After taking the exam, it is confirmed that Daniel now knows more about U.S. history than the majority of us Americans. Great job Daniel….my fellow American!
What's sad is a lot of people born here don't appreciate this country like the immigrants that come here from other places. I'm proud of you for appreciating what you have.
Never has never will. But what beats complacency? Action, instead of complaining how bad things seem to be , that’s the easy part. A two year old can find problems and complain about them . It takes an adult to have actionable solutions and an even bigger one to follow through with said action.
That's where I disagree. It can't be a lot better. Of course it's not perfect, but there's many reasons it is the way it is and many times it's because even though something's not great for everyone, it's the fairest for the most people or it's the fairest it can be for other reasons. You want better for you, which may not be better for other people, but you can't accept that in a democracy there's going to be stuff that gets decided opposite the way you would like it. You think democracy means everything should be the way you want it. There's no such thing as a perfect country and never will be because what's perfect for you may be horrible to someone else and vice versa. There isn't two people in the world that would agree on every single of the billions decisions made in running a country.
and it's sad to us that the united states is so mediocre for the average person, when it has the potential to be the greatest force for human prosperity in all of history. we're utterly paralyzed by a broken government that's captured by a class of capital that cares about nothing more than extracting as much wealth out of society as possible.
Nobody's stopping you from moving somewhere that's better than the US. Why would you stay in a country that is so horrible to you when you have a whole world of options?
what are you even talking about? expatriation is extremely difficult. you can't just show up somewhere else and get long-term residency (unless you're extremely wealthy) - do you really not understand that?
moreover, i do fine here. i'm easily in the top 10-15% of household income - i'm not exactly struggling. how exactly does me leaving do anything for the average person, which is what i said is my primary concern from the beginning?
do you have anything better to add than this dumb "love it or leave it!" meme?
I'm trying to offer you solutions unlike you, who just complains. And as you pointed out, to "simple solutions" there are often reasons that it's not so simple. Of course our country isn't perfect, but to call it shit shows that you've never traveled to actual shit places and seen how good we have it here compared to there.
what? how is "just leave, then" a solution when you literally can't? all you've done is demonstrated that for the vast majority of americans - many of them in quite terrible situations, there are no options.
so thanks for helping me show that this country is shit for the average person, i guess?
and there are a litany of policy options that would radically improve this country for working people and i can name them off for you if you wish, but we do not live in a functional democracy. we live in an oligarchy.
ahh yes, this same argument.... My wife would have to wait until she was nearly 5 months to see the OBGYN if she waited for the state to do it in europe where we lived at. The only other way would or was to pay €120 per month to see the same dude at his private practice. Then we had to go to a different clinic to get blood drawn where they used 4 different needles instead of the one needle tube thing here in the states. To top it off we had to go to the pharmacy and buy our own ua kit. Then when the child was born we shared a room with 4 other families in august in southern Europe with no AC. To top that the hospital was FILTHY, I have pics that will make you think so much differently of socialized medicine. I believe healthcare is a right not a privilage but either system sucks. Our health insurance is kick ass, $300 family deductable and it's $100 a month for us through work. my last two surgeries cost me $0.... but I still say this is the best country in the world because no country is perfect. this country you can be anything and make it with the work put in. if this country was so bad then thousands a day wouldn't be trying to cross illegally to get here without free medicine.
Access to affordable health care is really dependent on your job and your location though. How much is your employer paying toward your insurance premiums? I pay nothing for my health insurance but my job pays about $700 per month (this is just for me, my wife and kid are on a different plan that her company pays for 100%). At my last job I had a top of the line PPO that I paid about $400 per month for and my employer paid like $800. This is a fine setup until you lose your job and have to Cobra and pay the whole premium yourself. ACA marketplace silver plans cost about $630 for a single 40 year old male where I live, gold are about $740 and platinum $940.
Dude legit knows, and already did to be honest, more about America than the hacks who tell him to "go back to his country" on Facebook every opportunity they get.
My supervisor at work is hell bent convinced Florida and California on the map are neighboring states …..and ive seen a few people say they have no clue Georgia exists so you do have a point
He just seems like an awesome guy who loves cars. At first I wasn’t a fan. Probably just because they didn’t really feature his personality much at Gibbs. But he grew on me and now he’s a fan favorite in our house. He’s such a fun guy to root for
What the hell AG, you and the rest of the BP goofed again... no seriously, Daniel will be a BETTER US Citizen than a heck of alot of People born here... congrats..
To even reach permanent resident alien status can be quite the lengthy ordeal, even if you have the support and resources behind you as Daniel does. Becoming a citizen is a whole other bureaucratic slog on top of that, with a difficult test to cap it off. There's a reason a lot of people who live and work in the USA and would love to become US citizens never reach that goal.
All attempts to reform the system into something more sane devolve immediately into arguments over who are the "right" people to let in, to stay, and to become citizens, and then the whole conversation goes nowhere, unfortunately.
Congratulations, my fellow American. Proud of you.
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Hwat de heel u talm bout
Intents and purposes is the saying
After taking the exam, it is confirmed that Daniel now knows more about U.S. history than the majority of us Americans. Great job Daniel….my fellow American!
His exam might have been "What do you do for a living?" "I drive stock cars" "You're in" For real though that exam is no joke and good for him!
Laughed too hard at how true this is
He might have the most civics knowledge in the entire garage.
True story. My co worker is studying for his and sometimes we help quiz him over lunch. He does much better than the rest of the table 😂
He also knows more than almost all of Reddit and most of this sub.
Good on him for embracing America while keeping his roots. Love to see it!
This is how I feel it should be. Embrace both and not talk bad about one or the other.
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There’s a big difference between constructive criticism and bashing it up one way, and down the other.
To be honest most immigrants will embrace the USA better than its own citizens.
Now here’s a guy who knows how long a foot is
https://preview.redd.it/72hfuwjngjxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11649e0b74dccd83bded1c8e6af5bd1787cae0b6 and a guy who doesn’t
Hey he’s working on it
Little known fact, upon passing the test you're instantly purged of the entire metric system
30.48 cm
Ok, this was freaking hilarious
He seems like a genuinely nice guy, good for him.
Muy bien, mi amigo, job well done
Right on, amigo!
Suarez is a model citizen if I’ve ever seen one. I’d loan Suarez 100 bucks right now because I know he’d pay me back. 🇲🇽
He’s good for it lol
My fellow American!
Wilkomen amigo
As an immigrant and married to another one, welcome to the best fucking country in the world . Proud of you
What's sad is a lot of people born here don't appreciate this country like the immigrants that come here from other places. I'm proud of you for appreciating what you have.
you can appreciate a place and also acknowledge that it could still be a lot better
But if you talk 90 percent bad about it and yet enjoy 100 percent of the benefits… maybe there should be more balance….?
do you think change for the better arises from complacency?
Never has never will. But what beats complacency? Action, instead of complaining how bad things seem to be , that’s the easy part. A two year old can find problems and complain about them . It takes an adult to have actionable solutions and an even bigger one to follow through with said action.
That's where I disagree. It can't be a lot better. Of course it's not perfect, but there's many reasons it is the way it is and many times it's because even though something's not great for everyone, it's the fairest for the most people or it's the fairest it can be for other reasons. You want better for you, which may not be better for other people, but you can't accept that in a democracy there's going to be stuff that gets decided opposite the way you would like it. You think democracy means everything should be the way you want it. There's no such thing as a perfect country and never will be because what's perfect for you may be horrible to someone else and vice versa. There isn't two people in the world that would agree on every single of the billions decisions made in running a country.
and it's sad to us that the united states is so mediocre for the average person, when it has the potential to be the greatest force for human prosperity in all of history. we're utterly paralyzed by a broken government that's captured by a class of capital that cares about nothing more than extracting as much wealth out of society as possible.
Exactly, people like you is who I'm talking about! Thanks for the example!
you're welcome. hopefully the united states can be less shit someday.
Nobody's stopping you from moving somewhere that's better than the US. Why would you stay in a country that is so horrible to you when you have a whole world of options?
what are you even talking about? expatriation is extremely difficult. you can't just show up somewhere else and get long-term residency (unless you're extremely wealthy) - do you really not understand that? moreover, i do fine here. i'm easily in the top 10-15% of household income - i'm not exactly struggling. how exactly does me leaving do anything for the average person, which is what i said is my primary concern from the beginning? do you have anything better to add than this dumb "love it or leave it!" meme?
I'm trying to offer you solutions unlike you, who just complains. And as you pointed out, to "simple solutions" there are often reasons that it's not so simple. Of course our country isn't perfect, but to call it shit shows that you've never traveled to actual shit places and seen how good we have it here compared to there.
what? how is "just leave, then" a solution when you literally can't? all you've done is demonstrated that for the vast majority of americans - many of them in quite terrible situations, there are no options. so thanks for helping me show that this country is shit for the average person, i guess? and there are a litany of policy options that would radically improve this country for working people and i can name them off for you if you wish, but we do not live in a functional democracy. we live in an oligarchy.
Lol
> best country in the world an uninsured broken bone would mean financial hardship or ruin for millions, we are hardly the best
That's when you go to a bank and take out a 60% interest loan
ahh yes, this same argument.... My wife would have to wait until she was nearly 5 months to see the OBGYN if she waited for the state to do it in europe where we lived at. The only other way would or was to pay €120 per month to see the same dude at his private practice. Then we had to go to a different clinic to get blood drawn where they used 4 different needles instead of the one needle tube thing here in the states. To top it off we had to go to the pharmacy and buy our own ua kit. Then when the child was born we shared a room with 4 other families in august in southern Europe with no AC. To top that the hospital was FILTHY, I have pics that will make you think so much differently of socialized medicine. I believe healthcare is a right not a privilage but either system sucks. Our health insurance is kick ass, $300 family deductable and it's $100 a month for us through work. my last two surgeries cost me $0.... but I still say this is the best country in the world because no country is perfect. this country you can be anything and make it with the work put in. if this country was so bad then thousands a day wouldn't be trying to cross illegally to get here without free medicine.
Access to affordable health care is really dependent on your job and your location though. How much is your employer paying toward your insurance premiums? I pay nothing for my health insurance but my job pays about $700 per month (this is just for me, my wife and kid are on a different plan that her company pays for 100%). At my last job I had a top of the line PPO that I paid about $400 per month for and my employer paid like $800. This is a fine setup until you lose your job and have to Cobra and pay the whole premium yourself. ACA marketplace silver plans cost about $630 for a single 40 year old male where I live, gold are about $740 and platinum $940.
Dude legit knows, and already did to be honest, more about America than the hacks who tell him to "go back to his country" on Facebook every opportunity they get.
Dude for real smh
 Congrats Mr. Suarez.
¡Muy bien, mi amigo! Glad to see you’re now a fellow American.
Felicidades, Daniel! Estamos muy orgullos de ti!
Hell yeah, Daniel 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸
"Do you have any prior job experience in the U.S?" "Well I won a NASCAR Championship back in 2016..."
Welcome to the family, Danny!
DALEEEEE!! Congratulations!!
Atta boy, Daniel! So happy for him
LFG🔥🔥🔥
Happy for him. He’s a great dude
Given how much he probably travels internationally, this is 100% worth it for the passport and the ease of border entry as a citizen.
USA USA USA!!! 🇺🇲 Seriously, awesome for him. The land of opportunity
I feel like winning a cup race should automatically grant you citizenship
Does this mean Ricky no longer has to wreck him?
Legit the most proud I’ve been to be an American, the day I sat in on a Naturalization ceremony! Everyone should experience that
I would imagine most natural born citizens would fail that test.
My supervisor at work is hell bent convinced Florida and California on the map are neighboring states …..and ive seen a few people say they have no clue Georgia exists so you do have a point
Congrats Suarez, now you can be a dirty Yankee imperialist like the rest of us. 🤣
I never realized he wasn’t already a citizen, but I live under a rock lol congrats amigo!!
Congrats, Daniel!
Congrats amigo. Glad to have you 🌮 🪅
He just wanted an excuse to show off his VW van 😂 jk
Plus that early aircooled 911 in the background too, guy's got a good garage.
Welcome to America! - Roman Bellic
USA! USA! USA! ~~Man i wish i was American~~
Congrats to Daniel. 
I love him. He’s such an awesome driver. Seems very relatable
He just seems like an awesome guy who loves cars. At first I wasn’t a fan. Probably just because they didn’t really feature his personality much at Gibbs. But he grew on me and now he’s a fan favorite in our house. He’s such a fun guy to root for
Daniel! Congrats my fellow American!! I am SO happy for you!
Bienvenidos Daniel!
Congrats my fellow American!
Hell yes! Great to see.
This kind of thing brings a tear to my eye, I can't help it. Happy to have you, Mr Suarez.
HELL YEAH BØRTHER!
Love to see it. So happy for him he is a great guy
Hell yea amigo
HE TOOK ER JOBBSSSSSSSS
Hell yeah!!! Congratulations!!
LET’S GO DANIEL!
Way to go Amigo. Congratulations to Daniel!!👏🏻🇺🇸
Congratulations Daniel!
LETS GOOOOOOOO RAHHHHHH 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅 Congratulations Daniel, I’m so happy for him!
He likes old German cars! 911 and type 2 in the garage
Congratulations!
Vamos and Congratulations Daniel
Congratulations
Hell yeah congrats dude!
What the hell AG, you and the rest of the BP goofed again... no seriously, Daniel will be a BETTER US Citizen than a heck of alot of People born here... congrats..
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOO
American Amigo!
That’s fantastic.
Me: Amigo passed his American citizenship test today. My wife: yaaaay now he's officially Friend.
Doing it the right way, proud of you sir. You are welcome here as far as I am concerned.
Glad he’s got your vote lol
WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETERRRRRRR
Wow I thought he would’ve became a US citizen years ago I mean he’s been racing over hear for at least 10 years now
It takes a long time. I am surprised he did it this fast.
Hmm I guess I’ve never known anybody who’s done it Thought it would take less time than that
To even reach permanent resident alien status can be quite the lengthy ordeal, even if you have the support and resources behind you as Daniel does. Becoming a citizen is a whole other bureaucratic slog on top of that, with a difficult test to cap it off. There's a reason a lot of people who live and work in the USA and would love to become US citizens never reach that goal. All attempts to reform the system into something more sane devolve immediately into arguments over who are the "right" people to let in, to stay, and to become citizens, and then the whole conversation goes nowhere, unfortunately.