,000 |
14 Religious Discrimination |
14 |
| |
$250,000,000,000 |
15 Tort litigation |
15 |
| |
$165,000,000,000 |
16 Unjust/Inefficient Food Distribution |
16 |
| |
$676,800,000,000 |
17 Interest on consumer debt at 6% |
17 |
| 2 |
$500,000,000,000 |
18 Interest on federal debts |
18 |
| |
$105,000,000,000 |
19 Interest on state debts at 6% |
19 |
| 1 |
$175,000,000,000 |
20 Regulations: Federal |
20 |
| 6 |
$1,000,000,000,000 |
21 Taxes - "Excess Burden" caused by taxes |
21 |
| |
$168,000,000,000 |
22 Unfunded state pensions at 6% |
22 |
| |
$92,000,000,000 |
23 Waste: Gambling losses |
23 |
| |
$224,000,000,000 |
24 Disease: Alcoholism |
24 |
| |
$203,000,000,000 |
25 Disease: Alzheimers |
25 |
| |
$225,000,000,000 |
26 Disease: Cancer |
26 |
| |
$109,000,000,000 |
27 Disease: Heart |
27 |
| |
$200,000,000,000 |
28 Disease: Mental |
28 |
| |
$112,000,000,000 |
29 Divorce |
29 |
| |
$576,000,000,000 |
30 Illness: Causing Work Absense |
30 |
| 5 |
$500,000,000,000 |
31 Poverty |
31 |
| 8 |
$40,000,000,000 |
32 Corruption of ethics |
32 |
| |
$484,000,000,000 |
33 Disease: Drug Abuse |
33 |
| 12 |
$4,500,000,000 |
34 Educational failures: college |
34 |
| |
$1,000,000,000,000 |
35 Illiteracy |
35 |
| |
$71,000,000,000 |
36 Lack of Health Training |
36 |
| |
$200,000,000,000 |
37 Lack of Sex Ed: Abortion |
37 |
| 16 |
$300,000,000,000 |
38 Lack of teamwork |
38 |
| 4 |
$520,000,000,000 |
39 Unemployment |
39 |
| 9 |
$200,000,000,000 |
40 Unnecessary health costs |
40 |
| |
$1,600,000,000,000 |
41 Bad Customer Service |
41 |
| |
$5,900,000,000,000 |
42 Angry Customers |
42 |
| |
$3,000,000,000,000 |
43 Bad Data Problems |
43 |
| |
$1,500,000,000,000 |
44 Communication Problems (10 Years) |
44 |
| |
$26,188,133,333,333 |
Total Annual Cost to the Economy |
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Medical, spiritual and legal problems afflict families because of the lack of
- family medical clinics
- family counseling centers
- family law centers
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