Blog Stage Six

My View on "Texas Tea"

In my opinion, I do not believe that contraception should be free of charge. I am also a women, but I view this differently. One of the reasons this Blogger gave was that if the government made them free, they would save on having to give money to parent(s) who can't afford to support themselves and another human being. If you and the other person really can't afford protection for sex, I don't believe that is a valid reason for it to be free. If someone wasn't at a place in order to obtain it, I would suggest that they shouldn't have sex if they were in fear of an accidental pregnancy. If they were unable to afford any form of contraception, I believe that they are not in a situation to be having sex.

Another reason they gave was that often women who can't afford it, tend to avoid attaining it. They give the reason from sexual abuse and if they were given free contraception, they would have one less thing to worry about after that horrific event. From my view, I don't believe that if a women had contraception or not would effect the sexual abuser. I believe that the women would get sexually abused either way. Having contraception is not likely going to effect the outcome the women is going to experience.

 Sex is something we can control, most of the time, and that is why I do not believe contraception needs to be free. I believe that people can make a valid argument either way. With my view, someone might say that food should be free because being hungry is something that we can't control while sex is something we can. It is difficult to be 100% for or against this topic, but these are my reasons for my view on should contraception be free or not.

"Texas Tea"

Blog Stage Five

My Opinion On Making Election Day a National Holiday

In my opinion, I believe that Election Day should be made into a national holiday. We should focus on giving everyone who is eligible to vote, the chance to vote. As an American Citizen, I believe that we all should have a say and feel as though we got the opportunity to share our opinion when we vote. There are many reasons on why people who want to vote, but are unable to, include things such as criminal records, voter ID laws, or registration difficulty. Recent studies have shown that older generations have a much higher consistency to vote than younger citizens. "Republicans have a millennial problem. Luckily for them, millennial's don’t consistently vote...To be clear, people ages 18 to 34 overwhelmingly vote for Democrats and prefer Democratic candidates even if they are registered as “independent.”"

I believe a way to make more voters actually get out and vote can happen by making Election Day a national holiday. If this were to happen, people would be off from work and school; thus making it much easier to make it to a ballot. I believe that this would give most citizens a better opportunity and have time to vote. I believe this can be a way to raise the number significantly on how many citizens vote.

However, if we were to do this and it made the number of voters rise, I would suggest that we make many more places open to vote from. Since all the schools will be closed for the holiday, they could be a good spot for more ballots. People wouldn't have to wait as long if we had more places for people to vote and this might appeal to the younger crowd. I believe that these are a few ways we can change in order to make the voting numbers rise. 

"It's debatable whether election results would be different if the entire population voted, but voting determines more than which candidate wins or loses. It ultimately influences which policies elected officials enact and whose interests candidates ignore and acknowledge."

On The Sidelines Of Democracy: Exploring Why So Many Americans Don't Vote

Poll: only 28 percent of young voters say they will certainly vote in the 2018 midterms