Macy+Lydigsen

**Political Part:** Moderate, I agree with both democratic and republican views

 * The Representatives That I Share Issues And Beliefs With:** Issues that are most important to me are the increase in taxes. Americans are already in debt and having a hard time surviving the increase in taxes. Peoples houses are going into forcloser, their working full time, unpaid bills, starving since they cant buy enough food for their familes, and children not getting a education. Another unfair thing about taxes is middle class citizins have to pay the same amount as lower class citizins. This all brings us to the question of why does the govenment need to tax so much? The government says they raise taxes for reasons of fairness, but higher class people earned their place in the economy and lower class did not. Lower class shouldnt be able to depend on higher class thats not what I call "being fair." In reality many Americans say the raise in taxes is to give back from debts to other countries. We need to pay back debt fast so they tax more and more, and not all citizins can give that much money for bills. Another issue is jobs, it is not the job of government to create jobs, but to create an atmosphere where jobs can be created. They can't just keep raising taxes when nobody can pay them because of the bad economy. Lastly, I think obesity is a huge concern in the United States. A study has been tested and it says more than half of kids will be obese when they are adults. Thats more than 50% and its not good. We always talk about eating right, staying active, and how to be healthy at school. America is becoming more and more obese from not exercising and the increase amount of junk food being consumed. This is why I agree with Nancy Jenkins, she is determined to lower taxes and find Americans jobs. If we find Americans jobs it could possibly lower obese percentages since people will now be doing some kind of activity instead of sitting around.

I like President Barack Obama for the 2012 election. He kept his word in the campaign in 2008 and I agree with his goals. This is why I will continue supporting him this year. I agree with these goals … Abortion, Foreign Policy, Gay Marriage, Healthcare, keeping the world clean, and much more. The President is a determined and great guy. He isn't afraid of anybody's opinions on what he knows is right. Obama is always thinking of the Americans. This is why he is similar to my representative because she also believes in Obamas abortion, healthcare, and keeping the world clean. This is why I would like President Barack Obama to be in office again as president.
 * Endoursment For President:**

Death Or Decay- The purpose of our bill is to make the death penalty a requirement in all fifty states. The death penalty is currently a legal sentence in thirty three states and not a legal sentence in seventeen states. In the death penalty is enacted in these thirty three states under cases with aggravated murder, rape, and drug dealing. Our main goal making this bill legal is to make sure all criminals get the same punishments. One criminal shouldn’t get a lesser punishment than another criminal just because they are in different states. It’s unfair and imbalanced that criminals can get away with the same crimes in certain states without the death penalty. Majority of the states do agree with the death role so why not make it legal in every state. This bill will help our country in many ways. It will make states sentences for the crimes committed equal, lower crime rates in our country, and saves more money than the costs of a life sentence. We will be equal because everyone has the same punishment probabilities making it truly fair. It will lower crimes because polls taken in 2008 show when the death penalty was in action the murders and other violence decreased rapidly. Lastly, it saves more money because although it does cost approximately two million dollars per case, regular life sentence cases will cost $1.2 million-$3.6 million.Would it hurt anyone to pay a few more dollars to fund death penalty? Or are you just going to let murders get away with murder because you don’t want to give a few extra dollars for taxes? Overall, death penalty in all states is a virtuous thing. This is why we think all states should require the death penalty.
 * HB58:**

**Vote For Our Bill:**
You should vote for our bill because it ensures justice in the United States. As of now 75% of states have the death penalty, but 25% do not. This is very unfair because punishments are not the same for the same crimes. Why should a murder get away with murder in one state but not in another? Another reasons are it lowers crime in our country. Criminals now will know the law is being enforsed everywhere and stop doing what they are doing. Polls taken in 2008 show when it was enforsed in new states those states crimes decreased rapidly. Wouldn't you like to see that in your state? Another reason is it costs less money than a life sentance. This is because they are fed daily, have shelter, and other nessasary things like beds. Why would you pay higher taxes for a life sentance to feed and help the man or woman who murdered your child? Some may still be saying no because, "its wrong, the killer should live!" But, did the victim have a choice? This criminal made the choice they did, they knew the punishments following and still did it. This is why you should vote for our bill.

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 * Agricultural:** Commodity crops, fruits like apples, blueberry, and cherries. The veggies are things like corn, carrots, bell peppers, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, pumpkins. Also gives 37% livestock products sucha s sheep, cows, chicken, turkey.======

**5 Interesting Facts About Michigan:**

 * 1) ======Invented the first nations soda pop which was cream soda on accident in 1866.======
 * 2) ======Its shoreline is longer than any other state other than Alaska.======
 * 3) ======The Great Lakes account for 1\5 of the nations freshwater and Michigan has around 150 lighthouses which is more than any state.======
 * 4) ======Michigan's western area has many sand dunes like the sleeping bear dunes and more than 11,000 lakes and 36,000 miles of stream.======
 * 5) Michigan is home to famous singers like Michael Jackson and Rock & Roll in Detroit.


 * 3 Important Issues:** Taxes, Governments debt, and jobs.
 * Taxes-** Increase in taxes. Americans are already in debt and having a hard time surviving the increase in taxes. Peoples houses are going into forcloser, their working full time, unpaid bills, starving since they cant buy enough food for their familes, and children not getting a education.
 * Jobs-** It is not the job of government to create jobs, but to create an atmosphere where jobs can be created. The economy is very bad and Americans keep losing their jobs and its making their lifes unlivabl. They can't afford shelter, food, and much more.
 * Governments debt-** In reality many Americans say the raise in taxes is to give back from debts to other countries. We need to pay back debt fast so they tax more and more, and not all citizins can give that much money for bills.


 * Representative:**The representative I choose was Nancy Jenkins. Nancy Jenkins was elected from district 57 in Michigan. Her beliefs are that the government must create jobs for us, lower taxes, use funds correctly, and reserve natrual reasoures. I agree with her entirerly which is why I chose her for my representative. Heres her website, []


 * 5 Reasons To Come:**
 * 1) A natural attraction Michigan has is all five of The Great Lakes. They are fun places to go with friends or family and a beautiful place to visit.
 * 2) Grand Rapids is home to Gerald Ford, there are many models of the oval office he used to serve in and the automobiles he made.
 * 3) Michigan Adventures is a really fun place to go with friends and family. Its a amusement park with many exciting rides to go on!
 * 4) I have personally been here for a school field trip. In Dearborn, Michigan theres a historic place called Greenfield Village. They contain houses and places of famous people like Noah Websters home and a court where Abraham Lincoln practiced law. Its a interesting, fun, and fascinating place to visit.
 * 5) Another natural attraction is Soo Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Its a beautiful park containing miles of sand dunes, a lake, and a lighthouse you can climb up to 112 feet


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