Blog #1

Ola Omar
                                                                        Blog #1
             The quote that I selected for reflection #1 is from the article Despite Negativity, Americans Mixed on Ideal Role of Government by Frank Newton. The quote that I have selected is "Americans have strongly negative views of the way the nation is being governed and of congress".
             This quote means that Americans are dissatisfied with the way that the government is running America. The citizens of America want the people who are in charge of providing services to them (the government and the congress) to make more opportunities happen for them. According to Newton, 57% of Americans claim that the government has too much power and I think that the government having too much power is the reason why Americans have negative viewpoints on the way that the nation is being governed. Americans feel like the government should provide more financial stability for them, more housing for them, and more employment for them instead of the U.S government and congress just focusing on the people of their class. The U.S citizens feel like the congress could do a better job governing them because the congress has the power to make the laws of the U.S official and the congress has the power to provide consequences for the citizens that break the law and so far, I myself do not think that the government has done a good job implementing the laws of the U.S constitution and that is why I selected this quote.
          I selected this quote because I feel like if more than half of the American citizens have negative view points on the nation's governing and congress, then that is a huge problem that the government and the congress themselves are turning a blind eye on. The government and the congress have a big responsibility to serve the U.S citizens and they need to realize that the U.S citizens are not satisfied with the way that the government and congress are governing America and they need to do something about it. Another reason why I selected this quote was because I myself am a U.S citizen and I also agree with the negative viewpoints that American citizens have on the U.S government and the congress. For example, my negative viewpoints on the U.S government and the congress is that I feel like they only make laws on providing services for their people if it benefits them or if it benefits the people of their class. I feel like the government needs to provide more services for the middle class people such as more employment opportunities and more financial stability opportunities.
          The government and the congress should also help out the poor. I feel like the poor people are just forgotten by the government and the congress. The government and the congress are okay as long as their bellies are full at the end of the day, but they forget about the less fortunate. Lastly, I selected this quote because I feel like the congress does not do a good job in abiding by the laws of the constitution. For example, the government and even the congress say that America is the land of the free, but yet racism still exists. Black people are afraid to walk the streets because a police officer might feel threatened by their skin color and shoot them. The congress claims that the U.S citizens should be happy to live in such a free country, but yet their is no sympathy for the immigrants that come to the U.S, so that they can seek a better life for themselves and for their families. All of the genders that reside in the U.S and are citizens have the right to vote, but yet some races and people feel like their voices are still not heard. These are complaints and issues that the government and the congress need to try and change, so that they can positively serve their people.