FREE ESSAY ON 2000 ELECTION

2000 ELECTION

The two main candidates for the election of 2000 are George W. Bush and Al Gore. Al Gore,
of course, being the current Vice President. I have never been into the whole politics
game. But, know that I am 18 years old I feel I should start paying more attention to
political issues. I don't know if I am going to vote this year, and if I did I don't know
who I would vote for. I really don't know much about either canditate. All I know is that
Gore is Vice President to Clinton, and we all know how most people feel about Clinton. In
order for me to make a judgment on who I am going to vote for I would like to know where
each canditate satnds on different political issues. Some of the issues I will be
covering are abortion, crime, drugs, education, environment, and gun control. These are
the issues I am most interested in, and I would like a president who agrees with me on a
good portion of these issues. 
To start off, I am going to state where I stand on each of the isssues. I then will sate
where each presidential canditate stands on each issue. The first topic I would like to
discuss is abortion. Abortion is kind of a big thing to me. I am one of those who is
against abortion. I feel abortion is kind of like murder. I know it is easy for me to say
that abortion is wrong, because I have never gotten a girl pregnant before. I understand
that some tees make mistakes and want to correct those mistakes. But, I feel more people
should stand up for their mistakes and take some action. Instead of having the baby
aborted, the parents should put the child up for adoption. What if that kid was going to
come up with a cure for cancer? I bet the parents would not want o abort the child then.

Abortion is one area I agree with Bush. Bush wants to cut down the amount of abortions
given out the whole year. Bush also wants to turn the choice of having abortions over to
the state. Gore, on the other hand, wants to leave the choice in the woman's hand. He
feels it is up to her to decide whether or not to have an abortion. Gore also wants
medicare to pay for abortions. I feel that it is totally wrong for the government to
support the murder of an unborn child. I have to say that I am a little disappointed that
neither canditate is taking a direct stand against abortion. Although I agree with Bush
more than Gore I feel both candidates are trying to steer around the abortion topic.
The next issue I would like to discuss is crime. As we all know crime is a big problem in
our country. I am in favor of adding more funding to increase police officers pay and to
increase the overall bettering of policing across the country. I feel police officers are
extremely under paid for the jobs that they do. Crime is one issue I agree with Gore on.
Gore wants to intensify the fight against crime. He wants to add 50000 more police to the
streets in the next 10 years. Bush on the other hand didn't have too much in speaking out
against crimes. Both candidates support having the death penalty. But, only 
Gore states that he wants to have the death penalty for the killing of a federal officer.
I like that idea because it shows that Gore is going to protect his own. 
The next issue I am going to discuss ties in with the previous issue of crime, drugs.
Drugs are a huge problem right now in our society. Almost everyone I know has done a drug
at some point in their lives. I know growing up in Chicago I came across a lot of people
with a drug problem. But, it is not only in the city where drug use occurs. It happens in
the suburbs, the farms, and everywhere else. The fight against drugs is an area I feel
both candidates should concentrate. Because almost ever family has probably been touched
by a drug problem. Gore and Bush both feel similar in the drug policy. Both candidates
want to toughen up the war against drugs. They both want to concentrate more effort on
stopping drug transportation from Colombia. One thing I like about Gore is that he
admitted to using marijuana when he was younger. This shows me that he is an honest and
open guy. I don't feel people should judge him on this because almost everybody has tried
marijuana at some point or another.
Another topic I would like to touch up on is that of education. I feel the education in
our country could use some tuning up. We can accomplish this by adding additional funding
to the public school systems. Especially, the public school systems in the cities. I feel
the government doesn't pay enough attention to some of these schools just because they
are in bad neighborhoods. Gore wants to add 170 billion dollars in funding to schools in
the next 10 years. He also wants to add 2 million teachers in the next 10 years. Bush
wants to add 400 million to after school projects and he wants to add money to help pay
for more teachers. One thing I love about Gore is that he is in favor of letting students
do voluntary prayer in school. It sickens me when I hear that prayer has been banned in
school. It is such a terrible thing to ban religion because God is the center of so many
peoples lives. One thing I am happy to see both presidents standing for is better funding
for college students. Both candidates want to make it easier for a college student to
attend college. They plan to do this by easing up the requirements on getting a loan, and
by adding more money in the scholarship pool.