What political issues interest you and why?

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Teddybear

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 08:16 am Click here to edit this post
Ok, I have a paper to do over spring break for government, so I am hoping ya'll can help me out here. I am supposed to interview people in my neighborhood, but I figure I could just interview ya'll. What's the difference, right?
If you could just tell me a political issue that you feel is important to you and why you feel that way. For example, education might be more important to someone that has children than it is to someone who doesnt have them. They might be more interested in another issue. I dont want this to be a debate thread or anything, so hopefully it wont end up like that. Hope yall can help out and thanks!!

Spygirl

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 12:28 pm Click here to edit this post
I'm gonna think about this and get back to you, Teddy...good topic for a paper.

Teddybear

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 12:54 pm Click here to edit this post
Thanks Spygirl.... I will start off just so everyone can kinda see what I am talking about. I am interested in adoption laws, basically because of my experience of giving my son away for adoption 10 years ago. For example, the controversy going in in Florida right now has my interest.

Whowhere

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 01:03 pm Click here to edit this post
I think that would be a great topic. Since it interests you and since there's been a buzz about it lately, I can't think of anything better!!


Good luck!!

Jeep

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 01:32 pm Click here to edit this post
Hi Teddybear!

I've never been into politics at all, but have recently found myself concerned about social security, medicare and prescription drug coverages for seniors.

I never realized how the cost of medical care can impact a senior citizen's income until my parents became ill. Mom & Dad's health insurance did not cover medicine, so when he started to suffer from congestive heart failure, they had to pay full price for his medicine. I took care of getting their prescriptions filled, etc. and saw the outrageous cost. His medicine was about $200 a month and that's 3 years ago. He died in 1999. Before he died, mom was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and that medicine was and still is VERY expensive. She has had a good prescription plan, but it will cease at the end of March. She's covered under the LTV Steel group plan and since they are in the final stages of bankruptcy, the health insurance is kaput. She will have to pay full price under COBRA to keep her insurance 18 more months or just pay everything out-of-pocket. I estimate her medicine to be $400 - $500 a month! Seniors on Social Security cannot afford that. Therefore, I am very much in favor of medicare including prescriptions.

We're all getting older and could be in this situation one day, too. Our senior citizens never dreamed medicine could ever cost so much. I plan my own retirement with the possibility that medicine may not be covered and that there may not even be Social Security by the time I get there.

Even though I can plan for the furure our current seniors need help.

Just my two cents worth.

Oregonfire

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 01:38 pm Click here to edit this post
Environmental issues really interest me, and I have no idea where that comes from. I recycle like a madwoman--usually two full bins a week. I worry about air quality too, and about contaminated ground water and all that. I also worry about overpopulation, as we continually use up our natural resources at a faster and faster rate. ("They" say it stems from some primitive biological drive to always gather more than you need in case of scarcity or something. If we're such an advanced species, why can't we control our primitive urges?)

However, I'm no vegetarian, which sometimes goes with the territory. And I overconsume food on a regular basis! And I still drive my gas-guzzler car and fill the bathtub too high--baths take up more water that showers too. I wasn't raised too care about this stuff, so who knows?

I seem to be a natural liberal, but I wonder if that doesn't come from feeling like one of the "have nots" growing up. I'm also pro choice (though please let's not discuss it), but I wonder if that comes from not having a strong male influence growing up (if there is a correlation--I'm just speculating, don't hate me), and pretty much a blase attitude about religion in the home (church was for singing in the choir and chowing down at social hour). I would feel like a complete fraud as anything else.

Obviously I love to talk about myself, that's for sure!

Grooch

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 01:40 pm Click here to edit this post
National Health Care coverage for all and Campaign Finance Reform.

Teddybear

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 02:41 pm Click here to edit this post
Thank you guys so much! This really helped. Beats walking around asking strangers for their opinion!!

Nightcrawler

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 11:03 pm Click here to edit this post
I don't see how I could do a paper with out puting something in it about the war we are in right now,I think it says alot about are leader. I don't think he would have a 82-89?? rating with out the war going on.I all so think the war was a good idea my self..Then again all the paper I wrote sucked :( :(, so maybe you shouldn't lisson to me???????? :) :(

hope it helps??? nightcrawler
P.S.
If you ever wright a paper about NASCAR that I can help you with :) :) :)