The United States national government is viewed as the most powerful nation in the world, the best off. But what did it really take to get there? Manipulation. There are very few people in the America who truly look after the whole without their own best interests in mind. Most all of our leaders in the past have proved this by making empty promises to win votes. You may argue that they had good intentions but whether or not that is true they didn’t follow through. That’s the important part. People have become so good at convincing others of whatever they want. It’s not good to have someone like that have great power, but they are the ones most likely to get it. The government can solve many problems and fix things for many people, but when it comes to the bigger more important things, like immigration and healthcare, they avoid it at all costs. The fact is that there is no possible way to make all people happy. There will ALWAYS be someone who doesn’t like the decisions you make. That’s when you need a leader who doesn’t care what his citizens think of him personally. He goes in there and get what needs to be done to fix the problem. There will be many people who hate him for his decisions at the time but it will be for the better good of the nation.
The government problem solving skills are very black and white. What do we do about immigration? The government will say either let numbers in or keep most out. The truth is neither is going to do a significant good for the immigrants, and letting so many in only harms America. They can do the harder job. Rather than letting a million immigrants in a year go to their home and make it better. That way they are happy and so is America. Really, helping a million immigrants a year is barely making a tiny dent but to make a better home where they are, they can help themselves and each other and make their home a better place to live.
That’s not to say government is all bad, they do plenty to help America and other nations and also we do come across some pretty amazing leaders every now and then, like Franklin D Roosevelt for example, pulling us out of the Great Depression.
In general, though, America is pretty well off and I rather be living here than in a third world country.
2 comments:
In response to Sarah Kay's blog I would like to offer you a couple of constructive criticisms (not to be confused with arguing or unabashedly demoralizing your point of view). You open with what in my eyes could be a very good start to a strong argument ("The United States national government is viewed as the most powerful nation in the world, the best off. But what did it really take to get there? Manipulation."), but you fail to provide any substantial evidence for your statements. The evidence that you do provide, like when you say that leaders have made and broken many promises, lacks detail. I feel that leaving out these important details can leave a reader asking many questions about where you reference your material.
The second paragraph is opened with another bold statement that the governments problem solving skill are black and white, in my eyes leaving the reader wanting to know more about what makes the government black and white in there problem solving skills. Then a question is asked "What do we do about immigration?", but after the question is asked it is then left open. If I may clarify by what I mean by open; I mean that the lines following the question aren't facts referenced from any thing, but they seem to be broad over generalizations about what the government has proposed to do about immigration.
The final two paragraphs don't do the job of clarifying your point. It can be said that America is a great place to live and that we are not "all bad", but I don't believe that was the point of your editorial.
So what do I suggest? Well I would suggest clarifying your points, having substantial evidence to back your points up and then try concluding your blog with one statement that can tie everything together.
Keep up the good work.
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