America In The Future Essay

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These words should sound familiar to most people. They were included in the Declaration of Independence, which was mainly written by Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration announced America’s separation from Britain, tyranny, and the monarchy.

The Brookings Report provides a useful lens on America’s future by recognizing the demographic shifts that are transforming the metropolitan areas of today. The five new realities represent new changes to metropolitan areas such as the continued growth and outward expansion of our population; its ongoing racial and ethnic diversification; the rapid aging on the horizon; our increasing but selective higher educational attainment; and the intensified income polarization experienced by workers and families

Most U.S citizen views America as a country spiraling out of control. There is a sense of fear and prevailing doom as the country faces serious issues such as a growing debt and uncontrolled spending. In the article, “America remains the world's beacon of success, Tim Roemer begs to differ otherwise. Roemer points out that America has a lot going for it, for example,” The United States has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world. It is a country full of accomplishments, hope and worth fighting for. This is why America is admired by many and attracts immigrants from all around the world.

The following memorandum is a direct response to Robert Reich’s book Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future (2013). It includes an overview of Reich’s diagnosis of the economic issues facing America, as well as relevant analysis for consideration by the President and Congress. The following text considers a potential prescription for the issue of income equality and a prediction regarding the potential action or inaction of the United States government on these issues.

Poverty in the United States has been a very big issue throughout its history. Poverty is both an economic condition and a social concept. Poverty in the United States first took place in the 19th century and till this day. Poverty was caused by people being selfish and not allowing everyone to have a chance on being successful. Poverty took a big hit from the Great Depression to the Great Recession that led millions of people down. Since then the poverty rate has been going up and down, never keeping a steady pace. “In the late 1950s, about 22 percent of Americans nearly 40 million people were on poverty” ("Poverty"). This means that poverty is a big issue and everyone needs to contribute to fixing this problem. Since this is a big issue

Imagine living on the streets. Knowing that you can not provide enough for your family. Barely hanging on. About 50,144,955 people in America feel this everyday. These people are in poverty, the state of being extremely poor. This one issue is what is holding us back as a whole. It needs to be eradicated in order to move forward, but we need to start small. We need to start in our state, Connecticut. There are many things that can be done to stop poverty, and it needs to start now. Poverty is holding America and the world back, in order to move forward together, it needs to be put under control through giving to the poor and getting voices heard.

We have a huge moral obligation as individuals and as a society to reduce poverty. We should increase social programs, minimum wage, food stamps and educational programs, employ the homeless and much more. Research shows that children from families of poverty have more stress leading to mental damage. Many people work for the minimum wage and even the hardest of workers only make a little money. Why is it that we help mainly the people who are lazy and do not deserve it? If anything cut welfare and increase minimum wages. Society as a whole needs to be motivated and encouraging as a community. The military should get cuts and then we could increase minimum wage and welfare. Businesses should help in supporting charities. With supporting charities,

America today is no longer a place in which we embrace the uniqueness of every individual, instead, today’s society heavily influences its citizens through the thoughts of other people, media, and by instilling fear of being different; they do so by giving the people the ability to “choose” who they want to be, in other words false choice. Throughout history there have been times in which all individuals in a certain area such as America, have made a drastic change to the way that they live in; the first one being The Great Awakening, followed by the Red Scare, which later is proceeded by World War 2(WW2). With the ability to spread one’s ideas to a large crowd over papers, online, and radio made it easier for their beliefs to spread and influence them. The only thing that prevents us from sticking to our beliefs, from what we desire to do, is the fear to be different.

Knowledge on how to make a better tomorrow while being an everyday American in America. Is something we all want to know how to do. Little do we know it all begins with history. Knowing your facts knowing what happened in the past can help better our future. So, studying and learning about American history makes a big impact on society. It’s a source we can consider getting an understanding of human interaction and how everything came to be the way it is today. So, it is left to us to share our history on to the next generation and so forth. This responsibility is not just story telling but it’s a chance for us to tell our experiences to the best of our ability. From viewing Howard Zinn’s chapter one its explains the history of Christopher Columbus and it doesn’t leave out what

In the year 1619, the new land of America had been settled and populated. There was a problem though; there was much work to do and not enough people to fill those positions. According to the professor of history at South Carolina State University, Doctor Stanley Harrold, “The Atlantic slave trade began in Africa in the mid-1400s and lasted into the 19th century. Initially, Portuguese traders purchased small numbers of slaves from kingdoms on the western coast of Africa and transported them for sale in Portugal and Spain. The Atlantic slave trade did not become a huge enterprise until after European nations began colonizing the Americas during the 1500s. During the 1600s the Dutch pushed the Portuguese out of the trade and then contested the British and French for control of it. By 1713 Britain had emerged as the dominant slave-trading nation. In all, the trade brought more than 10 million Africans to America…” (Harrold). The slave trade started with only 20 slaves being brought to Virginia but the trade started to boom when the realization that slavers were cheaper than indentured servants and more abundant.

My hope for the future is the continuation of what we have done over the years. Our boldness, unity, and unselfishness have made our country into the country it is today, which is one of the strongest countries in all of the world. Our country is not perfect. We make mistakes but we do try our very best. America will be an unbreakable force that will prevail in the

America is a great place, and we need to continue our progress to make sure she continues to be the greatest country in the world. My first hope for America’s future is decreasing the 19 trillion dollars we have in debt to other countries. My second hope for America is changing our current tax break policy. It needs to be readjusted to benefit all Americans as currently it is more beneficial to the wealthy. My last hope for America is that we as a nation do a better job showing our appreciation to our veterans.

The difference between today and the past in United States .Today we have the welfare to take care of people who has no money and to let them have free food and in some way they will find a home for you. But when Jurgis and his family came to united states no one take care of them and they were starving no one helped them . So that represent the life of immigrants today is really different than the past .the immigrants in the past came to the United States to become citizens in United States. They worked hard to achieve the American dream. According to the jungle book the author tells us that the American dream was specious not true. Today’s law any person under 16 years old cannot work and you are above 16 years old you should have papers shows that you are really in that age. But in the book Ona and the other kids were working and they made a fake papers to make their age older than they really are. The safety is really a big different between today and in the jungle book.

Today, in the 21st century, English has become one of the most used languages around the world. It is so widely used that linguists have considered it to be the new ‘lingua franca’. Along with its language the United States is one of the most influential countries around the globe. There is no denying its presence in everything from international politics to entertainment. In fact, it is thought to be the only country that rivals the world 's once-great empires in terms of its global impact. In an article written by Mclean, she proclaims, “the U.S dominates world politics by providing the language, ideas, and institutional frameworks around which much of the world turns” (2). However, the United States did not just become an imperial power over night. From the middle of the 19th century till present time the U.S has been intervening in foreign lands. One country that has been immensely influenced by English colonization, to present day, is the Island of the Philippines. Whether it was consciously or not, the control of the Philippines by U.S after the Spanish-American War was a small step towards world power. A brief look into Philippines’ history shows how much different the island would’ve been without English rule. Although the Philippines were not pleased with the transfer of power over to America in the Treaty of Paris, the short 50 year rule proves to have had a major impact on Philippine culture, customs, and politics today.

The way the future is heading seems to be very clear but as before things may