I got an email a few days ago from one of the banks i do business with. It read something like privacy notice and language practices now. I decided to read it and to my astonishment it said that from here on out they would only communicate in English.
Is this a company simply cutting costs? Or is it a sign of the good times coming? I dunno but i found it interesting
Congress should have made English the official language back in the '50s when the political will was there. They just lacked the foresight.
it was President Bush that made Spanish our second language. I knew that he was a traitor
Why can't everyone learn to speak American instead of English, a foreign language? /s/
It should be illegal to offer everyday (i.e. non-specialty) products or services in a non-English language here.
It would have been the same issue as abortion. The federal government probably should not have the authority to regulate the states like that, constitutionally, which is why the RvW overturning was the correct response.
I disagree. A national language unites the people of the whole country under one mother tongue. This is an English-speaking country, and requiring all citizens to speak English puts everyone on an equal footing for jobs, education, and daily communication. IMHO we don't needs states with a permanent, toilet-scrubbing, foreign underclass.
Believe me, I understand the practicality of it. It’s not difficult to run into 7 different languages in a single day, anymore.
Our multilingualism as a country does date all the way back to the founding, however, and the law itself, generally applied, could very much be one of those “make me” kind of laws.
Now if someone wanted to make it so that the federal government only offers services and forms in English, and that only contracts written in English are recognized as legally binding in court, that would probably work.