America Our Responsibility

The idea of America is one that is complex while remaining undeniably simple. Freedom is at the core of this country’s existence. Without freedom the United States of America would be just another continent, no different from any other sovereignty that lies on this planet. Believing that people were

The United States of America is a young country. A little over 241 years old, America still has many more growing pains she needs to go through before the vision of the Founding Fathers can be achieved. Although the nationalism found in her citizens is near intrinsic, the shortcomings of America must not be overlooked.

Our duty as Americans is to continue the rights to freedom and reinvent our own lives.

The United States was founded on a collection of core values that were officially declared on July 4th, 1776. America held steadfast in those beliefs and a nation was built with those basic building blocks, which helped America become one of the world’s most coveted places to live. Over the years, the values have diminished so much that America’s founding fathers would not recognize the country that they fought so hard to keep from the British. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are no longer connecting themes among American society.

The United States of America a country built on the idea of life, liberty and the purse of happiness. An idea so strong it lead to countless bloody battles to come true. This idea that was previously founded by the founding fathers are slowly fading. This country has been stuck in its ideology but have not done anything to make them come true. In oder to make an the ideas of the our fathers come true there must be a significant change in how the current systems. The current system in place is based on loaning money and giving unnecessary aid to other countries while letting itself suffer, however; if those were changed then United States of America might be able to progress forth.

When the Pilgrims settled into Massachusetts in 1620, they dreamed of a better life, a life away from the persecution they experienced in England from King George. They never would have dreamed that their small colony of Plymouth would blossom to be one of the largest countries in the world. And yet, nearly four hundred years later, it has become apparent to many, that America is in a downward spiral. It has come to a time where, the fate of our country could fall into the hands of one of the many people who believe it is right to persecute those of a specific religion because the actions of a small group of religious extremists. The unalienable First Amendment right of freedom of religion would be denied to more than 2.6 million people, based on uneducated assumptions. In addition to this, America has come to the point where more than forty-five million people live in poverty. Likewise, statistics show approximately 48.1 million people are in the uncomfortable position where they are insecure about their next, if not current, meal. In addition to this, our famous government, our renowned democracy, has become belittled by assumptions of political corruption. Furthermore, the morals in America have started to disappear, not only in our government, but also in our society. More kids are getting bullied and more people agree that we should rely less on faith, the very reason we built and expanded our country in the first place. Our once thriving nation

The values America was founded on such as freedom of religion and speech now seem to be lost in a modern day society where everyone is judged for everything they appear to be. In contrast to other countries we do have it quite well, but if we want to ever achieve freedom we have a lot of work to do. I think America will never become a mindless nirvana where everyone agrees with each other (as long as there’s two people, there will be an argument) but I do believe that we can do a whole lot better than what we have

My responsibility in america is to respect each and every veeran that has fought for america's freedom. When I hear the national anthem come on i do my part to stand and recognize all the people who have risked their life for me.

My responsibility to America is something I've never thought about before. I've never taken the time to look at everything that this country has given me, and what I need to give back to it. Now that I have started thinking about what this country has done not only for me, but the people around me; I have realized that for my sake, and my future family, I want to get out of here as soon as I can. I don't want to live in a country that decides that it is a better idea to supply money to the oil companies that go into other countries and create problems which lead to war, rather then using that money to give the veterans that are out on the street a place to live and food to eat. I don't want to live in a country where healthcare doesn't come

Our country has gone through a lot in the past couple months, hasn’t it? There’s been riots, shootings, peaceful rallies, and a presidential election. It all appears to be questioning the idea of what America really is. Is there ACTUALLY an American dream? Is it dead? Is it still alive? Or was there ever once a set in stone ideal lifestyle of the everyday American? So many questions, so many perspectives. It can be inferred from watching a news channel on tv, that our nation is the most dived it has been in a VERY long time and it is quite concerning. Something makes me believe that we can grasp the idea of the American dream, and work our way slowly back to where society used to be. Using teamwork. Knowledge, and perseverance, society can

If there is one thing all Americans can agree on, it is that the government is slow acting. Too slow acting, almost like it doesn’t do anything, and when it does something, its not the right thing. The easiest answer to the problem of this inefficiency is to place blame on one person or branch of the government, such as the President or Congress. However, what most Americans either do not remember or do not know is that the government was designed to be inefficient. Contrary to popular belief, the government is not meant to answer every complaint we have. The founding fathers were classically liberal, meaning they believed that the American people should and would live their lives how they desired, and the government would only interfere when one’s actions were, as philosopher John Stuart Mill described it, “other-regarding and harmful.” Today, the vision of the founding fathers is still strong in our political system, where its inefficiency is intended by design, and the discontent seen today is due to the modern-day perspective of this deliberately inefficient government.

As an American there is one responsibility which falls onto the citizens shoulders and that goal can only be achieved through enough members of the country working together. The responsibility for Americans is for the people to work together to preserve and continue to build on the greatness of this country. The work is great, the laborers few, but the time is great and it is my responsibility as an American to help this goal succeed and become a strongly seen reality. The responsibilities that citizens including myself have are expected to be met when possible. These responsibilities include voting, protesting against what is immoral and wrong, and leaving the country better than what we inherited it as, even though these are done piece by piece.

The United States of America has long been viewed by itself and others as the epitome of a free and idealistic society. But, many wonder if this country has truly lived up to these words of high praise. America was founded on the ideals of liberty, equality, opportunity, democracy, and rights. Through careful examination of American history, it was clear that America has not always lived up to the ideals stated in the Declaration of Independence.

We have the Bill of Rights, what we need is a bill of responsibilities. ~ Bill Maher. Everyone in the world has responsibilities, and as Americans we have our responsibilities as well. America is a land of freedom, by following our responsibilities we can keep the nation as great as it is. If we do not, however we will become far less free than we are now. We just take advantage of the rights we are given and we definitely do not stop to think about how they got there, and how many people had to die to give them to us.

20 years ago if you would have asked someone what they think of when you say America do you know what they would have said? That it is home of the brave and land of the free. But now they would say that America is nothing but a joke. We were once a nation that stood together and fought for each other but now all we do is fight one another. Our country has been founded for over 200 years and in those centuries we have overcome many things involving racism and equal right. Now more than you ever you would think the people of our nation would be able to love one another despite their differences but we are far from it. We are at a point were if you do not have the same values as someone else or do not believe how they believe then you are lower than them.