BSPOFFORD

BSPOFFORD I am from the state of Kentucky and am part of the [|Green Party] . The Senator I agree with is [|Jim Bunning] . Some of his issues are defense, immigration and social security. The three issues that are most important to me are Gun Control, Social Security and Immigration.

Gun Control-The bill we are writing about is Gun Control, I feel that deeper background checks should be added to someone buying a gun, or going to a gun show, because there are many people who have used guns in a crime that can easily get them. Our bill, SB 34 , is finished and we have added many new things to it, such as, having further punishments for gun related crimes, having stores and owners responsible for a crime commited with an illegally owned firearm and having people pay for their own background check at gun stores or gun shows.

Social Security- i feel that social security is an important issue because it provides over $471 billion dollars in benefits to more than 47 million people. Social security provides three distinct types of benefits, retirement insurance if you have worked more than 10 years, disability insurance, and survivors insurance for families of diceased workers. Social Security guaruntees retired and working families economic stability to keep them out of poverty.

Immigration- this is an important issue because there are may illegal immigrants who are crossing the Mexican border, some of which steal American jobs, and some of which may scare Americans. They are also costing alot of money to make a new border and hire better and more border control the lifetime maintanence cost, just for the new border, is reported to be around $50 billion. in 2006 alone, Bush sent out 6,000 national gaurdsmen to help with the border control issue.