Hello to all today:
Here are some little things I would like to share with you and anyone else reading! These are my beliefs, and this is what I want to discuss before elections! These are the issues important to me.
1) I believe there should be strict gun control laws brought into my state and others throughout the US. Accidents have just become too frequent, and violent murders are usually associated with weapons such as guns. I understand that tougher gun regulations will not put a stop to violent crime, but it could detour those only considering a crime.
2) I believe there should be a separation between church and state. I also believe religion should not be used in politics by either party. I also think religion should stay out of the white house and any other house where public decisions are made. ALSO, no one should be using God as a backup for war. (BTW -- where is God's approval now that thousands have been slain and war is not coming to an end?)
3) I believe in a US medical plan...to cover all her citizens not just the elderly and poor (which is not effectively done anyway). I think that the US needs to catch up with our friends and neighbors around the world and help keep our people healthy!
4) I believe that education should be given a larger chunk of economical funding! There are plenty of reasons I believe this but the main point is our children and our future deserve the best in tools and teachers no matter where they live or their economic status. P.S. I also vote yes for a voucher system given the opportunity!
5) I believe there should be a stronger backup for social security, and I think there should be appointed officials making sure America's elderly are being taken care of!
6) I believe that America should be recognized for the strength and power in uplifting countries rather destroying them. I think we should become more interested in feeding the poor in Africa (hell I'd even settle for the poor in New York City) then helping democracy start in other countries...(i'll come back to this point!).
7) I think that my representative should be willing to fight for a better fuel source than the one we have now. I.e. solar energy, wind energy, energy from grains and corns! We should not be investing millions if not billions into coal energy plants...we already have them, and they are not safe for the environment, and we KNOW this now. It is time to move on to a healthier America! A healthier world!
8) I believe there should be stronger penalties for anyone who breaks the law. I don't care if you are the President or Mel Gibson. It is time for ALL people to be held responsible for their crimes. I am ssssooo sick of appoligies...I want fairness.
9) I believe that every person should have the same rights. I think that one person and his/her neighbor should be held to the same standards and be granted the same rights no matter what! That means NO EXCEPTIONS.
10) I believe that America needs to be a little more acceptant of those entering into our country. We are at war in another country fighting for democracy, but allow those people in the US to practice it here and our feelings change? I don't get it.
These are just 10 of the things I am looking for in the up coming elections. There are some deletions such as abortion and the death penalty. I have deleted issues like these off my 'wish list' because these issues are not too political. People who pick their representatives on these issues are naive and have no idea what they are really voting for! That is why there are so many incompetent leaders in our nation today. I think everyone should make a list of what you want answered and send it to the people running in your state, in your county and demand answers to these questions.
Stop allowing leaders control your vote by appealing to your morals. Whether you agree or not...please pay closer attention to who you are electing this time.
Feel free to tell me what you guys are looking out for this term...or if your not looking out for anything.
Thanks for stopping in today:
Nik
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thanks for stopping in and commeting. Every day I grow closer and closer to the political forum. I think it demands our input right now, and I think change must come or our great nation is going to fall.
Thank you for your comment!
Nik
2. There is a separation of church and state but there is not a separation of church and politics.
3. Socialized medicine seems to work everywhere else that it has been attempted. Why not here? Well there’s the medical lobby and the hospital lobbies and the pharmaceutical lobbies and... .
4. Education is always the solution and education is also the problem.
5. Simple math. As the boomers enter the Social Security system there will be more withdrawals than deposits. What sort of backup would you see which would, by necessity, increase deposits.
Appointing anybody to do anything is ludicrous, Nikki. Appointed officials are concerned with looking out for themselves and not ruffling the feathers of the person that appointed them. But we could go with elected officials, Heaven knows they are honest and incorruptible.
6. I totally agree on this one. The current Administration has shed the US in a bad light worldwide.
7. In the early 70's we sat in what amounted to gas rationing lines. Solar power became the buzz word but nothing has ever come of it. Big Oil is much more powerful than the US government could ever be. If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em, which the government has done...many years ago.
8. Money talks! There are two systems of justice in the US.
9. That would be nice but some rights have to be regulated in some cases, e.g. a child molester shouldn’t live next to a school, a convicted felon shouldn’t possess firearms, those sorts of things which, in essence, infringe on the rights of those people.
10. I’m not sure what you are saying here.
You are correct about the death penalty not being particularly political but abortion sure is. The right to life crowd peddles a subtle influence on most every candidate. Your views are refreshing and I trust you will be voting wisely in a few weeks.