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Jake Hauman, Senator for New Hampshire in the Mock Congress 2011 of Harmon Middle School. I am a strong republican on many issues, but I am partisian on some. I agree with Frank Guanita, a New Hampshire Senator, on many issues, but not all. Congressman Guinta's website. Link opens in new window. Quote 1: "Congressman Guinta believes we must lessen the burden on individuals and small businesses by providing tax incentives that will allow them to increase their workforce, invest and create jobs."- Frank Guinta's website. I think that small businesses are the only way to improve our economy, as they stimulate new jobs and allow more competition. I think the "tax incentives" should be percentage-based, not earnings-based Quote 2: "Congressman Guinta supports repealing and replacing the Health Care Reform Act passed during the 111th Congress."- Website. I have the same opinion, the health care bill is unconstitutional.

Five interesting facts about New Hampshire: State Dog- Chinook State Fruit- Pumpkin State Mineral- Beryl State Tartan- green 56, black 2, green 2, black 12, white 2, black 12, purple 2, black 2, purple 8, red 6, purple 28. State Motto- Live free or die (original quote: Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils.) Famous New Hampshirites (people from New Hampshire): Robert Frost, Daniel Webster, and Alan Shepard.

__**State Facts Related to My Issue:**__ I searched Google and the New Hampshire website but I still could not find any news that would apply to my issues. I also searched ABC-CLIO and THOMAS. I still didn't find any documents that were related to my issue. If you like, here are links to what I got when I searched "(New Hampshire) voter intelligence": [|Google] [|THOMAS] <-(For results,check all and search "voter intelligence".) [|ABC-CLIO] I hope that the lack of up-to-date events regarding my issue will be understood, as there is no way for me to obtain further information without drastic and inefficient methods. This bill requires all public high schools to have a citizenship class. People who pass the class with a C average (or above) for the year don't have to take it again (but it will be provided for other years of high school). Those who don't pass will be required to retake the course the following year. Now, I know that some schools have finance troubles, but that's not a national issue. If more funding is needed, however, the national government will set aside $2,500,000 that will be distributed to public schools who cannot otherwise have this class. This will be used ONLY to institute this class, and will be re-evaluated on a yearly basis to prevent one school from taking all the funding. Every two years, this amount will be re-evaluated and then adjusted. It cannot be adjusted upwards, only downwards. __**Voter Intelligence:**__ This is an untouched issue, but it is my belief that it is one of the most important ones facing or country. Voter intelligence is important because if the voters are intelligent they are much more likely to make the best decision when it comes to elections. However intelligent voting is harder, due to the fact that candidates running for office often use political ads that have opinionated terms and politically slanted views. These ads do not inform; they only confuse the voters, causing at best an uneducated, poorly-thought-out vote being cast, and at worst, troubling amounts of public cynicism. However, I assert that the ads aren't the only problem. The voters themselves should know better, and cut through the smokescreen of opinionated facts, political promises, and catchy jingles or phrases. The voters should be responsible enough to try to find information. But if basic information from an unbiased source exists, it appears to be hiding. Everyone wants their opinions in the mix. That's why I want to pass the Voter Intelligence Act.
 * __My Bill:__ Addition to School Curriculum Act**

__**Government Spending/Debt:**__ The government is spending too much; almost everyone knows that. But how are we going to stop it? Even with stringent budget cuts, our country is several billion dollars in debt, a situation not easily remedied. And that's not expected to improve, as many economists speculate our national debt will approach $1,000,000,000,000 around 2016, based on the national budget estimate submitted by Congress. So how do we stop it? Well, there's a problem. Because most federal income comes from tax dollars, the only significant way to increase income is by increasing taxes. And most people don't like doing that. So how is this budget problem fixed? The government could try to reduce the amount of money they spend on employees, or maybe we the people can satisfy ourselves with less money. There's only one thing the government can do for certain: stop spending money and start paying debt.

Cybercrime: This is something that costs us around $867,000,000 [|(1)]. And it can be fixed if we take personal steps to keep personal information off the web. Facebook is a prime cybercrime outlet; hackers can get personal information from anyone- information that could be used to hack someone's email account. Cell phones, if only thrown out, can be taken by someone and all the data on it is public domain. I think that we can all fix this, and the government doesn't need to help.

Sources [|(1)]Bureau of Justice Statistics