Political Essay

Cameron Green
Norys AM
2-5-11
American Gov.

Political Essay


I am a conservative person when it comes to taking money away from the rich and giving it to the poor. I plan to be rich. I am going to give three of my conservative political points of view on abortion, gun control, immigration, and a liberal point on public schools. I am pro-life, immigration should be stricter, we should have better protection at the boarders. Guns are a form of protection and under the 2nd amendment we avoid total chaos among the civil population. Three points of view are conservative and one is liberal.
Conservatives are divided on abortion, Pro-life vs. Pro-choice, this is a wedge issue. I do not think you should kill the conceived baby at any level of life. Life starts at conception. This baby could be the next President of the United States.
Immigration; Public Policy and Economic Policy by Gary Freeman states the benefits of immigration are to a small group of people, e.g. farmers. The cost of taking care of the illegal is spread over a large tax payer base or a large group of people. The large group of tax payers do not individually have to pay much because of the large number of people paying taxes. The taxes pay for medical care and prison cost. The illegal comes to the United States for a better life. The government gives them that by sending them to prisons. 1/3 of the prisoners in California are illegal immigrants. The immigrants get free medical care, and if they go to jail they get free food, free roof over their head and are well taken care of. The cost of medical benefits and prison cost are spread over a wide tax base. We should cut all benefits to illegal immigrants and should use the money for guards to keep them out.
2nd Amendment Gun Control, this is the most important part of the Constitution. It keeps the president and liberal democrats from declaring gun ownership illegal. Conservatives and I believe everyone should be able to protect themselves...