laws involving stem cell research and other variouse medicinal things.

good question!!!! Seniors also answer this one

I would like to even out the money for people and try to make things more affordable

i wouldnt turn america into a socialist society thats for sure

yeahh, i would try to end rediculous prices on some stuff these days. idk how but it'd be nice

i'm not sure what i would do...but i know that i definately wont spend millions of dollars on stimulus packages

there is so much I would like to do if I were pres I can't think of just one

i remember when we were all in TJ Connor, we always used to say stuff about making every day "national pizza day" if we were president

lol, i would still do that

haha silly kids and their addiction to massive amounts of pizza.....back in the day

sounds good to me too

exactly!!! that is so true

I don't think entertainers (athletes and actors) should be paid millions - I wish that money could be put to better use

america will be ready for communism in 1000 years or so

haha our society is pretty much a mix of communism and other systems

i wouldn't even out the money for people because that would be socialism...i would make people on welfare work harder to get off it

agreed luke!..."entertainers" get paid that much because people are willing to pay them that much and if they can get that much congrats!

if people work for their money they deserve it

the harder you work the more you make...its not a free for all...poor people that sit on the street shouldn't have the same amount ...

i would work on progressing this!www.strangehorizons.com/...

of money as people who work supper hard!

i support wikipedia haha

and yes, they are taking the guns out of innocent gun collectors/hunters, and putting them in the hands or criminals who have them smuggled

well the thing is...most (generalization...) of the crime that happens with like guns and stuff are illegal weapons/ not registered so...

if there were "less guns" it doesn't necessarily mean it would lower crime since half of those are already not known to the law

thats not what i was saying, i just meant that we are being stripped of our liberties

yea...im saying that there shouldn't be more limitations on guns because it wouldn't really reduce the crime rate since half the guns from

Entertainers even though they make millions only make up a small percentage of total income

crime are not registered anyways

Spreading their wealth would do alarming little to others' salaries such as pennies on the dollar

I agree with Laura on almost every topic here lol

yeaaa Laura I never knew you were this insightful

haha thanks...idk if that should be taken as a compliment or u though i was dumb (insult ahah)

lol noo it was a compliment

okkk

you guys are funny...communism is actually a good idea in theory, but it doesn't work...as we've obviously seen

exactly, human nature is very flawed...but i believe that soon the USA will be ready for a communist basis in government

communism and socialism would not work out

capitalism is the way to go because think about it...it's the most fair in that you get what you work for!

the funny thing about communism being a good idea but not working is there are many "good ideas" that just "dont work"

so how is it even a good idea in the first place???

but...many great things begin with ideas that originally were thought to be ridiculous..if you don't try, you never know.

that's why we study history, right? To see what does/does not work?

most fair to whom? careful...

i think what she means is that people should get what they work for and not have to give what they earn to those who did nothing

which i completely agree with

I agree with Carley

Carly I mean

I think that they should work on investigating people that are on welfare etc. that shouldnt be so they can provide for people that need it

Above was Global reply #2

it is the most fair to everyone...everyone has the same chance in America...the poor kid and the rich kid both have the chance to excel

and move up or down

and yes carly that is also what i meant...it's not fair to have to give away a ton of your well deserved pay check to someone who doesn't

work as hard

you have to remember though that not everyone is raised in the same social situation. i would imagine that it takes a lot to go against ever

ything you know and do something that you have to work for. some kids grow up to have no work ethic or perseverence because nobody ever

helped them

yes...not everyone is raised the same...but that doesn't mean that they don't have the chance to go out get a job go to college get a better

job and move up in the world...it's all an individual choice no one is forced to stay poor or rich

yeah exactly. You could come from a low income family and still work hard in school and go to

college and get a great job

thank you!

i have to go with gina on this one...socio-economic plays a big role. We're fortunate to have reaped the benefits of the system.

But...what about those on the opposite side? Take a look at the school systems. Pitts-Men. vs. East...that's money, my friends..check out

some Jonathan Kozol...I have it in my room if interested. Just playing Devil's Advocate, too...

well you see there is a diff in money...but the real issue is how the kids are raised if their parents don't care neither will the kids

where in schools like pitts-men most parents do care and therefore the kids have motivation to do well

but we are all equal in that we all do have the opportunity to move on up in society...it's fact not fiction...there are many rags to riches

to back this one up too

Getting people ready to get jobs and not being dependent on government assistance aka welfare

i think that is a good one mo...there are too many out there these days that just live off of welfare because they have no incentive to work

because they just get handed the money

obama made it pretty clear that in order to get the country back on track, everyone needs to advocate for themselves

i.e. take responsibility for themselves...not exactly a "bleeding-heart liberal" POV...

remember...people get bad breaks, people make mistakes. How do we intend to punish people? What kind of society do we want to be known as?

Yes I know I heard him say that in his speeches and now it is a matter of putting his words into action...

and yes some people make mistakes and they have plenty opportunity to get back on board

but I'm talking about all the people that just are free loaders it's called shirking haha

it does piss me off that people dont work and get wellfare or work under the table

there are people that actually work to make an honest living out there!

i know a kid who might get a free ride to suny geneseo because they worked relatively hard at a city shcoll and their parents have been

lazy all their lives. my parents cant get me a free ride even though i deserve it more because they work hard

but i can see their side it isnt their fault that their parents dont work who would they be to turn down i great opportunity

it just doesnt seem right

i understand all of your points, and they're good ones. However, for every person that takes advantage (and it happens in EVERY profession,

every walk of life, every race, every sexuality...there is one person who TRULY deserves it. I think both Barack and Michelle's story attest

to that fact. Trust me, I hear it from my dad everyday about welfare, etc. It will never be a perfect system..ever!!

yep and thats why it is such a hot topic when discussions come up because there is so many problems

everyone thinks they have the solution...thus the advent of talk radio!!

haha...i enjoyed that comment ms skivington

glad we get to talk...I never get to talk to you guys otherwise...I'm stuck with the crazy 9th graders! Kidding, kidding..

haha yea we never had you as a teacher...but mrs woitrya was an adventure haha

i'm sure...you know i had her too! Creative writing, my senior year. I wrote a haiku all about poop and she loved it.

frightening!

i try to be a LITTLE more structured...but still do crazy stuff too!

sweet!

do you remember your poop haiku?

it went like this...

poop, poop, poop, poop, poop

poop, poop, poop, poop, poop, poop, poop

poop, poop, poop, poop, poop

I swear to God, that's what I wrote...it follows the form!

I still stand by its genius. I am nothing if not creative. I was kind of a brat, too (obviously!)

that is quite amazing...

you should try and get it published

haha i would by that book of poop

haha

i should...i'm sure some other idiot has already thought up that brilliant idea though...come on...

haha did you get a good grade on this?

i got an A...pathetic, right? woityra loved anything that was a little weird. i wrote some REALLY terrible poetry in that class!!

lol...that is very funny though!