Lots of stuff to be scared of these days... more than usual, even in our normal fear-based-economy. The media and the pundits and the politicians love to find new things for you to be afraid of every time they want your attention or your votes or your money... but what do you think the REAL threats to America are? Vote up your biggest fears and re-rank the list in the order of most important to least important and make sure to ADD any scary stuff I missed.
http://www.ranker.com/list/the-scariest-threats-to-the-united-states/analise.dubner,
Drought
California is gripped in a drought that shows no signs of ending. Towns have already run out of water. It is getting worse all across the Western US.
Politicians
Our elected public servants may have started out wanting to change the world, but now they are just a cog in the machine that pays them.
Traffic Accidents
Over 34,000 people killed in a car in 2011.
Unenforced or Lax Safety Regulations
As manufacturers and corporations gain record levels of power with our politicians, the regulations that protect people are quietly being ignored or disempowered.
Heart Disease
The #1 and #2 killers of americans
Disregarding Our Constitution
Enterovirus 68
The enterovirus has been around for a long time, but now it's changing into something with Polio-like symptoms.
The Media Itself
They feed us whatever sells ad dollars and leave out whatever doesn't.
Poverty
It's becoming harder and harder to get out of poverty as the middle class vanishes and the rich get richer.
Isis
Scary, extremist group in Syria and Iraq.