The statue of liberty has an inscription on it that says something to the effect of give us your sick, your tired, your poor. This implies at least to me that America brings a lot of people hope and simply by arriving
here in this country that great opportunity awaits anyone that works hard. When immigrants came to places like Ellis Island from economically dormant areas in Europe they viewed the icon that lady liberty and America as a whole as a beacon of prosperity, a land of milk and honey.
This view of America has always been true since our inception in 1776 despite some definite bumps in the road such as the barriers that were put up by issues such as the difficulties presented by the Articles of Confederation, the Great Depression, and the struggles for civil rights for all that we have encountered throughout our centuries as a nation. Through all this plight and unrest America has persevered and in many ways these problems that we have endured have indeed made the nation stronger.
To be perfectly honest though there are some serious tribulations that still could use some addressing in this country of ours that need to be confronted. One of these blemishes on our record is some of the immense poverty that still exists within our borders, in all pockets of the country. Don't get me wrong, this is not a utopia and I realize that fact. To expect all poverty or even a majority of poverty to be extracted from this country is not realistic in any sense of the word. There will always be poverty to some extent on every corner of this nation.
This view of America has always been true since our inception in 1776 despite some definite bumps in the road such as the barriers that were put up by issues such as the difficulties presented by the Articles of Confederation, the Great Depression, and the struggles for civil rights for all that we have encountered throughout our centuries as a nation. Through all this plight and unrest America has persevered and in many ways these problems that we have endured have indeed made the nation stronger.
To be perfectly honest though there are some serious tribulations that still could use some addressing in this country of ours that need to be confronted. One of these blemishes on our record is some of the immense poverty that still exists within our borders, in all pockets of the country. Don't get me wrong, this is not a utopia and I realize that fact. To expect all poverty or even a majority of poverty to be extracted from this country is not realistic in any sense of the word. There will always be poverty to some extent on every corner of this nation.
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