To keep pace with the global economy, the government must introduce a proficient language plan, which will help students grow into America's leaders. While plans like these can be expensive, they are definitely worth it. Other countries will soon overtake the American economy at the rate things are going. Foreign countries already have an advantage in language education. To bring our economy back to normal, we need educated, multilingual and business-minded people to manage economic exports. Our nation needs a program that begins teaching students cultivating languages ​​such as Hindu, Mandarin Chinese and Portuguese, at a young age level. This program must be able to make the child fluent in one, if not multiple languages. As the common cliché goes, today's children will be the nation's leaders tomorrow. We need multilingual people in the workforce, and programs like this can provide us with the people we need. Other countries have an advantage in teaching growing languages ​​to young people. In China and Korea, compulsory teaching of English begins at age 8, while in Brazil it begins at age 11. English-speaking countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia are starting foreign language programs at younger ages. Not to mention that most other developed countries begin teaching foreign languages ​​between the ages of five and ten, teaching is compulsory and tested with core subjects. The United States must realize that our competitors are getting stronger, while we sit there doing nothing. You can compare other countries' language learning to ours where we are slowly falling behind. In the United States, language courses are usually delayed until at least age fourteen and are often optional. We don't have a state or a nation...half of paper...we need a multilingual foreign language program. American schools should better prepare students for real-world jobs. Language programs are not cheap. The government slashed the $26 million foreign language assistance program budget to zero in 2011. What the government fails to understand is that you can't put a price on your country's future. No matter what the cost, foreign language programs should be funded for America's future. As people who have free speech, we need to advance the agenda. We should write letters to political figures of all positions. It is the students who are in our schools now who will one day make important decisions like these. The foreign language is a fundamental resource for the growth, development and stability of our country. Pushing for an agenda can only make our country a better place.