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Name: Rachel Brandon State: South Carolina Political Party: Republican

This is U.S. Senator of South Carolina, Jim DeMint. ( Democratic )I chose him as my senator because we agree on a lot of the same issues and views.Jim Demint has solutions to issues that will really good and that will improve South Carolina and the whole United States. []

__Five facts that i agree with:__ 1. limiting the size of government, cutting taxes, and giving businesses the opportunity to compete on a level playing field are the best ways to grow the economy and create jobs. 2. We need to encourage partnerships between universities, technical colleges, businesses and high schools to ensure our children learn academics in the context of skills and careers they might want to pursue, empowering them to stay in school. 3.we live in a constantly changing world and we will never be able to predict the future. 4. Despite these constantly changing threats, America’s commitment to the principles of freedom, human dignity and free enterprise are just as strong as when our founding fathers first expressed them. 5. “Congress should be doing what it can to asset fiscal responsibility and address public cynicism about the way power is wielded in Washington.”

__Five Facts about South Carolina: __ 1. the unemployment rate is 10.9% this is higher than the national average 9.8% 2. agriculture is their base of their economy.(tobacco, dairy, products,and soybeans) 3. Fort Sumter is where the first battle of the civil war took place and it is in South Carolina 4. Johnston, South Carolina is known as the peace capitol of the world. 5.The population of South Carolina is 4.5 million. 69% white, 29% black, 2% other

__ five facts about South Carolina that relates to your issue: __ 1. In South Carolina, this year their was an armored vehicle maker based in South Carolina layed off about 100 workers. All of those workers lost their ,thier and dont know where to go now. Also in 2009, the same company layed off about 120 workers to save about $40 million dollars. 2.The business failer rate in South Carolina is 35 per 10,000 concerns in 1997. 3. The limiting size of goverment, cutting taxes, and giving businesses the opportunity to complete level playing field will improve the state. 4. Median household income is 39,316 (2005-ranked 43rd latgest) 5.Most people apply for unemployment benefits, after claims had fallen. Most are worried what will happened and this leads for them to sign up.

__Three issues that are important to me: __ 1. Education - recently in South Carolina 25% were uneducated. This is a higher percentage than anyone wants but we are hoping to bring that percentage down. For a solution i think we should get people to volunteer, also have a fund raiser. we could ask the state to give them money ( which they should ) but we never know. 2.Toxic Air- in South Carolina their has been high levels of toxic chemicals in the outdoor air. South Carolina is a very high hot spot for this and we now know that South Carolina did and still kinda does have a toxic air problem. 3. Economy- South Carolinas economy is mostly agriculture. From this maybe we could increase the income if we spread out to other things than just agriculture. economy is a large part of South Carolina and we could improve it for the better. Bill Link:SB37 __Sources: __

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//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">"Toxic Air Problems at South Carolina Schools." __// Coastal Conservation League //. Web. 07 Apr. 2011. <http://coastalconservationleague.org/projects/toxic-air-problems-at-south-carolina-schools/>.//

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<span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px; webkittextdecorationsineffect: none;"> "South Carolina State Information - Symbols, Capital, Constitution, Flags, Maps, Song and More." 50states.com - States and Capitals //. Web. 07 Apr. 2011. <http://www.50states.com/scarolin.htm>.