Madeline+Oleksy

Maddie Oleksy

**Political Party:** Moderate
====**Representative:** John Hoeven is a republican representative for North Dakota. I chose John Hoeven because I agree with the issues he wants to try and fix. John has six main issues for growth in North Dakota which are education, economic development, agriculture, energy, technology and quality of life. I agree with John on each one of these issues. I feel that I am most like him because I want each one of these issues to be fixed. No matter how many people have tried to fix these issues they still haven't gotten any better. North Dakota needs someone who will try until they are fixed and that is exactly what John Hoeven wants to do. ==== []

====**President for 2012:** The candidate I want for the 2012 election would be Mitt Romney. I want Mitt Romney because of the issues he believes in. Some of his economic plans consist of reducing taxes, spending, regulation, and government programs. I feel that if we put Mitt Romney in office he will try and reduce the money we spend to stop us from going into a larger debt than we already are in. It seeks to increase trade, energy production, human capital, and labor flexibility ; which is exactly what we need to change. This is just a little reason why our presidents need to step up their game and really think through how much trouble we have gotten our country into. The economy could grow if we put MItt Romney in office. ====

**5 Interesting Facts: **
1) North Dakota is the only state in the nation to never have had an earthquake. 2) North Dakota has been recently ranked the friendliest state in the United States according to Cambridge University. 3) Of the 50 states North Dakota is the 17th in size, with 70,665 miles. North Dakota is 212 miles long north to south and 360 miles wide east to west. 4) The Lewis and Clark expedition encountered their first grizzly bears in North Dakota. 5) North Dakota passed a bill in 1987 making English the offical state inseparable.

**5 Reasons to Visit North Dakota: **
1) Lewis and Clark trail 2) Children's Museum at Yunker Farm 3) Trollwood Park 4) Theodore Roosevelt National Park <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5) Fort Lincoln Trolley

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3 Main Agriculture Resources: **
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1) Wheat <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2) Cattle and calves <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3) Soybeans

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3 Biggest Companies/Industries: **
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1) MDU Resources Group <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2) North Dakota Mill and Elevator <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3) Sanford Health

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3 Issues Today: **
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1)Smoking: I would say there are many different issues that are important in America today, but I have a few that I feel are the main issues. The first main issue is smoking in public places,homes, and around children. Smoking is something that once you start you cannot stop. We need to make sure that young children don't start so that they don't get illnesses that smoking can cause.Even though they have made laws about only smoking in specific places, I still feel that it needs to be cut even more.I feel we need to not let people smoke in public places.I feel this way because many people don't smoke and it is rude to let the ones who do make the others inhale the smoke. I feel that through the years this is one of the worst issues that we just cannot see to fix. Now is our chance to make it better.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2)Unhealthy Foods:Another important issue is unhealthy food in schools. I feel by having so much grease, and unhealthy snacks is the reason why so many children are obese. I don't think the way to solve this problem is to take every snack out but to cut down on what's in the food and make it better quality. It's not just the schools fault, parents also need to teach their kids to eat healthy. I think this is an easy problem to fix and there are many ways of fixing it. If the school and the parents work together our country can become less obese. I think as generations pass our country will become much healthier.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3)Education: The last important issue is education. I feel that in our society today many children don't get a good enough education, or even one at all. We need to help out the ones who don't have an education so they can have a better future like the rest of us. This would give them the oportuinity to do something with their lives. We would have more jobs open and less people in poverty. Many outcomes would come from giving children a better education. We need to come together as a country and get children the education they deserve.

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bill: **
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SB50 This bill is to secure the freedom of speech for all citizens. This occurs a lot on the Internet. People are not able to have their own viewpoint on major issues without getting a punishment. Some people’s freedoms are not secured because of their religious views, culture, race, and gender and how their peers view them. Many people have been loosing their jobs because of their views on the different issues. An example of this in today's society is when Marine Sgt. Gary Stein first started a Facebook page to encourage service members to exercise their freedom of speech. He then declared that he wouldn't follow orders of commander in chief, President Barack Obama. The Marine Corps is now looking into whether he violated the military’s rules prohibiting political statements by those in uniforms and broke it's guidelines on what troops can and cannot say.The reason you should vote for this bill is so everyone can have freedom of speech. It is important for all American CItizens to say what they feel without getting a punishment. So vote for this bill!

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