"Change is all i have left"

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Government and Our money

Where do our tax dollars and other funds go when the government takes a hold on them? Well in my personal opinion the government is using our money in a poor way. Right now many people in the education business are losing jobs starting in June. So what are those people to do now? but government has "Bigger situations". Instead of being able to pay those teachers, the government is using our tax dollars on planes and other unnecessary equipment. Planes like the F-16 or the F-20 Tigershark are just two projects made by the U.S government. These are very powerful machines used for military purposes. The cost of a F-16 is around 18- 20 million dollars. The total program cost of the F -20 Tigershark is an estimated 1.2 billion dollars. Even with other aircrafts we see that a jet called the JF-17 Thunder cost the U.S 15 million dollars. The project alone cost over 500 dollars. The US produced 6 prototypes and over 14 real productions.  Now tell me could that money be put to better use? I think so, instead of all these teachers losing jobs I say we put that money to a better use and further the education of our youth. I do agree that we do as a country need the use of some of this planes and equipment, but at what point to we call quit, and say enough money on military and we put money into education or maybe it doesnt need to be education but maybe to health care, or something that can be of use of the American public.

Government Shutdown

Are we expecting another government shutdown? Ari Berman makes a very legitimate argument. Author Ari Berman writes that our national government is coming closer and closer to another government shutdown. A government shutdown occurs when a government discontinues providing services that are not considered "essential.”A shutdown can occur when a legislative body (including the legislative power of veto by the executive) cannot agree on a budget financing its government programs for a pending fiscal year. In the absence of appropriated funds, the government discontinues providing non-essential services at the beginning of the affected fiscal year. The first government shutdown occurred in Clinton’s time of presidency. It is said that he refused cuts to such subjects as Medicare, Medicaid, education and the environment. Such action forced the government to shut down. Some problems that were associated with this shutdown were the closer of national parks, failure to process new Medicare claims and the suspension of many government services. In this time period we are very low in our nation’s budget. If President Barack Obama does not make such cuts we could see a government shutdown possible in 2011. Ari Berman also states that if this were to come about, both parties (Republicans and democrats) would be affected. I agree with Ari Berman argument. If we don’t act upon our nation’s government I am convinced that a shutdown is closer than we think. And in this time period we cannot afford it. In my opinion I think that the effects of this, (if any) shutdown will but much greater than the past.

My Political Standing

Upbeat. That is where I stand in the political ideology playing field. What is Upbeat? Well it is describe that I share common aspects with people of this ideology. Upbeats express positive views about the economy, government, and society. Although positive, in numbers we make up 11% of America, and only 13% of registered voters. Judging by the fact that the other 89% of the American public is opposed to our views and goals we believe in a strong nation. We hold dear our financial stand point, and also in the up coming success of ourselves.







This Semester

This up coming semester I hope to gain great knowledge of our nations government acts/reacts to situations. I have some knowledge of our government. It shows on my civics and current events quiz. On the civics quiz I scored higher than 66% of Americans who took the quiz. I hope on improving that number substantially. On the current events quiz the number closely relates to the civics quiz, I scored higher than 67% of Americans. By the end of this semester I have a goal to do better on those quiz's and also know as much as possible on government.