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Originally posted by ZTAngel
Growing up in South Florida, it was frustrating to walk into a store at the mall and have the employees not be able to conversate with you.
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LOL I totally don't intend to make fun, but speaking of learning English, "conversate" isn't a word.
(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
Back to what ktsnake said: I don't think it would EVER be possible to require people in general to learn English. Facilitating would be awesome, although I have no idea how much that happens already.
Your point about candidates being "forced" to run dual-language campaigns is not compelling to me. First of all, I don't think it can be considered "force" if a candidate tries to appeal to voters by speaking their language. Do it or not -- of course not doing it will have consequences, but that doesn't amount to force in my opinion. Also, these candidates are free to move to a place where everybody speaks English and campaign there, right?
Finally, I don't think the issue of employees who can't speak English is an issue for the government/law/national policy. If you go to a store where the employees can't speak English and that bothers you, don't shop there. The government can't regulate that.
LOL am I wrong, or am I arguing for less governmental intervention here, while some I'd consider conservative are arguing for more?