Thursday, December 4, 2008

Equal Oppurtunity




I think this amendment brings up a pretty fine line between doing the best for our country and not being discriminatory. It's really hard to make up a law for this because it varies from each personal situation. I think that a person who is not born in America should be able to be President, but have to follow many rules in order to be eligible, such as number of years of citizenship, age, etc. I think this mostly because America is supposed to be the land of opportunity. If a person moves here set on being a leader and works hard to get there, even if they're weren't born here, I don't think they should be denied that opportunity. It is a very fine line because on one hand, if a person moved here when they were five years old, that's close enough to being born here that they shouldn't be denied. It is hard to say if anyone is wanting to be in such a high position to use the powers in a questionable way, American or not. Americans are just as capable as non-Americans to corrupt the government however they wish. It's certainly something to be careful about, and I know Americans will be. They are already bashing Obama for being a communist, a foreigner, a terrorist, etc. and he WAS born in America.