jwittig

Jordan Wittig, South Carolina, Moderate

[|ttp://joewilson.house.gov/] Joe Wilson is a representative of South Carolina. I chose him as my representative that I agree with most, because I agree with him on a lot of the same issues and views. He believes that we need to create a lot of jobs to help fix the economy. I also agree with him that we should lower taxes. That will help families save money and will help build a better economy, for the state and country. He knows how to fix a lot of the problems and issues that will improve South Carolina and the whole United States.

__5 Interesting Facts about my State__
 * 1) Capital- Columbia
 * 2) Population- 4,561,242
 * 3) Flag- Blue with white moon in top right hand corner, and white palm tree in the middle
 * 4) Became a State- South Carolina entered the Union on May 23, 1788 and became the 8th state.
 * 5) ﻿﻿Total Area– 31,189 square miles (40th largest state)


 * __Land area – 30,111 square miles (96.5%) __
 * __Inland water area – 1,006 square miles __
 * __Coastal water area – 72 square miles __

__5 Facts about my State that Relate to my Issue__
 * 1) As of 2007, there were 75,000 illegal immigrants in South Carolina.
 * 2) South Carolina’s immigrant population increased by nearly 30% between 2000 and 2006.
 * 3) FAIR estimates that if the state’s illegal alien population continues to increase, approximately 270,000 persons will be added to the state within the next several years.
 * 4) Illegal immigration has become a key issue in the state as some believe that illegal immigrants place a financial strain on state services.
 * 5) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2007 South Carolina’s unemployment rate for immigrants is 6.6%, significantly higher than the national average of 5%.

__3 Issue I Agree With the Most__ Education- The percent of people that are uneducated is 25%. I think we need to lower that percent, and enforce kids and adults to be getting the proper education. For a solution to lower that rate, we should have volunteer workers help tutor kids and help them with their school work. I also think that the government of the state should give them some money for schools. If that can't be done, there should be fundraisers to raise money. This will lower the number of criminal acts, poverty, and other issues related to low education.

Economy- Agriculture brings in the most economy in our state. I think that other things besides agriculture should be added to increase the economy and spread it out through the state. Economy is a huge part of South Carolina. In Charleston, the economy for architecture is much better then any other city in the United States. Since 2000, the agricultural/ architectural rate in Charleston is up 69.2%. In the whole state, it is up 3.2 %. And in the whole United States, the rate is down -6.3% since the year 2000. And overall, we need to get the state economy up before we get the whole United States' economy up.

Engineering- This is one of the main jobs to have in South Carolina. To keep the states economy up, we need to focus on keeping the engineering work rate up so people aren't in unemployment. The rate in unemployment has increased by 25,000 people since 2000. The rates of it vary from city to city. The rate in Charleston has gotten up really high since 2000, it increased 51.6%. In the whole state, it has increased by 30.6% since 2000.

__** Link to my Bill **__ HB-18 Gas Prices Our bill is about gas prices. We are trying to lower the average price of gas all around the country. People are struggling with money because they are paying so much for gas. some people even have to choose between getting food or gas, and they choose food. The gas prices have been over $4 in most places, but in some states it reached $5 and that is way too high. We are proposing this bill because we want to help the citizens get out of debt and we don't want the oil companies to profit as much. Some of our steps to make this work are that we will put up posters, we will send lobbyists to speak to Congress, and we will increase drilling in the United States and decrease drilling in the Middle East. People should vote for our bill on the ballot because it will lower the gas prices for them and it will save them a lot more money in the long run.

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