I spent the first few hours of my day today reading up on the proposed budget plans that have been argued in the House of Representatives the past few days. It's a very interesting read. The House Republicans have decided that they want to cut the amount of money the government spends this year. Great idea right? Ridiculous is what it is. The places they want to cut would cost a possible 100,000 jobs, jobs for police officers, teachers and border agents. Is that why we elected the Republicans? Does the Tea Party really care about the citizens of the U.S. or just about not having Democrats in control. One new member of the house of representatives was quoted: “A lot of us freshmen don’t have a whole lot of knowledge about how Washington, D.C., is operated,” Representative Kristi Noem, a Republican of South Dakota, told the Conservative Political Action Conference last week. “And, frankly, we don’t really care.” Is that what we want from our politicians. Speaker Boehner was quoted as saying that if his proposed changes caused jobs to be lost "so be it". I feel like the Republicans took office with a plan. A plan to change everything that was done in this country over the past two years. President Bush got us into the mess and they have decided not to let the Democrats have a chance to fix it. They blame President Obama for everything that is wrong in this country when he actually inherited all of the problems.
In our class this week we are talking about public opinion. I truly feel like politicians have lost touch with the American people. With the changes happening in the world today, that is not a good position to be in. I wrote on my discussion board that when politicians don't listen, governments fall. Here in the U.S. that is far from happening, but our leaders need to take note. The older generations are becoming the minority and the younger generations are beginning to vote for change. How far that change goes is up to the politicians.
Public opinion is what our country is founded on. Although we are easily influenced by the media, we as a country are smarter than what Washington thinks we are. I some times wonder that with the cuts to education that the Republicans are trying to push through, if they want us to be dumber. Do they want to become an intellectual think tank that runs a country of imbeciles? We won't allow it. Our public opinion will turn against our leaders and we will vote them out of office. Americans believe our education system is important. It is proven over and over again in polls. Our country will only get better with more educated people. We rank around 25th, depending on which ranking you use, in the world in education. We are the richest country in the world and yet we rank 25th. That is unacceptable. Changes need to be made. Be careful Washington. We're getting fed up. The next President of the United States of America, from the Independent Party, is.....
In our class this week we are talking about public opinion. I truly feel like politicians have lost touch with the American people. With the changes happening in the world today, that is not a good position to be in. I wrote on my discussion board that when politicians don't listen, governments fall. Here in the U.S. that is far from happening, but our leaders need to take note. The older generations are becoming the minority and the younger generations are beginning to vote for change. How far that change goes is up to the politicians.
Public opinion is what our country is founded on. Although we are easily influenced by the media, we as a country are smarter than what Washington thinks we are. I some times wonder that with the cuts to education that the Republicans are trying to push through, if they want us to be dumber. Do they want to become an intellectual think tank that runs a country of imbeciles? We won't allow it. Our public opinion will turn against our leaders and we will vote them out of office. Americans believe our education system is important. It is proven over and over again in polls. Our country will only get better with more educated people. We rank around 25th, depending on which ranking you use, in the world in education. We are the richest country in the world and yet we rank 25th. That is unacceptable. Changes need to be made. Be careful Washington. We're getting fed up. The next President of the United States of America, from the Independent Party, is.....
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