State Budget Cuts

Although the states have already suffered greatly from the recent budget cuts, we are going to be suffering even more. Apparently this is the year that hits bottom, as our economy is also grim right now. California, with it's phenomenal governor of Schwarzennegger, has had to suffer greatly. The republicans are all for taking money from the schools and keeping it to themselves. It's most likely not challenging to figure out where I stand on this matter. Although part of me is reserved and wants the money in my family's pocket to stay in our pocket, I know how important education is. I go to one of the best high schools in the state of California and have learned more in these last three years than ever before in my life. My school is a public school and we are funded by the government. Although most republicans have no need for public schools considering they have the money to send their children to private schools, the lower income families need the same chance at education. By putting less and less funding into our schools just makes the future of America look grim. If only a select few are educated, there will be a heavy bias, and knowledge waiting to be unearthed will remain hidden.

Hippie Dems?

As a Democrat there are of course more pros than cons in my opinion. Democrats seem to be a freer, more worldly driven party than the republicans. Although they often have the rap that they are hippies that only care about world peace and smoking weed, these myths are not true.

Pros for me about the Democratic party are: liberal, supportive of gay marriage, oppose the death penalty, pro-choice, community based, decrease military spending, and increase tax on wealthy.

Cons for me about the democratic party are too romantic at points, not realistic enough, that government has the right to teach specific values in schools and that "all whom oppose them are to be treated as enemies".

"Debunking Dems"

As to all things, there are more sides than the one we tend to side with. Of course as goes with our political opinions. There are pros and cons to each party, but as a democrat it hard to decipher which is my own personal critiques and was is truly flawed. From the few sites I have visited, some have impressed me and some have just added to the disrespectful and hate-filled stereotype that right wing republicans have.

Tendencies of a republican: Conservative, Oppose Same-sex marriage, support death penalty, pro-life, taxes should not be increased, increased spending on military issues, and wages should reflect free market.

Pros for me: Out of all these tendencies I probably only relate minimally to the conservative part.
Cons for me: I disagree fairly strongly on all the points.
It's not that I am a democrat that can only see that one way, it's more like the morals I've grown up with that direct me towards the less selfish path. When I say selfish I do mean the republicans, but in my mind selfish is not always a bad thing. It's the way we as humans survive in this world; we look out for ourselves and therefore thrive. However, the strong presence of selfishness might allude to the idea that those on the far right wing are less evolved as the blues. Saying the republicans are less evolved than the democrats is also not a complete insult. The republicans have the capability to evolve just as we do, but they have found the system that works for them and cognitively choose not to risk the chance of trying a new system and having it severely flawed.