Face it; America hasn't been the number one country for a few decades, but to say that a country headed in the wrong direction for decades should have been well put together within a short four year term is offensive. The following article gives credit to President Obama for being the first African American president—that’s it. I’m a Republican, but I am not oblivious. Everyone in America(Legal citizen, Registered Voter, Illegal Immigrant, non-registered voter) contributed to where the country is now. The rich are not willing to share their fortune with anyone and the poor are unwilling to work as long as they are able to ‘get by’ with the help of the government.
So is
it really all up to one Person and the entire middle class to get America on
the right track? No. Large corporations need to quit laying off hard working
Americans, so that they can save a few thousand dollars a year by hiring ‘Steve’
half way across the country. The poor need to work—legally. Poor people should be given help if they
actually need it, but the majority of them don’t. Welfare and medical care
given by the government should not be determined by the amount of hours an
individual works in a month; rather it should be based off of annual income.
During
one of my GOV 2305-016 lectures the question of “Who’s driving if Our country
was on a road trip?”. My answer is as follows: We are driving in a Cadillac
Escalade. Our driver is the National Government. Elites and Interest Groups are
riding Shot gun and holding the Tom Tom. The middle Class is a seven year-old
riding ‘Bitch’. The upper middle class is the Older sibling working on homework,
and the poor is the Family dog that is slowly digging a hole into the gas tank.
The
article is written in a conservative newspaper which receives a large following
by Republicans, but I found this editorial more offensive than informative.
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