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** ﻿ ﻿ Political Party: Moderate ** I am most like congress person **Trey Growdy** from South Carolina- **[]** **What Trey Gowdy and I agree on: ** We both believe that education is a state and local matter. The federal government may share resources, success stories, and encourage research and crativity, but how to educate the children should be a state and local decision. This would make voting easier with more topics that the people want to choose from. Also, it would get people thinking as a whole better with the education decisions to make for their own children. This is an idea of Trey Gowdy's and i agree with it and think that it is important to have an idea in the back of your mind. Better yet, to voice your idea because that one idea can sometimes be the answer to a problem or something that everyone seems to really like. The more people like Trey Gowdy, voicing their ideas, the more younger children will catch on. Trey also understands that the children of today are the future of tomorrow and we need to be able to support them with a good education.
 * Taylor Miotke-South Carolina **

**﻿5 Interesting Facts: ** **1. **The first fire proof building was built in Charleston, 1822. **2.**South Carolina was the first Confederate state to split from the union during the American Civil War. **3.**South Carolina is the nation's leading peach producer and shipper east of the Mississippi River. **4.**The palmetto tree was chosen to be put on flag and become state because this tree had helped South Carolinians defeat the British in a battle at Sullivan's Island (during the Revolutionary War). The British would fire cannonballs, but the force would be absorbed by the soft wood. **5.**Three white crescents on a blue background were first used on a South Carolina banner protesting the Stamp Act in 1765.

**5 Related Facts (to issues most important to me): ** **1.**South Carolina’s four nuclear power plants usually supply more than one-half of the state’s electricity generation. **2.**The unemployment percentage in South Carolina 12.5%, the fourth highest. **3.**More than 26 percent of people in South Carolina are employed in the service industry. That's because South Carolina's economy is dependent on manufacturing, transportation, retail, mining and wholesale trade. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**4.**About 83% of students get their high school deploma or higher. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**5.**South Carolina receives most of its coal from Kentucky.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**3 Important Issues To Me:**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Jobs and Unemployment:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">My opinon on jobs and unemployment is that it is sad and a hard situation to fix. While jobs used to be blooming, they are now somewhat scarce (in certain areas more then others). This is making the economy and fairness amoung people even more of a problem because of the unbalenced situations between others. Also, it is causing uncertainty amoung many who are unemployed parents because supporting and maintaining a family can cost a lot. Unemployment has been taking more effects on people with the prices in the economy rising; such as leaving some homless, hungry, and even depressed. The rate of unemployment has been increasing and the U.S. has 9.7% of the population out of a job as of last year. I personally think if the peope of the U.S. used their voices more and came together as a community, the issue on jobs would be sorted out quicker and more efficiantly. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Energy and oil usage:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The energy and oil usage in the U.S. has been improving greatly. Now, people are starting to relize that it is important to take care of the planet, they are being proactive and finding more earth friendly power sources that are still (for the most part) renewable. Such as the solar panels and hydropower are being introduced more. Also, the usage of oil is dropping because of pricing and the fact that it isn't good for the economy. The effect of the pricing of oil is, what I believe, mainly changing the minds of many. The cost is running people into more and more debt which is only making the economy worse. Also, the stress of payments is leading to more unemployment and so is the fact that companies are being run down becasue they cannot pay taxes or cannot afford a decent working area. The way people of today use energy will effect the outcome of the future and I think if this message was spread out to more people it would help many to understand better. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Bullying(Cyber):** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">What I think about cyber bullying is that it can cause much more hurt than maybe meets the eye. Before, when the traditional bullying took place (more often), you knew who the bully was and size mattered a lot more. Now, with cyber bullying the size of the bully doesn't matter and niether does their identity. Over fifty percent of the victims don't know who the bully is. Also, they one being bullied is usually afraid to admit to it so the actions stay a secret. This kind of pressure and bullying can lead to depression, violent actions taken, and even suicid. Suicid is acted upon by both genders when bullied to extrem measures, but females are more likely to be the victim and the bully. I think this is true because they really can choose any girl and usually do not have to be afraid of size. Also, I think if more people (including the law) focus on this subjet and inforce the rules on bullying more seriously, the rate of it will decrease through out the country.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**HB4:Community Service in Education**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Bill Summary:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The bill is about getting students more into volunteering and helping out the community. By making 1 credit of a community service class required for all students to graduate, it will influence, encourage, and also give them more liff experiance for their near futures to come. This bill will have a positive outcome on the minds of student, the people of the community we would be helping, and the enviornment that would be getting taken care of even though many people tend to over look the problem.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**10 Resouces:**

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"South Carolina Fast Facts and Trivia." //50states.com - States and Capitals//. Marchex, Inc, 2011. Web. Mar.-Apr. 2011. [].

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"StateMaster - South Carolina Education Statistics." //StateMaster - US Statistics, State Comparisons// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">. 2010. Web. Mar.-Apr. 2011. [].

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Stockdale, Nancy. "Energy Conservation: Overview." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO,<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 2011. Web. 19 May 2011. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">[]

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