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Taylor Savage State: Florida Political Party: Moderate Representative: Steve Southerland; Republican

Steve Southerland is interested in issues that involve jobs, money, and budgeting, I think this is important, because in my opinion, the economy is dropping, and the president has not specifically said what he is going to do to help. Steve thinks that the president is correct when he says that the economy could be worse, but he believes that the government needs to slow down on its spending. Steve is also focusing on education for kids. Steve talks about how the government should meet with schools and teachers to talk about how to reach certain community’s’ needs because the educational requirements differ for each community.

Endorsment For President: I would vote for Obama because i agree with most of the issues he is trying to solve. i would also vote for obama because he brought our soldiers home this year. The one thing i dont agree with that obama has done though is obama care because i dont think everyone needs the same specific health care because other people may need different things.

Space industry~ brings 4.5 billion dollars to the state each year
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1. The largest lake in Florida is Okeechobee. 2. Key Largo is known as the dive capital of the world. 3. Longest river is St. Johns at 273 miles. 4. Florida is not the southernmost state. Hawaii is furtherer south 5. Alabama and Georgia border Florida.
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1. History- Spanish architecture is very popular. There are also interesting museums to visit, like Ernest Hemingway’s home where you can tour an old author’s home in Key West Florida. 2. Theme Parks- Disney World and Universal Studios attract many children and people. 3. Beaches- People like to relax and have fun in the water and sand, like at Anna Marie Island beach where every pier has a restaurant to eat at and is very peaceful. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4. Water Sports- Different sports are offered, because the state is surrounded by water. Some sports include water skiing, snorkeling, and hang gliding. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5. Shopping- There are all sorts of different stores and places to shop while you are in Florida. Orlando Fashion Square has many shops and plenty of places to enjoy a great meal.
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__**3 main agricultural resources**__ 1. Oranges 2. Tomates 3. Bananas

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. Agriculture <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. Mining <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. Refineries
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. CSX Corp. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. Winn Dixie Stores Inc. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. Fidelity National Financial Inc.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">One issue that I feel is important is cyber bullying. I believe cyber bullying should be stopped. Kids and adults shouldn’t use the internet in a hurtful way. The issue is important to me because some kids take this so seriously that they have actually killed themselves over cyber bullying. 42 percent of kids in the world are being bullied over the internet and 58 percent of kids have had something mean been said to them over the internet and not told their parents. One of the problems we are having is that 75 percent of kids have been on web sites and have seen others being cyberbullied and most of the kids who see this dont do anything. To put a stop to cyberbullying kids who see this happening should tell someone or stand up for the person at least. If you see cyberbullying and dont want to speak up then dont chime in at all the least you can do is not say anything. Cyber bullying is more permanent because if someone posts something on the internet, even if they delete it, it will always be out there.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Another issue I believe is very important is homelessness. I think we should do something about this because everyone deserves to have a home and be provided with food and safety. The homeless population has increased since the economy has dropped. More and more people are living on the streets using shopping carts to hold all their supplies. About 1.7 million young kids are becomming homeless each year. About 58 percent of young adults are homeless. 39 percent of homless people are people under the age of 18. Homelessness is a big problem, but not as important as the issue of human trafficking.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lastly, I think something should be done about human trafficking. This is when people are forced against their will to be sold in to slavery by being smuggled into other countries and then sold against their will, which is completely illegal. I think something should be done because if you look at the numbers there are more human slaves today than ever before in history. There is an estimated number of 27 million adults and 13 million children being forced in to human traficking in the world. . Even though this is illegal, catching smugglers in the act is very difficult. Most of the human traficking taking place in the united states is found in New York, California, and Florida. I believe something should be done about this, because no one should be forced to move to another country, and forced to work for no pay.

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Link to Bill: HB45

My bill is about kids dropping out of highschool and not making enough in their life to support themselves. Our bill is trying to make it so kids under the age of 18 cannot drop out of highschool. We want to do this because about 58 percecent of young adults are homeless and a lot of the reasons are that they dropped out of school and could not find a job that payed enough to support them. For people who drop out of school for financial reasons we are going to provide a financial aid program so that parents do not have to worry about how much it costs to keep their kid in school. We want to better the education of the kids in the united states and make sure they know what they are doing when they go out into the world on their own because that is when reality hits.