GuitarDaddy
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I agree it should be. But for more quality of life reasons. I believe not learning English limits your earning potential. I believe by making it official, immigrants would be forced to learn it. Therefore giving them the ability to garner higher paying jobs.
I agree it should be. But for more quality of life reasons. I believe not learning English limits your earning potential. I believe by making it official, immigrants would be forced to learn it. Therefore giving them the ability to garner higher paying jobs.
Except if not knowing English limits your earning potential, and I'd agree that it does, the incentive to learn it already exists. Making it "official" isn't going to provide much extra motivation.
I think you should make it French to commemorate the nation that defeated the Brits and made it possible for there to be an independent USA.
Can simply make it a requiement to get the citizenship.
I think that might be better left to Canada.
They already have French as an official language.
The US should too.
Is there a need other to cure some form of xenophobia?
I have no particular love for English, it's a tool. If I get something communicated in Spanish (a language I really appreciate and I hope continues to gain ground in the USA), then that tool is useful.
Judging by how well the French and English speaking parts of Canada get along, I'm not so sure that would be a great model to follow
I dont know why anyone would oppose this. We must also require that anyone who becomes a citizen directly or indirectly through some stupid back door under the table program be fluent as well.
Most civilized nations require fluency in its respective official language before allowing immigrants to become citizens. It makes sense to preserve a particular way of life. In America, we must preserve allegience to the flag, God, apple pie and baseball.
You are not a "world citizen", you are an American.
We speak English here. :thumbsup:
This might actually be quite a fun idea. :OIf we go for a official language for the USofA, I vote for Cherokee as it it not one of those imported immigrant lingos.
This might actually be quite a fun idea. :O
its more likely a spanish will be come the unofficial second language of america. i went in to best buy the other day and took and ad. when i got it home it was in spanish
Here in Tennessee many of our place names are Cherokee anyway. Personally I suspect that "Chattanooga" actually means "Crap, here come more of those annoying pale people!"If we go for a official language for the USofA, I vote for Cherokee as it it not one of those imported immigrant lingos.
I think a new language should be made, and made the humanity's universal language, and everyone forced to learn it.