Do us American not see the trouble we are in?
540087
Or we could just grant the illegals working papers and collect income tax from them.\n\nEDIT: Just a bit of history, the same agruments were made many time in the past century and a half. They were made about the Irish imigrants, the Italian imigrants, the Japanese Imigrants, etc, etc, etc... However, they soon assimilated and the country prospered.
414320
America is currently facing many problems, however a drastic decline in it's power is doubtful.  According to most rankings that take into account all aspects of a nation, The usa is by far the most powerful, and is more powerful than the second and third most powerful countries combined.  However, if our country continues on its current trend yes there will be problems.  Our currency is depreciating, and the gap between rich and poor is growing under the current administration, and there is also talk of starting our third war in this regime.  The only reason why i think that America won't decline though is because the Republicans will have nobody else to blame after this term, and once they are voted out these problems will be addressed.  The republicans control everything now and have lost their scapegoat.  The only people they have to blame our themselves.
934574
most haven't done anything. however, america has its own problems. most people are protesting about darfur when they walk by homeless people out in the streets everyday that are cold and hungry too and people just walk by without a second thought. we have our own problems now that we need to fix. we dont need to police the world either. let the countries handle their own problems.
238155
I don't think we are blind about it we just don't do anything about it...if we all write letters and complain to the government something might happen......but I see  your point...
1147929
There's at least one American out here who agrees with you.  Such a sad state of affairs.  And the worst thing about it is that people can't see it.  Doesn't anybody look beyond the nice news stories the Republican-owned press keeps putting out?  For instance, http://www.democracynow.org (an independent media outlet) has a daily M-F show that goes beneath the surface on what's happening in the US and in other parts of the world.  We're conditioned to believe our beloved country can do no wrong... but it's time to grow up and open our eyes.
693750
The US is nothing like the USSR of yesterday.  The fact that you can openly complain about our government shows the difference.  Sure we have our problems here but, Americans really have it good.
43165
I think Americans get along with each other rather well compared to some developing countries.  This country needs both liberals and conservatives to keep both extremes honest and moderated.  Neither extreme is right all the time.
1098293
To Frell with Mexico, Iraq and the rest of the world. We have our own problems in this country that aren't being addressed and people are to blind and to stupid to see it. \n\nIllegal’s are doing the jobs that we as (99.99%) Americans don't want to do. Most Americans are lazy and have no idea what a good day of hard labor is and how it makes you feel before, during, and after. I have worked the fields and know what it is like. I know where my fruit and vegetables come from and what is involved in getting them to the tables of America.\n\nWe like are fore-fathers are being tax with out representation. In state after state after state our money is being spent with nothing to show after it is spent. In Washington State, the elected governor was not allowed to take office because of the DNC bitched moaned and groaned because they didn't win and they went to court to get there losing candidate in office. When that person got in there, they raised the gas tax by 9 cents a gallon, raised vehicle tabs by instituting a weight class tax and put a tax penalty on all land subdivision under, in most counties of $20,000 per subdivision.\n\nThe National Guard, which was to take the place of the local militia and State protection, are being used for Federal use in places and ways that the regular Army is suppose to be used for. The men and women of our armed forces are acting selflessly in the support of a government and a majority of people that it is not worthy of serving.  \n\nAnd Mexico does not have as much oil as you might think. Venezuela has more oil than Mexico does. You want to go to war for oil go there. There are better technologies to run you cars and trucks with than Oil. Water for one. Electricity is another. People need to start doing for this country first and for most. Seal the boarders and start with America First.
1164039
The United States of America do doubt about it.
373469
Being from England I'll just let you run yourselves down.\nSeriously though, I like America. Here in the UK some would say we have the same problems as you do. You are a larger Country, have proportionately more people and have proportionately more of the worlds dislike heaped on you.\nSorry.
470033
Wait....what? They have a problem with us?
585727
Yes, I totally agree!\n\nI'm not trying to sound ignorant here, but the average American is rather close-minded to the rest of the world. They need to get their heads out of their butts, and learn that others really do exist out there. \n\nI think that's part of the overall reason why other nations feel resentment towards them.
447996
for one thing,americans are spoiled. it's true.  people come here from other countries and they work harder than most americans because we are complacent.
465701
because we are american
273681
We may have a lot to complain about but at least we have civil rights. Many people, like my husband, flee a country with a  political regime that makes daily life for its citizenry downright miserable. What we complain about in the USA is frivolous and petty in comparison with the real troubles facing citizens of many of the countries in the world today.
342514
We've tried fighting terrorism, but started a war against the wrong people, we'd like to think we're more secure, but we aren't, and we've generally upset the world community.  Our economy is plunging and there is a great unrest among Americans and the world against America.  Our government doesn't seem to do anything right and now they have the lowest approval ratings in history.  Basically, the US is going to hell in a handbasket.  So much so that I want to go live in Canada or Australia...and I'm a US Veteran.
1185515
No. If we continue on in this manner we are doomed to self destruct and become a second world country. The number one problem with the American people is that we for some reason think that only people who have never struggled to make it understand the needs of the other 85% of Americans.