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English should be the official language of the United States. In a diverse country, like the United States, few things are shared commonly between the citizens, uniting them. Freedom, success, equal opportunities and a common language are a few of the bonds. The common language makes everyone more equal, because it gives people equal opportunities at the work place, social life and assimilation in general. Also, higher taxes due to printing ballots and other government forms in multiple languages are costly to the American taxpayer. Expensive and ineffective bilingual education programs are hurting the immigrants and the taxpayers. Without English as the official language, no pressure is being put on the immigrants to learn English, they will not need to learn it because of the accommodating multilingual services currently offered to the other percent of the population that does not have a working understanding of the English language. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination “on the ground of race, color or national origin,” this lead to many reforms in bilingual services, multilingual ballots, drivers license exam, and other government forms (Gallegos 102).