Domestic Issues

Education Higher Education (refer

left) Student Loans No Child Left Behind Standardized Testing Education Funding http://articles.cnn.com/2

010-05-31/politics/issues.education_1_low-performing-states-and-school-districts-universities?_s=PM:POLITICS

Annual Income Salary

American Family

Nuclear family (traditional) decreasing

What is increasing?

Possible issues???

Illegal Immigration SB 1070

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/border-wars/

Cyber Crime

The Department of Justice categorizes computer crime in three ways: The computer as a target - attacking

the computers of others (spreading viruses is an example).

The computer as a weapon - using a computer to commit "traditional crime" that we see in the physical world (such as fraud or illegal gambling).

The computer as an accessory - using a computer as a "fancy filing cabinet" to store illegal or stolen information.

Human Trafficking

There are girls as young as 5 and 6 years old in the U.S. that are forced to do sexual acts for economic gain by their pimp are being trafficked every year; this is in addition to the millions already held captive by trafficking

Every 2 minutes a child is being prepared for sexual exploitation

The average age of a trafficked victim is 12-14 years old The average number of victims for non-incestuous

pedophiles who molest girls is 20, for pedophiles who prefer boys 100!

An average serial child molester may have as many as 400 victims in his lifetime.

Child pornography is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States right now.  Nationally, there has been a 2500% increase in arrests in 10 years

Euthanasia

ending a life in order to relieve pain Jack Kevorkian, MD, the pathologist sentenced on Apr. 13,

1999 to 10-25 years in prison for his role in the euthanasia of Thomas Youk was paroled on June 1, 2007 after serving 8 years.

An autopsy of Terri Schiavo performed on Apr. 1, 2005 revealed that her brain weighed 615 grams -- less than half of the expected weight for an adult her age.

In classical Athens, city magistrates kept a supply of poison for anyone who wished to die.

Physician-assisted suicide is legal in three US states: Oregon, Washington, and Montana.

A May 2006 Gallup Poll found that 69% of Americans answered yes to the question "When a person has a disease that cannot be cured, do you think doctors should be allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient and his family request it?"

Health Care

In 2007, nearly 50 million Americans did not have health insurance, while another 25 million were underinsured.

The amount people pay for health insurance increased 30 percent from 2001 to 2005, while income for the same period of time only increased 3 percent

Approximately 50 percent of personal bankruptcies are due to medical expenses.

Approximately half of all chronic diseases are linked to preventable problems including smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity.

Same-Sex Marriage

Issue began in 1970’s

Legal: Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, D.C.

California banned with Prop 08

Retirement & Social Security

Begin paying out more than it takes in as revenues in 2017.

Exhaust its "trust fund" in 2041. Require $4.7 trillion in extra

revenue to pay estimated benefits for the next 75 years.

SAVE 401K/403B Invest