to accomplish but the way it was explained to me was so clear. I thought in my head, “Duh! Why don’t people explore this option?” Also, if they lower the amount of money Congress can spend they are lowering the amount of money for schools and education, among other things. A controversial part of the budget includes spending money for religious based activities and voucher’s so that people may have the choice of schools. My reaction to this can be best described as almost an annoyance. I am young and naive but I feel strongly about things I believe and I am also very stubborn. I will stand up for things that I believe and state my case whenever I can. In our constitution we state that we all, as Americans, have the freedom of religion. In a way I feel that by saying no religion in schools, you are somewhat enabling this right. I can, however, understand that this is a controversial topic. But if you are denying children the right to practice their religion in school, why can you not give them a chance to do it in a school in which education and religion are interwoven. We are the future and by decreasing spending on education, they are only making things harder for themselves.Another topic discussed was the Social Security lockbox. In his campaign, Bush also said that he would keep this money safe. In order not to have to decrease his tax cuts and spending he may have to use money from the Social Security funds. If he does this I think that he will be showing Americans the he can’t keep a promise. He promised not to use that money. It’s not worth it in the long run to use this for a short-term stimulus.Fiscal policy in the United States today is somewhat a very controversial issue. I don’t know if everyone will ever agree on something. I don’t think that there will ever be a policy that will make everyone happy and have everyone treated the same. Only in an ideal world may w...
