Alright, I am an American first off.
Secondly, a lot of the replies and comments in here are ignorant and downright laughable.
I agree, a lot of my fellow Americans are fat, lazy, and sucking us dry. Those of you who generalize all Americans are ignorant (stupid). In your respectful countries I am sure there are Fat and Lazy individuals. So before you judge us as a whole know that there are some of us who are A.) Highly Educated B.) Productive Members of Society C.) Not Fat
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And the fact that Hollywood has any bearing on your opinion on the citizens of America is laughable. Hollywood is just a tiny part of the American population and inacuratly portrays all Americans. It makes us look shallow and stupid. Which I am not saying we don't have those type of people here, but you would have to concede that the sterotype person foreigners see the everyday American as exists in every country throughout the world.
America is full of people with different opinions. Before some people make generalizations about us you need to realize that not everyone in America are zombies who act exactly the same and fit the sterotype that you all seem to believe.
Getting involved in other countries problems is something a lot of people mention when speaking negatively about America. In a lot of instances (
NOT ALL) if American hadn't intervened it would have been a lot worse. Ex. When we got involved with stopping the Nazis in Europe. Without America's assistance more people would have been killed.
I think after the World Trade Center attacks, we as a country wanted payback. That is why the Bush administration pushed for a war. I do not think the war was a good choice. It simply drained our money. Basically, Bush made a rash decision we are all paying for even still today.
I do think we do get our nose where it doesn't need to be a lot. I think we should be more selfish. Stop trying to help people who don't want it and who don't appreciate it. We need to focus more on us right now before we become just as poor as the countries we help.
A lot of the deficit spending is due to having to pay for people who won't or cant work. Yes, we are in a lot of uneccessary wars. I am loyal to my country though and once were in a war I will support our
TROOPS. Even if I do not agree with said war
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My opinion is that my governement needs a revamp. Meaning cleaning house. Bush got us into a mess and even though Obama is not my favorite choice for president I cannot say his job performance is terrible because he is busy cleaning up the mess of others.
Another reason our economic situation is so bad is because we simply don't produce like we used to. At one time we were one of the worlds largest exporters. Now since many of our old companies have been moved either to Mexico, China, or Japan and we are loosing jobs etc.
This has turned more into a rant than anything so let me make my points clear. I concede there are stupid americans and lazy americans. I however point out that those types of people exist throughout the world. I concede we do get invovled too much in foreign affairs. I do point out in some situations it has benefited the countries we have gotten involved with. I do conced our goverment is going down the hole and has currupt. Though i would also point out that the other nations of the world aren't perfect and have their fair share of curruption.
Just be careful how much you sterotype people. It only makes you look stupid.