I agree, 100% with your statement. The America this, America that bullshit especially on this site is annoying to say the least. All most every comment made on here about the USA is a negative one, as if there is nothing good about it or about the people who live in it.

Most the Americans in the comments here seem like lovely people! But from what is reported of your country-the guns, the crippling healthcare expenses, teachers having to do 2 jobs, it being rare to have holiday or parental leave - I'm sorry, but I would not like to live over there.

@Alex: Fair enough. But you DO realize that all of that does not apply to most of us, right?

You mean that if you wanted abortion you could just go get one? And that you would call an ambulance if you needed to go to hospital without worrying about the price? And at your workplace you get 4+ weeks paid holiday a year? If so, I apologise for my misconceptions about your country.

Yes. Yes. No...we get three at my workplace. And apology accepted. :)

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American here and first of all, yes, most people can get an abortion of they want, but that is not a good thing. It’s sad how many babies are killed. Yes, we can call an ambulance if we need to, but unless I was dying its easier just to have my husband drive me to the emergency room, which has happened twice and no I don’t have any debt from it and I’m not wealthy just middle class. And I don’t know how many vacation days my husband gets, but he gets paid time off when he needs it. Teachers are overworked and underpaid, but people still want to be teachers bc they love children. So many good, kind hearted people here as well. There are horrible, mean people here too like everywhere, but where I live the majority are helpful and come together to help those in need. I love it here. There are a lot of rumors about the US. Some are true and some are not.

Ya know a lot of us don't like living here. Where are we supposed to go though? The US is the country people run to. Unless you have a lot of money, it's really hard to leave the US and start over somewhere else. Also, there are a lot of us.

America does have problems, and there are admittedly things to "bash" but at the same time, I have friends over in America who are wonderful people, America has some wonderful sites to see too .. the grand canyon, the giant redwoods, yellowstone, the everglades... but then there are problems, healthcare being one of them, guns being another. Hopefully someday this will be fixed so the sensible lot of you US people can have even better life. Besides, I live in the UK - we've got our own share of problems, thats for sure!

Very true. What's frustrating is that we seem to be trying to emulate the worst things about the USA, even though we can see how bad it could get.

How on earth is Cassie Mathias post so downvoted? Everything she said is 100% true. Yes - if you want to have an abortion in the USA it can be done. Yes - you can take an ambulance ride and not bankrupt yourself. Sure, it costs money, but not life changing money. And, yes - a lot of professions include plenty of vacation days. Are all the downvotes on a respectful, well written and thought out comment simply because of her beliefs? As someone who is 100% pro choice and can't even imagine agreeing with an argument siding with the other way...that comment should not be downvoted to oblivion.

Yeah, that's why I downvoted her. Babies aren't being killed, that's nonsense. Embryos and fetuses maybe but not that many. Abortion rates have been going down for years and years.

It's not a glitch in the constitution. It's cherry picking bits of the amendment. It's ignoring the "well regulated militia" part. It wasn't supposed to be everyone can have a gun, no matter what (at least as I understand it). It was people should be able to have guns if trained and regulated.

"Well regulated" meant yes, trained, but also everyone had the same stuff. The founding fathers really wanted the US to be more like Switzerland, with a citizen army and limited foreign entanglements. But, you know, you have to read past "keep and bear arms". I mean, it's not like the founders of the US wrote their thoughts down in other documents besides the Constitution.... that would just be crazy, right?

Most people have never even read the constitution let alone the federalist and non federalist papers which is why so many don't understand so much about this country citizen and non alike and its sad because this country was not made for what we see today happening that was never the intention of the founding America lost its was when the citizens lost their way sadly

That's exactly what they wanted and they were smart look at things now

You are all so misinformed on the 2a a well regulated militia is the people not military or actual militia as you picture look it is your duty to defend you and yours take for example a big city people who are anti gun right in america also want to abolish police when I in many urban areas it already takes police 1-2hours to respond go suburban or rural and imagine the wait I lived in the second largest county in the country the dozen or so sheriffs police the largest land mass in the country it takes them hours unless they happen to be in the area so imagine someone breaks into your home with full intention to harm your family what would you do to protect them when the police you want abolished don't show up for hours it will be to late by then and they will be investigating a mass homicide see where I'm going the criminal possessing a firearm criminally in the processes of committing other crimes is the issue not the family which is smart and trained as its your and only your

Obligation to ensure your offspring survive into childhood as responsible well rounded citizens its not only constitutional look in the bible it is your duty to protect the weak from evil however it must be done for your no different than the evil if you turn a cheek in a society which is free and the freedoms are only granted because of the right to bear arms you don't go to a gun fight with a knife or stone that's common sense

Adulthood not childhood

I share the opinion in this statement. There's so much going on right now that I fear for America. I lived there for 10 years and you never know a country or its people until you live in it. I have one foot in each country. One in Canada🇨🇦 and one in America🇺🇸. That will never change.

THANK YOU KATY. I say this all the time. It is such an annoyance and the same people who bash or enable it are the same ones who would chastise and criticize Americans for saying similar things and generalizing all the countrymen of other nations.

Completely agree Katy, it's become very tedious.

The far right has got as far as they've got in your country because they put in the hard yards. They joined all the small organisations. They took over schools and churches and scout groups. And they worked their way up. You can wring your hands all you want, but if you and people who think like you don't show that level of commitment, then they will keep winning.

They're not the majority of Americans. They've infiltrated our govt that's how they keep winning. They make sure "undesirable" voters have a very hard time voting. The rich pay for spots in our judicial branch. They slime their way in by cheating that's why they think others cheat bc they do. That's why some of the idiots think there was voter fraud wo and evidence bc they would cheat on a mass scale if they could.

Especially since the Marxist left is what has infiltrated everything down to schools and churches not the right smhhh

You are oblivious to what anything in america is or stands for foreigners are so confused as to what far right or far left even mean mass media corrupts the minds of people and spreads lies and propaganda worldwide and has for decades only recently have they started doing so in america propaganda is a type of weapon of war educate yourself the knowledge is attainable by everyone

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