JContes

John Contes california I am moderate. I had a mixture of republican and democratic thoughts. I think i side more with the republicans more though because i think it is unfair that the democratic party thinks your money belongs to the government.

A important issue to me is the economy. The economy is in trouble for a lot of reasons such as having no budget and wasting money on things that are not needed. Our president has 3 of the same planes that cost millions of dollars so he has less of a risk of being shot down. We also need to stop going over our budget. America is in millions of dollars of debt but we act like it doesnt matter and keep spending. Another issue is jobs. Some people dont even realize how many people dont have jobs but there are thousands of them in some of the smallest states. A reason we dont have jobs is we import many things from different countries. Cars like toyota and nissan and many more come from forigen countries and to make them needs jobs so it gives foreigners jobs and we have none but we continue to buy from them. If we manufactured more things we would have more jobs and balance us out which could also fix the problem of poor economy.

The senator of California that I agree with is Dianne Feinstein. She is in the domocratic party. This is her website link: []

Her ideas help give jobs and help people in many ways. Right now she is trying to promote breast cancer awareness to help people fighting. Also, she is creating jobs by passing different sorts of bills. For example, one bill she passed was a bill that would create more bridges throughout the state that would need workers to build. This will help put the California economy back on top. She is also working to lower taxes on families that are less wealthy than others.

Five interesting facts: 1. One of every eight americans live in California

2. California has the largest economy of the states in the union

3. Sequoia trees are some of the biggest trees in the world and are located in Sequioa National Park, California

4. When voting begins, California plays a large role.

5. San Francisco Bay is the largest land locked harbor

Reasons to visit: Lots of places to visit; National parks, large cities, and more Great beaches to see and lots of activities to do there Napa Valley, California is a very popular and beautiful landmark where grapes are grown for wine and other products Extremely beautiful landscape with beaches, mountains, lakes, and colorful plants with varieties of animals Hollywood, California is where lots of the worlds movies are created, and is a interesting thing to see.

Natural recources: Seafood Grapes (mainly Napa Valley) citris fruits (oranges mainly)

largest employers: Cheveron Apple Hollywood actors

Issues: 1.Unemployment- California used to have one of the largest and best economies in the world. But recently that has changed. As of now, in California, the unemployment rate is at around 12.5 percent. California is a expensive place to live, and with people that are having trouble paying bills and taxes are going to go into debt or have to move out of the state.

2. Crime- California is a great place. But all good places also have a bad place. Most of California is a friendly place to be but there is crimes done in other places. There have been bills passed to give more jobs as police in California but there is never enough to stop major problems.

3. Enviorment- California has great outdoors, but the outdoors need to be kept up. California has lots of animals that have gone extinct or are going extinct. They are working to stop this from happening and keeping a healthy enviorment. Another problem with the enviorment in California is the air polution. In Los angeles, there is a constant polution cloud over the city. This is beause of factories, cars, and more.

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My bill is about veteran affairs. We think that the veterans of iraq and Afganistan are coming back and are in financial trouble, so were proposing a 5 year, 100 percent tax break to help them get back on to their feet. For the veterans who found jobs were taking the tax off their income tax and for the unemployed veterans we are taking off of their local taxes such as utilities, property, ect. We are doing this because we think that they are behind the younger people who are coming straight out of college and have more potential.

Here is a link to our bill: SB19