LPOLASKY

 LPOLASKY: Colorado Political Party: Republican (weak)

Congressperson: Doug Lamborn is the congress person who I most agree with. [] Energy: I believe energy is an important issue in The United States, but maybe not the most important issue we are dealing with in America. I think our country is worrying too much about the planet and then forgetting about the people who live on it. On the other hand I do think we should be making more of an effort to finding alternative energy sources. I think it is great that we have come up with new technology to minimize the amount of non renewable resources and start using renewable resources. Its important to be researching different sources of energy we could use to help protect earth. When it comes to pollution it's important to remember that we only have one earth to live on if we destroy it by pollution, we have no other place to go. Health Care: Heath Care is one of the more recent issues in America and has proven to be one of the more important. Heath care prices are extremely high for people who have a serious illness or injury. This means a lot of those people can not afford heath care with the income that they currently have. I am really concerned about this because it's wrong to charge people for things they desperately need at a price that they have no way of paying. Medical care should not be a privilege that can be taken away or come at a price. It should be a right and is a need that should be given to all citizens. It's scary because America remains the only major country in the world that does not provide a program that guarantees health services to all citizens which I really think we need to change. Criminal Justice: There are a lot of scary and serious problems that involve criminal justice. One that I feel strongly against is child abuse. 3 million children are estimated to be annually hurt or neglected. Almost half or those are under the age of eleven. Another issue is gangs. Gangs seem to produce multiple problems beside violence. Another issue is the use and selling of drugs in gangs. Gangs will often steal and smuggle drugs illegally then sell them to others. The selling of drugs to people who are not in a gang influences them to start doing gang activity of their own or join an already existing gang. As you can see this is a seriously bad influence on teenagers. I think that the government should make a more active role on the issues of gangs and America should have more groups working to prevent gang activity.

My Bill: My bill is about gangs and the prevention of gang activity especially with teenagers. My bill will be a solution to lower the amount of teens in gangs by providing a youth center where the teens can be involved and feel included while participating in fun activities. I think people should support our bill because we need to lower the amount of teens using drugs, guns, and the violence. Its wrong and scary to have kids as young as twelve killing other kids. Our bill we prevent a lot of these issues. http://mockcongress09.wikispaces.com/SB+20

Facts about my state: 1.From 2006-2007 reports of violence have gone down by 20,000 reports. 2. Denver CO ranks 121st most dangerous city. 3. Colorado had 12,741 confirmed gang members in 2007. 4. Colorado had 110 gangs in 2007. 5. Colorado's violent crime rate national ranking is 27.

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