Argumentative Essay: Is America Still The Free?
Is America still the land of the free or is it just for some people?
In the past few months there has been a lot of stories about black women and men, even children, who has been slaughtered by the police. And I say slaughtered, because that is how it was. For example Michael Brown, the police said Michael had attacked them, tried to grab an officer’s gun and hit him. They said the officer only acted in self defense. But here is the funny thing, there are no evidence at all that it happened. Witnesses say that Michael never tried to attack officer Wilson, there were no fingerprints on the gun and after the encounter officer Wilson did not have a single scratch. That makes you wonder if the police did just make up the story to have a reason …show more content…
It costs about 30’000 $ for a Bachelorette Degree, and a Master Degree is even more expensive. Even though America has less taxes than us, it is still an outrageous amount of money to pay and save up for. Most students have to take out a student-loan and live in debt for many years after they have graduated. Without a higher education you do not get very far in life, so about 70 percent of America’s youths have an average debt of 28’400 $ by the time they leave college. If you have to live your whole life paying back 30’000 $ plus an interest rate, that is not freedom. You will have to adapt your life around your debt and that is not the way you should have to live.
Although there are many arguments as why America is not the land of the free, there are a good amount of arguments as of why America is the land of the free. Even though USA has a pretty high amount of debt and some political worries, it is still a stable country to live in. In the Economic Freedom of the World by James Gwartney, Robert Lawson, and Joshua Hall, USA is ranked 12th which is pretty good even though they have dropped 10 places since 2000.
They also have not had any civil war since 1865 and even though there has been some debates about the situation between Iraq and the US, it is still a safe country to live in. We must not also forget that
In the past few months there has been a lot of stories about black women and men, even children, who has been slaughtered by the police. And I say slaughtered, because that is how it was. For example Michael Brown, the police said Michael had attacked them, tried to grab an officer’s gun and hit him. They said the officer only acted in self defense. But here is the funny thing, there are no evidence at all that it happened. Witnesses say that Michael never tried to attack officer Wilson, there were no fingerprints on the gun and after the encounter officer Wilson did not have a single scratch. That makes you wonder if the police did just make up the story to have a reason …show more content…
It costs about 30’000 $ for a Bachelorette Degree, and a Master Degree is even more expensive. Even though America has less taxes than us, it is still an outrageous amount of money to pay and save up for. Most students have to take out a student-loan and live in debt for many years after they have graduated. Without a higher education you do not get very far in life, so about 70 percent of America’s youths have an average debt of 28’400 $ by the time they leave college. If you have to live your whole life paying back 30’000 $ plus an interest rate, that is not freedom. You will have to adapt your life around your debt and that is not the way you should have to live.
Although there are many arguments as why America is not the land of the free, there are a good amount of arguments as of why America is the land of the free. Even though USA has a pretty high amount of debt and some political worries, it is still a stable country to live in. In the Economic Freedom of the World by James Gwartney, Robert Lawson, and Joshua Hall, USA is ranked 12th which is pretty good even though they have dropped 10 places since 2000.
They also have not had any civil war since 1865 and even though there has been some debates about the situation between Iraq and the US, it is still a safe country to live in. We must not also forget that