The cost of freedom has been paid. Sometimes it has been won with blood, with lives, but nevertheless it has been won. The USA has come through wars, hard economic times, and other political challenges to gain both the freedom and success it has today. However one should not become mistaken; it is not a problem free country. In fact, there are many serious issues at hand. Issues of school safety, crime, drugs, prejudice, and even poverty. There are many concerns that should be looked at and taken care of inside the USA. The homeless, the poverty stricken, the abandoned, the forsaken; many have been ignored as we initiate more global repairs.

Restrictions, policies and regulations can inhibit property from being completely owned by individuals. Taxes and other regulations cause for a percentage of property to be owned by the government. Yet the USA still offers a way of life that seems almost incomparable. Why? In a letter to a fellow American, Thomas Jefferson once wrote "...its soul, its climate, its equality, liberty, laws, people, and manners. My God! how little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!" The US offers something that is not available to many of the earth's inhabitants: it offers freedom, respect, opportunities, and rights; the precious blessings of this young nation. The freedom to worship God in one's own way, the support of rights that humans are born with, the allowance to voice one's opinion, to determine their government.

The economy in the US is doing very well. Although the Asian crisis, which affected many countries around the whole world, caused the market to go down, the USA has regained much of the ground and handled the crisis smoothly. Currently other countries rely on the USA to stabilize their own economy, such as Russia.

When it comes to their true inner-heart beliefs and values, Americans love their country because of what it has, however many changes still need to be made as we enter the next century. Poverty, crime, education -- these are all issues that need to be taken care of. America's future generations need to see a country awash in the principles given to us by our founding fathers. Shootings, drugs and corruption have no place in the America of tomorrow. Into the future, Americans will fight hard to preserve their nation. They will remember their founding fathers who started a nation that offered to people "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." For:

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