The issues that affect me are promoting responsible gun ownership and tackling our nation’s healthcare challenge; however, we cannot focus on these issues because of dysfunctional leadership at the Federal level.
In reference to the latter, dysfunctional leadership, we have a President that lies. His political party, the GOP, will not hold him accountable. I do not think the other party, the Democrats, is much better. This mess is due to campaign finance – primarily, the rich and special interests have considerable control on our choices, which are typically poor, so instead of voting for someone we end up voting against someone.
In reference to guns, the argument needs to change to match reality. The argument should be “responsible gun ownership” not gun restrictions. For people to own a gun they should have to demonstrate they are responsible enough to own a weapon. The Heller opinion states on page 2 that there should be prohibitions on people who are mentally ill. Moreover, gun dealers, need to demonstrate that are responsible as well to ensure they will not sell weapons to criminals.
In reference to Healthcare, it is only going to get worse. The increasing costs are crowding out other purchases, such as investments in infrastructure to facilitate economic growth. This issue continues to be ignored. Neither solely universal nor solely competitive is the answer. It is a mixture of both; however, I believe we will go to universal in 10 years to eventually arrive at a mixture 30 years hence.
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