To be $8,000 in debt at the age of 25, for school loans, is rediculous!
When I graduated from highschool I was under the assumption that the state would help me if I claimed that I was independant. Denied!!!!! I was told that until the age of 24 I had to give my parents income tax information to recieve grants, federal aid or loans. This was very troubling, because I have been living on my own since the age of 18, and supporting myself since then as well. I wait tables, and actually never get a pay check, because I get paid $2.13 an hour. How is this acceptable? My car and credit car debt together are lower than my school loan debt for community college! Again, how is this acceptable? Well it's not. Something has to change, and fast. If the state of Texas keeps putting these burdons on under paid young adults, we won't have a future.
State should be obligated to take at least 50% of the financial burdon Upon themselves, if they want Texans to succeed in life!
Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
A Response to: "Voters vote for booze Nov 6"
To answer your question...
Yes, everyone should be able to go to a local convenient store and purchase "booze". I grew up in a tiny South Texas town called Odem. The town its self has always been and still is "dry". They have put this topic on the ballot several times that I can recall, and everytime Odem residents voted not to make Odem a "wet" town. Never once did this law keep anyone I knew from getting alcohol, nor did it keep anyone from getting wasted after football games. This law is archaic an should be put to rest. We are in the 21st century for goodness sake. It's not Prohibition! Bravo on bring this topic to light. I agree with the beer distributor "People are going to drink no matter what".
Yes, everyone should be able to go to a local convenient store and purchase "booze". I grew up in a tiny South Texas town called Odem. The town its self has always been and still is "dry". They have put this topic on the ballot several times that I can recall, and everytime Odem residents voted not to make Odem a "wet" town. Never once did this law keep anyone I knew from getting alcohol, nor did it keep anyone from getting wasted after football games. This law is archaic an should be put to rest. We are in the 21st century for goodness sake. It's not Prohibition! Bravo on bring this topic to light. I agree with the beer distributor "People are going to drink no matter what".
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Take Action
It's that time again folks! On this Tuesday November 6, 2007, we are ammending the Texas Constitution. Sixteen times!
How does it feel to know that only 5% of registered voters make all the decisions for the rest of the state? It should make you angry. It should make you want to take action. It should make you become more educated on the facts.
Each year in Texas we vote on something. Though it gets old voting on propositions, we also vote for the Governor, Senate, House, and other Local officials. Most Texans never hear about these elections. They might see a poster in someones yard or a billboard along the highway, but by the time they get home they've forgotten. So why only 5% of registered voters, I asked myself. I've come to the conclusion that the state of Texas doesn't want lower-class 20 to 30 year old college students voting on important issues. Our great state would rather have 60 year old upper-class business owners do the decision making around here.
I wonder if anyone remembers that in 2005 we also ammended the constitution. It's likely that only the few that voted remember. That year about two months before we ammended the constitution, my girlfriend and I set up a booth at ACC Northridge to encourage voting. We were only asking people to register to vote, and here are some responses we got: No thank you, I don't care about politics, and my favorite, my vote doesn't count anyways. Oh the nerve! Most people thought they were already registered to vote when they turned 18, others thought they could register when they got to the voting booth. Both were wrong. In the state of Texas the only way you can become registered to vote is to do it yourself 30 days before an election. The registration application must also be signed by a person who is deputized by the state to make it official. Because the registration proccess is so difficult in Texas most people miss out on a vital constitutional right, the right to vote.
Still curious if you can vote? Then you probably can't, but you can still register to vote any time of year. The easiest way to do it is online at: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/reqvr.shtml. Time is precious and so are the people and issues we vote on in Texas. Please TAKE ACTION today and carry out your constitutional right, the right to VOTE!!
How does it feel to know that only 5% of registered voters make all the decisions for the rest of the state? It should make you angry. It should make you want to take action. It should make you become more educated on the facts.
Each year in Texas we vote on something. Though it gets old voting on propositions, we also vote for the Governor, Senate, House, and other Local officials. Most Texans never hear about these elections. They might see a poster in someones yard or a billboard along the highway, but by the time they get home they've forgotten. So why only 5% of registered voters, I asked myself. I've come to the conclusion that the state of Texas doesn't want lower-class 20 to 30 year old college students voting on important issues. Our great state would rather have 60 year old upper-class business owners do the decision making around here.
I wonder if anyone remembers that in 2005 we also ammended the constitution. It's likely that only the few that voted remember. That year about two months before we ammended the constitution, my girlfriend and I set up a booth at ACC Northridge to encourage voting. We were only asking people to register to vote, and here are some responses we got: No thank you, I don't care about politics, and my favorite, my vote doesn't count anyways. Oh the nerve! Most people thought they were already registered to vote when they turned 18, others thought they could register when they got to the voting booth. Both were wrong. In the state of Texas the only way you can become registered to vote is to do it yourself 30 days before an election. The registration application must also be signed by a person who is deputized by the state to make it official. Because the registration proccess is so difficult in Texas most people miss out on a vital constitutional right, the right to vote.
Still curious if you can vote? Then you probably can't, but you can still register to vote any time of year. The easiest way to do it is online at: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/reqvr.shtml. Time is precious and so are the people and issues we vote on in Texas. Please TAKE ACTION today and carry out your constitutional right, the right to VOTE!!
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