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Original letter:
Dear President Obama,
We have some advice for you: take care of immigrants who don't commit crimes because it's not their fault that they are immigrants. Also, they try very hard to stay in this country because our economy is not well, so we will really appreciate it if you could help our economy get higher. Also, stop the war with Iraq because they are getting very poor. Why are we fighting Iraq? And why are we involved in every war that happens?
We wanted to invite you to Edison Charter Academy, San Francisco, CA. It's near Dolores Street. Thank you very much for reading our letter. We hope you will visit our school and tell us more about you.
Sincerely,
Giselle Perez, 11 and Jennifer Munoz, age 12
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Giselle and Jennifer write for Powells.com:
We think Obama is doing great. We read something about how the war is going to end. We are happy. It's sad because some parents need to leave their children to go to war. You shouldn't have to leave your children behind. And sometimes children don't see their parents, or their parents die.
The country is doing bad. Our economy is really low. Our gas is kinda high. Things are too expensive. The Banana Republic is too expensive. T-shirts are about $50. Obama should tell Banana Republic to lower their prices.
We should make things that use less oil. Or find something else instead of oil that we can use for gas.
President Obama should focus on the country AND his daughters. Just because he's the president, he shouldn't spoil them. Of course, they already have phones, it's too late for that. His daughters should get Golden Retrievers because they're loyal.