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Lauran Queenan 1B In society today the government should have more control over the United States. The government may have made a lot of bad decisions in the past but I believe the wrong decisions could be fixed. The problems that have been made could be fixed by money, power, and responsibilities. The government has control of all the money in the Unites States. The money could be used to fix the roads. If people had better roads to drive on, there would be fewer accidents. Money could also be used to upgrade the schools. If the students had better schools to go to it probably would make students want to learn. The government could use money to fix up some of the communities that need to be upgraded. If the government upgraded the communities maybe the people would start to pay their rent or take care of their parks. The government also has power, power do be able to give people jobs. But in the recession that we are in they are not able to do that. They also have the power to be able to sell certain products such as cigarettes. If they government took cigarettes off the market so that people cannot buy them, then less people in the Unites States would die of cancer. The government also has the power to send people to war and fight for this country. But, if the government would just stand up and rule the right way, certain people wouldn’t have to go to war and be away from their families and also die trying to fight for the country. The government has the responsibilities to make the laws we bide by today. But, if the government made the laws a little stricter than some people wouldn’t be so out of control. They have the responsibility to make sure the people who sell alcohol in the stores are checking for the correct age to buy it. If they checked to see if the person who is buying the alcohol is 21 then there wouldn’t be people dying to accidents relating to alcohol. The government is also responsible for public safety. If there were more people out there helping to keep our streets safe then there wouldn’t be shootings, drug deals and even gang violence.

Now, if all the problems with money, power and responsibilities were fixed then this country and even the city would be a lot safer and the people probably would be more responsible for their actions.