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Livi Eitzman 3 Tyrell State: California Political Point of View: Moderate

Dennis Cardoza: Moderate fiscal, social liberal, moderate democrat. This means he believes people should work for their own money and earn what they earn based on how hard they work. He believes that the government should have no social say in what people do, like getting an abortion or gay marriage. Dennis believes that he is reasonable and not an extremist. He is not a radical tree hugging democrat, nor a radical snooty republican businessman. He is somewhere in between. He thinks the government spends too much money and needs to butt out of our lives more. He called this a blue dog democrat. This is exactly how i feel, so Dennis and I are on the same page.
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-California is the home to many active volcanoes and the Golden Gate Bridge. -The highest temperature in the united states was 135 degrees Fahrenheit. This was measured in Death Valley -The highest and lowest points in the united states are located in California. (Mount Whitney and Death Valley.) -Thirty Years after the Gold Rush, they have found 1.26 billion dollars of gold. -Twenty-one California cities have populations over of 1500,000 people.
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__Gun Control__ -Rural (farm/countryside) residents can get permits for statewide concealed carry, but some state residents can't __Land Use__ -People invest money in land (like stock investments) so when jails and airports are needed, the land owners will not allow it. Orange Country needs a new airport, but they can't get one. __California Clean Air Act of 2009__ -This will cost a lot of money for car companies because they'll have to build new types of environmentally friendly cars, but it is good for the environment in California which could definitely use improvement. __Immigration__ -Illegal Immigrants cost California over ten billion dollars annually -Study by Federation for American Immigration reform illegal aliens lake up 15% of all students. __Gun Control__ This is a pretty big problem in California. Some laws contradict depending on location, and it has created some necessary attention from the representatives. There are gang uprisings and gun murders because city citizens have a harder time getting gun permits there than if they just drove over to the countryside and got one. It's often up to the local government to decide on the laws which are constantly changing as representatives debate and change their minds. I think ther should be some more uniform laws to establish some sanity. The rules keep changing and there are some, what i think to be, unnecessary restrictions
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__California Clean Air Act of 2009__ The auto industry obviously opposes this this act because it will be a lot harder for them to make the Eco-friendly cars. Cars will also rise $3,000. Seventeen other states want to adopt California's standards. This will be very good for the environment and will help us in the long run, but as of now it is going to cost loads of money. Bush turned down this act in 2005 because it was too much money, but Obama granted it in 2009. They are now debating whether or not to abolish it. __Immigration__ Illegal immigrants cost California over ten billion dollars a year. Not only do this disregard taxes that hard working legal Americans must pay, they also get free health care (1.4 billion) and take up prison space (1.4 billion). It's hard to change because California likes cheap labor. I think it is totally wrong for immigrants to come to American illegally and not pay for their citizenship. Those living here worked very hard to get here. Not only do they take our jobs, overpopulate our country, disrespect our laws, and mooch off our hard work, they refuse to learn our language. America is an English speaking country, and by them not learning, it makes it harder for us to communicate. We all need to be a single nation, and Spanish is splitting s in half. An no, i will not press two for English-- we were here first. They should press two because they are the new-comers. It's rude to order my meal at a fast food restaurant and the person yells back my order in Spanish and the whole kitchen laughs. I have no clue what they are saying, and It's not nice. They should pay to be here, and learn our language. i have absolutely no problem with immigrants, as long as they follow the rules. __**The Bill I Am Sponsoring**__ http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/HB4 __**Resources**__ __ http://www.My intelligent father who taught me about the parties and the majority of what i know about politics.com __ [|http://www.cardoza.house.gov] [] [] [] [|http://feinstein.senate.gov/public] [] [] [] [] []