Taylor+Hays


 * __ Name: __** Taylor Hays


 * __ State: __** Maryland


 * __ Political Party Ideology: __** Moderate

__**Representative:**__ Jan Schakowsky

__**Endorsement:**__ I choose Jan Schakowsky because we have a lot of similar interests and like to look into the same things.


 * HB66**
 * Title:** Nowhere to Hide…

__**Why to Vote:**__ Citizens should vote for our bill because it deals with an important issue that America is dealing with today. Many children need help before these cases get to the point of death. Stopping this predicament could save millions of children's lives.
 * Purpose:** The purpose of our bill is to decrease the amount of child abuse cases in America. On a yearly average in America there are over 3.3 million cases reported on child abuse. A little less than 61% of children die from child abuse. Neglect is known to be one of the most common cases of child abuse. Most adults commonly start abusing their children at the age of 4-11 because they think the child can’t do anything about it because they don’t know any better. Parents abuse their children for different reasons which none of them are right. Some reasons are; to release anger, use of drugs, previous experiences as a child, and or their way of disciplining their children. If you are suspecting any cases of child abuse, report them right away because it’s better to be safe than sorry. Our purpose for making this bill is to open the eyes of Americans about child abuse and to limit the amount of child abuse reports.


 * Eligibility:** This bill will affect the guardian of any child. Having the bill affect them will cause many benefits and penalties. Benefits because they will learn from the parenting classes and take the advice given, or penalties because they will not take the advice and continue parenting they way they always have. Not all parents parent in a bad way but some do; some may mentally or physically abuse their child, and that is what we want to stop. An individual will be affected by this bill if one, they are the guardian of a child, two, have been reported for abuse, and three, they are expecting and or having a child. The age can range from the day they have a child or the day they are reported for abusing the child. This bill also affects any person living in the United States.


 * Terms and Benefits:** Our bill Nowhere to Hide… is a bill that will try to decrease the amount of child abuse cases in the U.S. This bill would affect all Americans planning, expecting, or have children. This could range from several ages; and goes towards any person living in the U.S. This bill can cause several benefits and penalties. Some benefits would be, parents would take our advice and parent their children that way; and some penalties would be they would not take our advice and continue to parent their kids the way they do. The government will be enforcing this bill by making a law that all parents expecting, planning, or have children must come to a parenting center. We plan to have this bill be in effect indefinitely; so that way all parents must go through parenting courses to learn how to parent their children the right way.


 * Fiscal Impact:** We will have two teachers per class. There will be three classes every other day; so on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Three classes in the morning and three classes at night for each of those days we provide classes. The teachers will be paid a working wage of $8.00. That will cost $288.00 dollars per week and $15,264.00 a year. Because our bill is indefinite the price will escalate. We also plan on holding a daycare center for the parents that already have children. So that will also increase the pricing.

__**Political Party:**__ Democratic Party


 * __Issues Interested In:__** Immigration. We are alike because we both think immigration should be aloud. I think immigration should be aloud because everyone deserves to live where they want if it's for the right reasons. For example, if there are people that want to move out of their country because, they don't like the way the government is, they don't like their president, they don't like the laws, etc,. They should be aloud to move out of their country, into a different one to be able to enjoy the way things are ran. But if someone wanted to move out of their country for the wrong reasons,that is where I would beg to differ. If someone is moving out of their country for the wrong reasons, chances are the things they do in a different country could 'A', get them in trouble, or 'B', get others hurt or even effect others around them. So, as you can see, this is where I stand with the issues on immigration. It should be aloud for the right reasons, and the right reasons only.


 * __ Issues With America: __** Some issues that are important to me are crime issues. Lately as the economy has been getting worse, crimes are happening more often. There are a lot of burglaries and kidnappings going on and I really think there should be higher punishments for it. For example there was already two attempts in Akron of kidnapping a one of those attempts has succeeded. If or when the kidnapper is found the punishment will be he/she has to go to jail but what if it was for a short period of time. I don't think they have the time spent in jail reasoned out thoughtfully. For example there are some stories where a person may kill several people and then put in jail for a very short time. But then there is other scenario where someone kills one person and is put in jail for a very long time. So I think the government should figure out certain times spent in jail for different crimes people commit. If someone is put in jail for only a short period of time, they would probably just go back out and do the same thing they did again. The way our government and sheriff departments are thinking this through is not good at all. It definitely needs to be changed as soon as possible. And that is one of the issues I have with America today.


 * __Agriculture:__** Some types of agriculture in Maryland are fishing and farming. They fish for lobsters because they live on the east coast and lobster is one of the main sources fished for. There farming is where all of there vegetables, fruits, crops, etc. are grown and harvested. Maryland's agriculture is very close to the agriculture in Ohio. There is farming, fishing, ways to get meat, etc,. They are not well known for their agriculture like other states because they don't produce something very popular. For example, Florida is famous for their oranges. Maryland doesn't have great weather to be known for any of their agriculture. It is rainy, cold, etc., so they is really where Maryland stands for their agriculture.


 * __ Industries: __** Maryland's first industry was Baltimore shipyards. They were small ironworks cast parts for sailing vessels. Many workers worked as shipbuilders. In the 1850's, Baltimore was also producing weather-measuring instruments and fertilizers. By the 1930's, Maryland was majoring in metal refining. The city remains important for manufacturing of automobiles and parts, steel, and instruments. Manufacturing is led by the printing and publishing industry, the food industry, the machinery industry, and the chemical industry.

Agricultural- Commercial fishing activities in Chesapeake Bay. This is one of the things Maryland is some what known for. They have the right weather to go fishing and they have the advantage of having Chesapeake Bay by them to go fishing in. They are not world-wide known for the fishing in Chesapeake Bay but, Maryland itself majors in fishing in the Chesapeake Bay. Industry- Centered on Baltimore’s shipyard. Baltimore's shipyard was one of Maryland's first industries. Then they went into the production of weather-measuring instruments and fertilizers, next, metal refining, and now, the city is known for their manufacturing of automobiles and automobile parts, steel, and instruments. And that is basically the jest of Maryland's economics.
 * __ Economics: __**

1) Annapolis is known as the sailing capital of the world. 2) Maryland State House is the oldest state capital still in continuous legislative use. 3) Maryland was first to enact work men compensation laws in 1902. 4) Maryland gave up some of its land to form Washington D.C. 5) Channel 67 broadcasted the state's first ever-public television programs on October 5, 1969.
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__**Cites:**__
 * 1) Jan Schakowsky
 * 2) Maryland Agriculture
 * 3) Maryland's Industries