With all the ignorant *!$#&'s who think the Earth is flat, the lack of education, the attacks on science by the religious idiots who want to discredit it because it is waking up their sheep who provide them with tax free cash, with all the spending going to the Military Industrial Complex, it is no wonder that the US is falling behind.
Does everything have to be a race? How about payoff the national debt and fostering healthy living?
Good idea, maybe we should frame it as a race to payoff the national debt and fostering healthy living . . . . they might buy into it then . . .