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Welcome to America: A land of opportunity
where a man on Welfare can make more than a public school teacher.
Welcome to America: A land paved in gold
where we are in trillions of dollars of debt.
Welcome to America: "Liberty and Justice for all":
where our pledge does not include minors or homosexuals;
where it is not applied to the oppressed and those in debt.
Welcome to America: A land for the people
where the cooperation is clearly a person as you and me, from a political aspect.
Welcome to America: ...and by the people
where you can buy legislative power from a governor in Illinois.
Welcome to America: A effort against the "Drug War"
where we can't even keep our police officers clean.
Welcome to America: Where people and legislature see eye to eye;
where a democracy and a republic clash heads.
Welcome to America: Separation of Church and State
where we have only had two non-Protestant Presidents.
Welcome to America: A land of freedom
where women no rights until 1848, and could not vote until 1920;
where African-Americans were isolated from society until the 1960s;
where American Citizens of the same nation had to kill each other to abolish slavery.
Welcome to America: A Nation of peace
where we are always at war.
Welcome to America: A Nation united
where states are divided.
Welcome to America: A Nation of tolerance
where "the people" see Islam in the government as more of a problem than economic reform.
Welcome to America: A Democracy
where we win votes by scandals and controversy, not political action or issues.
Welcome to America: Does the system work for you?
where fitting into the system is more important than improving it.
Welcome to America: Where several police officers were killed in a cafe a couple of weeks ago;
where no one noticed because they were too preoccupied with the fact that Tiger Woods cheated on his wife.
Welcome to America: Most politicians one were lawyers;
where it seems being a celebrity gives you power equal to that.

Welcome to America where many people who read this article never got past the second line because they would rather ignore the issues than resolve them.




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saracouturier said...
today at 12:10 pm:
I really like your poem! I am new on this site and would really appreciate it if you could look at some of my work! Thanks if you do!
 
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TheSkyOwesMeRainThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Mar. 17 at 1:41 am:
So true! I love it!
 
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freepersonThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Mar. 9 at 3:28 pm:
wow this is so true!!! and i got past the second line
 
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ZephyrPunk This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Jan. 8 at 1:57 pm:
Nice, so tue
 
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SnowSparks said...
Nov. 29, 2012 at 7:07 pm:
Hi , I wanted to use your poem for my debate class in an oral interpretation (acting this out) . One of the required things is to give credit to the author but your name isn't posted. Can you email me or respond with your full name ? I won't use it for any other purpose than for school .
 
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AngelHeart654 said...
Oct. 31, 2012 at 8:41 am:
Wow So true
 
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WhittyKittyThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Oct. 28, 2012 at 5:15 pm:
This is amazing and it's true. Do you mind if I use it (positively) in a English report I'm doing???
 
icefaerie10111This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Nov. 2, 2012 at 6:23 pm :
Of course, go right ahead ^^
 
WhittyKittyThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Nov. 3, 2012 at 11:18 am :
Okay great! Thanks so much!
 
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Marianasandrsx3 said...
Oct. 11, 2012 at 7:47 am:
I agree with the poem, because the author is telling us what is really happening in America. It's also making me realize of what country we are living in.
 
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XinhuiThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 11, 2012 at 7:41 am:
Welcome to America: A land of opportunity Where most immigrants can only work in certain jobs
 
MateoMansillaMoyaThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Mar. 9 at 11:15 am :
That is quite right!
 
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XinhuiThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 11, 2012 at 7:41 am:
Welcome to America: A land of opportunity Where most immigrants can only work in certain jobs
 
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MarisaCoulterCrazyWriterThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 5, 2012 at 2:40 pm:
This is so depressing and yet so incredibly true! I love it!
 
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MarisaCoulterCrazyWriterThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 5, 2012 at 2:40 pm:
This is so depressing and yet so incredibly true! I love it!
 
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Imperfectlife said...
Oct. 5, 2012 at 12:12 pm:
I love this poem, and it's so true. I couldn't stop reading, I kept going till the last line, and I want more!
 
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tnf88 said...
Sept. 13, 2012 at 7:21 pm:
Wow i loved your stucture, but if you dislike our country so much than go try living in a country where your killed for your religion or your dying of starvation, I'm just a kid and i don't know much about that stuff but I do know we have it better than other people. I respect your opinion 100%. Just think you live in a country where you can express youreslf freely as you just have. Keep writing!!!
 
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LittleFlutiePie said...
Sept. 13, 2012 at 1:22 pm:
Absolutely amazing! I was about to log off for the day, saw the title, and started reading. You captured me from the first line. I love this! Many people do think America is the greatest country in the world; in some ways, it is. But even we have our faults--I try to preach this to the extremely country-proud rednecks at my school who don't listen to reason most of the time--and it seems like no one but the people ignored (minors) and prejudiced want to actually change anything.
 
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MarieAntoinette2012This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Sept. 13, 2012 at 11:28 am:
Omg, you deserve a freaking medal. Thank god there are people like you out there, who have the guts to say this! I agree with you a hundred percent.
 
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Emin3mAC said...
Sept. 7, 2012 at 9:54 pm:
The BEST poem I've seen on here! Write another! 
 
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