Gavin..
Like, not just trying to grow up too fast, or just trying to act older. Like the minds are actually maturing way faster.
No, this question isn't full of irony.
Answer
In hard times, young people appear to grow up (mature) faster than in good times. Between 1945 and 1973, the United States enjoyed a post-war economic boom that was unprecedented.
Cheap oil and gas were readily available and the suburbs expanded. Millions of Americans were catapulted out of poverty and into the clean, comfortable middle-class for the first time in history. Their kids were able to enjoy lives and creature comforts that were unknown to them like televisions, cars, transistor radios, motorcycles, electric guitars, amusement parks, fast-food restaurants and video games, just to name a few.
However, that period began ending around 1973 or '74. Since that time, life has been getting tougher for a lot of American families once more and we are seeing some of the results of it with rising gang activity and more teenagers quitting high-school and going to work instead. That's what most American teenagers did before the Second World War too.
Actually, throughout most of history, kids were treated as miniature adults. They began going to work as soon as they could walk. It was only the economic prosperity periods of the 1920's, and especially the post-World War II era that enabled them to enjoy a true childhood instead.
If we don't have a strong, middle-class centered economy, powered by cheap energy sources, things will inevitably start going backwards again. . . and that's what seems to be happening right now.
In hard times, young people appear to grow up (mature) faster than in good times. Between 1945 and 1973, the United States enjoyed a post-war economic boom that was unprecedented.
Cheap oil and gas were readily available and the suburbs expanded. Millions of Americans were catapulted out of poverty and into the clean, comfortable middle-class for the first time in history. Their kids were able to enjoy lives and creature comforts that were unknown to them like televisions, cars, transistor radios, motorcycles, electric guitars, amusement parks, fast-food restaurants and video games, just to name a few.
However, that period began ending around 1973 or '74. Since that time, life has been getting tougher for a lot of American families once more and we are seeing some of the results of it with rising gang activity and more teenagers quitting high-school and going to work instead. That's what most American teenagers did before the Second World War too.
Actually, throughout most of history, kids were treated as miniature adults. They began going to work as soon as they could walk. It was only the economic prosperity periods of the 1920's, and especially the post-World War II era that enabled them to enjoy a true childhood instead.
If we don't have a strong, middle-class centered economy, powered by cheap energy sources, things will inevitably start going backwards again. . . and that's what seems to be happening right now.
Should illegal immigrants lik Jesse be deported and sent back to Mehico?
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(I heard Bush has put a motion detector for those sneaky sneaky mexicans) And i hope they put a electric current through the fences soon) I WANT THEM TO HAVE A SHOCK IN THEIR SYSTEM!!!!
Answer
A letter to the President
Dear President Bush
I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrangements. I know you can help with this.
I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here.
So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox, that I'm on my way over. Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:
1. Free medical care for my entire family.
2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.
3. All government forms need to be printed in English.
4. I want my kids to be taught by English-speaking teachers.
5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and history.
6. I want my kids to see the American flag flying on the top of the flagpole at their school with the Mexican flag flying lower down.
7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and lunch.
8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get easy access to government services.
9. I do not plan to have any car insurance, and I won't make any effort to learn local traffic laws.
10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from
President Fox to leave me alone, please be sure that all police officers speak English.
11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my housetop, put flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.
12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, and don't enforce any labor laws or tax laws.
13. Please tell all the people in the country to be extremely nice and never say a critical word about me, or about the strain I might place on the economy.
I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all the people who come to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that President Fox won't mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely.
However, if he gives you any trouble, just invite him to go quail hunting with your V.P.
Thank you so much for your kind help.
A letter to the President
Dear President Bush
I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrangements. I know you can help with this.
I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here.
So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox, that I'm on my way over. Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:
1. Free medical care for my entire family.
2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.
3. All government forms need to be printed in English.
4. I want my kids to be taught by English-speaking teachers.
5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and history.
6. I want my kids to see the American flag flying on the top of the flagpole at their school with the Mexican flag flying lower down.
7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and lunch.
8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get easy access to government services.
9. I do not plan to have any car insurance, and I won't make any effort to learn local traffic laws.
10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from
President Fox to leave me alone, please be sure that all police officers speak English.
11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my housetop, put flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.
12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, and don't enforce any labor laws or tax laws.
13. Please tell all the people in the country to be extremely nice and never say a critical word about me, or about the strain I might place on the economy.
I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all the people who come to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that President Fox won't mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely.
However, if he gives you any trouble, just invite him to go quail hunting with your V.P.
Thank you so much for your kind help.
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