Well, I can't say that I'm completely pleased with Kerry's plans for social security, but they're better than Bush's. I had to do a paper on the positives on Kerry's social security plans, and while I was looking for research, I read that by the year 2006, Medicare will consume about 37% of social security checks. This may not seem to really affect us teens at the moment, but by the year 2078, when we most likely WILL need social security, Medicare will consume about 97% of social security benefits. Bush also doesn't approve of reimportation. Reimportation is when the US purchases drugs (prescription drugs) from other countries. We buy them for a fraction of the price versus getting them from the US. I understand that after 9/11, we are put on high alert for terrorism and at the time, we mostly likely don't want to buy prescriptions from Iraq or anywhere else in the Middle East...that's kind of a scary thought actually. But do you honestly trust some of the people in the US to get your prescriptions right. There is just as much of a chance that someone can mess up your prescription or send you something illegal or lethal in the mail in the US, as in other countries. Maybe this is just coming from the mouth of a kid...I'm probably missing the point anyways. X_x I know that a presidential candidate can just say things and then, not act on his words. But since we've had Bush as a President, he's lied to us about tax cuts and the prices of gas has risen to an UNREAL cost. He has done some good, though. For instance, even though I don't completely agree on barging into Iraq, I do like how we've put a madman out of power and, even though we haven't found weapons of mass destruction yet, my voice teacher assured me that they are real, but probably out in the Indian Sea. All-in-all, I like how Bush deals with stress and how he has handled this whole issue. But I definitely don't like his views on social security.

The Presidential Debates are coming up this Thursday. I'm definitely new on politics, but I'm still going ot watch them. Never know what you can learn. Besides, I heard that whoever wins these 3 debates will be our next President. It's that close...and they're both great debaters. Fun!