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Our group set out to discover how free America is in our current age. We conducted an survey asking people their views on american freedom. We also used multiple internet sources backing up our opinion on how free America actually is. There is evidence that the american government restricts our freedoms, but with our readings we've decided that these restrictions are for the best. The general consensus in pascack valley is that America is free. However most people were also disappointed with some of the restrictions that our government puts on us. We arrived upon our answer by taking a survey within other English classes, using websites, and a interview. With the survey it was pretty clear that almost all the students agreed that America was free. 81 out of the 84 students interviewed agreed that America is actually free. Although this is true the students did believe that there were some aspects that interfere with Americas freedom. One of which being the patriot act, which allows the use of wire tapping. The students did agree that they felt less free but when asked if this was right for the country a significant portion agreed that it is helpful to the country so therefore the can deal with it.

Another resource that helped guide us to our conclusion that America is actually free was our interview with Miss. Annicaro. she had a friend who was actually a part of the governmental phone tapping business. It actually turns out that there is alot of good that comes out of this system. She said that there was many terrorist busts in Patterson New Jersey through use of the phone tapping. The amount of good that this program does far outweighs the bad. Americans can't dwell on the fact that there conversations could possibly be tracked because the likely hood of it is very low. Also its not like the government has free run to do whatever they want with the conversations. There are several restrictions that prevent the Phone tapping employees from becoming to powerful. They can only spend 5 minutes in a conversation because anything over 5 minutes cannot be used in court.

During our research we came across something called the Patriot Act. This act was enacted by the American government in order to protect America from terrorists. Many of the rules that this act put forth seem to be extremely restrictive to our freedoms. For instance, it allows the government easier access to phone taps and search and seizures. Our survey showed us that most people thought that phone tapping was a big deal when it came to our freedom. But what most people dont understand is that the average person isnt going to be phone tapped by the government. The Patriot Act was created in order to protect America, and that is exactly what it does. It may seem to be extreme but extreme is what is needed to prevent some of the worlds terrorists from harming our country. Restrictions of freedom may seem irresponsible by the government but in fact it is the exact opposite. This phone tapping process actually helps keep America safe. Without a safe America freedom wouldn't even be an option.

We have concluded that even though there is some debate over the amount of freedom in America there is no doubt that we are actually free. Most people we have questioned already thought they were free but no there is no doubt that we are actually free. Us as Americans understand that in order to obtain and keep freedom there has to be some limitations. These limitations include things such as the patriot act but we just have to deal with it. In the bigger picture we have so much more freedom then other countries so if phone tapping is all we have to worry about then we are in great shape. America is a great country with proven freedom so we can put the question of freedom to rest. We are all lucky to be this free and should be proud to be Americans.