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 * T THOMAS **-California- Republican

**Congressman Most Like Me-** __David Dreier__, Congressman From California-//Republican//. []

** 3 Issues That Are Important To Me: ** 1. __Economy__- I think right now this is one of the most important issues. What we should do about this issue is make a bill that will try to solve this issue. For example, I would like to create a bill that will give small amounts of money and tax cuts to buisnesses that do buisness in America like manufacturing. Kind of like the No Child Left Behind Grant. Then in the bill it would include that if buisness do not do buisness in the United States their taxes will increase greatly, causing them to lose more money than they are making. This bill will definately help the economy, it will create more jobs for Americans, keep money in the U.S. and probably raise the value of the dollar. 2.__Health And Safety__- I think right now in the United States Health and Safety is a big issue that we are facing. For example a large portion of the United States population right now is unemployed. This is because the economy is doing terrible and many people are being laid off from their jobs. Well since people are not working, they cannot afford things because they have no money to spend. For example, health insurance. Because of this people will not go to the doctor because the cannot afford their medical bills. This is wrong, if you are ill you should go to the doctor to recieve care. Not only for yourself but for the safety of others. If you are ill you could pass the disease on to another person. This is why I believe every American should have affordable healthcare. 3. __Immigration__- The third most important issue to me in these times is Immigration. I believe this is a large issue in our society because illegal immigrants are crossing our borders and taking American jobs. This is such a large issue because first of all there is already a shortage of jobs in America because of the economy. So with all these immigrants taking our jobs, it leaves less opprotunities for citezens of our nation. Secondly, after they work in America and take American dollars back to their own country, the value of the American dollar starts to drop and drop. I believe this is one of the causes of our economy problems. All these issues are based on the economy and we need ro fix them.

**5 Facts About California That Relate To My Issues:**

1: A reason for Mexican immigration to the U.S is the lack of opprotunity in their own country. The average citizen makes 175 dollars a year in Mexico. In America the average citizen makes 46,000 dollars a year. They also recieve free benefits when they work if the buisness they work for offers them. No legal documentation is needed for this. California is the first place they come to. 2: As of 4/17/09 the unemployment rate in California is 11.2 percent. 3: 6,448,540 people over 15 percent of the California population does not have health insurance according to The Keiser Family Foundation. 4: It is estimated that there is around 3 million illegal immigrants in California. 5: California supports a large and diverse economy with the highest economic production among the states. If California were a country, it would rank around tenth in the value of goods and services produced. California's service industries, as a group, make up the largest part of the state's gross product.

Link To My Bill-http://mockcongress09.wikispaces.com/HB+60

Explanation Of My Bill: Basically what my bill proposes is that every business in the United States will be rewarded for producing their product in the United States instead of a foriegn country. This will be done through tax cuts. If they do not do this they will be punished with higher taxes that will eventuallly cause them to go bankrupt.

Reasons To Support My Bill: You should support my bill because I truly believe it can help the economy. It offers more new jobs to Americans. It keeps the American Dollar flowing in the U.S. People who have been laid off in the past will now have the opportunity to get their old job back. This bill I believe will really get things started for the U.S. economy. It will also make us more independent as a nation so that our economy does not have to depend on other nations economy's as much, so that if they crash, we will not. Please support my bill!!!

__//**10 Resources That I Have Used**//__ 1." **Dreier Comments on Unemployment Numbers, Upcoming Job Fair"** Unied States Issues [|www.dreier.house.gov] 2."**Effects Of Recovery Package Lessened Due To State And Local Budget Shortfalls"** [|www.cepr.net] 3.**"Latest Numbers: California"** [|www.bls.gov/lau] 4.**"Work, Not Welfare"** [] 5.**" Number of California's uninsured is growing; insurance coverage for state's workers lags behind nation, UC study says" []** 6**."The Daily Reckoning, Celebrating A Decade Of Reckoning"** [] 7."**California Economy" []** 8.**"Pearlstine: California's Economy" []** 9."**Beware The Bailout" Written By: Robert J. Samuelson []** 10.**"Why is the economy so bad?" []**