Wednesday, May 8, 2019
In Betsy Carbajal Rivera's blog post "Voter Turnout," I loved what she had to say. Voting rates in our country are very disappointing and frankly quite embarrassing. This is a problem that should really be solved. Rivera's idea of rewarding the people that do vote really could work! People tend to respond to rewards rather than criticism about not voting at all. This has not shown to be effective. Rivera's blog post is something the government ought to consider! Maybe the states should even show some sort of reward to the young college students who vote! The youth in our community has an awful lot to say about current political issues, so maybe they need the motivation to make their voice heard!
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
One issue our national
government struggle with is staying out of our business. I believe that the
government is getting way too close to the state and local governments. In
particular, I believe that the government needs to stay out of marriage. At
first this belief does not make any sense but stay with me here. Since the
legalization of gay marriages, religions have been attacked by the government
and social groups for not engaging with same sex weddings. I live by a “If what
you are doing does not affect me, I do not care” type of mindset. This is what all
of my political views are based on. Therefore, same sex marriages are not
something I oppose. However, I do have a problem with religious affiliation
being attacked for standing up for what they believe in. I very much care about
everyone’s right to have their freedom of beliefs and speech. Therefore, the
government should stay out of legal marriages in general. I would like to keep
the federal government as far away from the people as possible. In this day and
age, the government is becoming too powerful and these officials are becoming
too involved in the everyday lives of US citizens. The government is here to
simply lay down laws and enforce them. Not controlling every aspect of our personal
decisions. Our founding fathers intended to keep the federal government far
away from us, and with as close as it is getting, it is becoming harder to say
we live in the land of the free.
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