angry americans

Now who told you US was the land of the free? You don't even have a free constitution, here in UK we are free to do whatever we please, provided there is no law against it, your constitution only grants you rights to do certain specified things! Even as your constitution was being written it was amended by vested interest. Seriously, whilst there are many admirable qualities about US society there is also some rather dark and sinister aspects all the best urban

I've got to disagree with you on a few points. I disagree that most American's "work hard". I can think of a few professions that require hard, physical labor but they are compensated well for it; masons, carpenters, trash collectors etc. I disagree that we are underpaid. We are greedy, fat, (mindless) consumers. Poverty doesn't mean going without cable or having a car that's more than 5 years old. Poverty is not having heat, or a bed, or enough food. Yes, there are some people living in those conditions here too; but we have many programs to help them. I do agree that government is way too involved in our private lives. It seems we become more subject to "big brother for your own good laws" every day.

You said: Americans are overworked, underpaid, the gov tries to be the super control in very sneaky ways, Americans are unappreciated more often than not and the list goes on...if you arent in a high income bracket you are "less than" and pretty much screwed on all levels..and if you are below poverty level FORGET IT...nobody gives a crap Not all Americans are overworked and underpaid but they are the growing segment!!! I wasn't disgruntled before Bush got in office. My hubby made half what he makes now and I didn't worry all the time about my bills. Ever since Bush started this war (which most forget was focused on Osama and NOT on Iraq) we have struggle more and more!!!! You are so right about being poor. A few years ago we applied for low income housing and were told our income was TOO LOW!!!! What??????? Not enough income for low income housing??? That's just crazy!! The other thing people are bent about is this senseless war that only serves to protect Bush and Chaney's oil interests and kill our men and women. I hate to say this but if the Iraqi people want to blow themselves up ... then let them!!! Let them figure out how to fix it; cause our being there isn't doing it!!

Well I am neither bitter nor angry, and I love this country. See I have lived and worked in many different parts of the country and the world. I know what it is like in different areas and I am always greatful for what it is I have here. See the wonderful thing about living in the US is people can complain and moan about how much it sucks. No this country is not perfect but no place is. It is all in what you make it and no one is going to get a free handout just cause life is hard. Anything worth having is worth working for, so to sit and complain about how much something is or how little someone is doing for you is pointless. I think the problem is the laziness factor. People have gotten lazy and working hard to get futher in life seems to be to much for them. Everything has become now now now. My thing has always been this though, if a person doesn't like the way things work in this country, they can always leave and find somewhere else to live.

I'd say you've hit the nail on the head. The "privileged" class isn't so angry, because they don't have much to be angry about. But everyone else gets the shaft.

Interesting topic, but long responses - which means it's good. IMO... I've lived here for 20+ years and believe me if I didn't have a good job or kids I would leave NYS FAST! We have the freaking highest tax in the damn nation which is ridiculous. The rich are getting richer and the poor are well getting poorer. That's a no-brainer. My frustration with the government (and yes I do vote so I can complain about the government all I want...) is that for starters they want everyone to be 'healthy' YET there is no aid or assistance for the farmers. The price of milk is MORE than gas - crazy! The health insurance is outrageously f...d up! My thing is the school system. I STRONGLY believe that ALL kids K-12 grade should wear some type of uniform. Here in Rochester, NY that idea is always shut down by the city school district because it 'violates' kids rights. What freaking rights??? They are not the ones working and having to dish out $200+ dollars to buy new clothes. When I worked in a private school one year and my kids were able to go it was SO MUCH easier with them wearing uniforms. Anyways, government and top people are all in cahoots together.

Well, as an American, I know that I am angry about the education systems here (it takes too damn long to get through school), things are too expensive, and health care is a joke. "Land of the Free", "free" what? Everything is censored, and you have to pay for just about everything. Yes, sure we have it better than most countries, but not entirely.

I agree. The gove tries to squeeze every last freaking dollar we make out of it. And usually succeeds. Now I do think we need certain taxes ect but COME ON!!

It depends on whether what you say is true. This is only your opinion, and if you say they are overworked and underpaid, some will not believe you. If you say the government is super controlling, some will not believe you. What you are doing is sprouting generalities. But if you say, that people in America are overworked, because they are working two or three part time jobs at minimum wages and they have to buy their own insurance because part time workers are not offered medical insurance, that we can understand. If you say that they do not get as many vacations and that they have to wait until they retire to go on extended vacations, that we will understand. If you say, because of 911, the government is controlling, that we will understand. I do not what standard the upper class have that the lower classes have, but if it was that they eat at tables, or do not come to breakfast in their pajamas, that is a standard we should all have. So I guess it is the lower classes that are more dissatisfied and I guess they deserve to feel that way, if they have the same manners as those above. If they are lax in manners and feel that they do not need to, because "we're country folk" then their dissatisfaction is undeserved.

Well, you can never realy say that until you see other countries suffering and not being able to put a decent meal on the table or even eat on complete meal in a day. I mean you have to be thankful sometimes because you are in America and you are an American citizen. Many countries especially the Philippines have this american dream to go there and be able to have a life. And they did, but all things goes with hard work and they are earning good enough to help those relatives left in the Philippines. Philippines is a very poor country and many work anywhere in the world just to get a good source of income to help their families, some work as nannies even if they were teachers here in the Philippines.I know the pay is not that big but it goes a long long way here and could help many. I hope you can be thankful americans rather than angry americans, count your blessings and thank God, thee are so many big reasons to be thankful for than to be angry for. Happy mytlotting.

I feel the same way...it seems the U.S is almost in poverty in a lot of ways..jobs going..going..gone.. gas is going up..up..up houses..well..if you don't already have one ..then how in the ..bleep..could you afford rent etc..without a job..u know.. no one cares..because the only one's that could truly help..are already rich...so they don't give a ..bleep..

Who would think that there are Americans who suffer from poverty for America is a very powerful country. Should I stop about my American Dream for this? Maybe it's the anger that drove the Americans to be the best. They do their things to make the government do something about what they're angry about.

There is no paradise on Earth. The fact that USA is a country where people should find more opportunities doesn´t mean that everyone will have all the opportunities. People have to fight their way to sucess if they live in USA or in Iran. It might be easier if your country doesn´t punish you for expressing yourself or if the government doesn´t kill you if you talk against it. This freedom exist in other countries. It is something that exists in USA and it is in its constitution but you can find this principle in other constitutions around the world. As I said the fact that you live in a country where you can express yourself freely doesn´t lead you to happiness and sucess by itself. There are other factors that contribute to happiness. Said that we can see that one of the factors that will make a person angry is the failure of their plan to succed based on promisses made by the society. So you are wrong when you emply that USA is a perfect place where people should be happy all the time. But you are right when you point out that people are angry because they don´t have access to the american dream. They see in the movies and the press that USA is the land of opportunity, they see that everyone in the world envy the americans and want to go to USA (even if it is not true). They feel like they are been excluded from this opportunity and they will try to blame everyone. The imigrants, the government, other countries. They are unable to blame themselves for their failure. Maybe they feel like they were given the opportunity to study, to work in anything they wanted, to go wherever they wanted to go but they didn´t use this opportunity.