Monday- CWI
Legalization of Marijuana
Advantages
- Taxing
- Cops can deal with bigger issues
- The prisons would be packed with people
- Scientific data says it's not as bad a smoking and drinking
Disadvantages
- Not good for you especially young people
- Once you legalize one drug you should legalize more because of taxing and making more money
Legalize for medical use
- It is a drug that is natural
- A lot more safe than other drugs
Democrats
- More willing to support
- Both parties still oppose the recreational
Republicans
- Less support it
- Both parties still oppose the recreational
What % of people in the US smoke pot
- 2011 more than 18 million Americans aged 12 and older
- About 7%
Dr Sanjay
Tuesday-CWI
Bernie Sanders
- Democrat
- Known for messy hair and rumpled clothes
- Born on September 8th, 1941 in New York
- Youngest of 2 sons
- Parents are Jewish immigrants form Poland
- Went to James Madison High school
- Lives currently in Burlington, Vermont
- Mayor of Burlington in 198, served 3 terms
- He was called the Amendment King in the House of representatives
- 2006 he was elected to Senate for Vermont
Major Ideas
- Increase taxes on the wealthy
- Middle class is being hit the hardest
- America's wealth should be given back to the middle class
- Rebuild Infrastructure
- Free college tuition for public universities
- Minimum wage should be $15 dollars per hour
- Supporter of Democratic Socialism
- Self- professed Democratic socialist
Women makes 78 cents for every dollar a man makes
Chis Christie
- Republican
- Governor of New Jersey
- Went to university of Delaware political science for 4 years
- Has four children
- Started his political career as a rude freeholder
- pro-life
- 2001 bush nominated Chris to serve as US attorney for NJ
- 2009 governor of NJ and present
- Track illegal immigrant by FedEx packages
- Doesn't want marijuana in any state
- against gay marriage
- small business tax but no return to tax and spend
- against child pornography and human trafficking
Wednesday-CWI
Climate Change
- Long term change in the earths climate
- Caused by human activities, and greenhouse gases
- Melts glaciers and creates stronger storms
- Caused by developing countries
- 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide is dumped every second
Democrats
- Clean energy jobs
- Conserve public lands
- Reduce carbon pollution
- Much more in the belief that we need to do more
Republicans
- Don't acknowledge
- They say it is human caused
- Don't think the US should address the problem
- Anti-abortion
Abortion
Abortion- the deliberate termination of human pregnancy
- Illegal- No mother can get a abortion
- Legal- Mother's choice
- Abortion rate decreased 8% between 2000 and 2008
- Increased 18% poor women
- Decreased 28% with wealthier women
They used the 14th amendment to help pass
Jane Roe
Democrat
- Pro-choice
- No room for government
- Support mothers choice
Republican
- Pro-life
- Right to live
- Oppose to any organisation that promote or preform abortion
Bruns
Abortion
Roe v Wade-1973
Made abortion legal
Democrat
- Right to privacy and own body
- Life begins after baby is born
- Abortion is a woman's right and should be legal
Republican
- Abortion should be illegal and restricted by government
- It is killing an unborn baby
- It is OK in cases of rape, incest and life of the mother
Thursday- CWI
Joe Bidden decided not to run for president yesterday
Day after pill- You take this 3 days after you have sex to kill the baby
$30 to $65 for the pill
Climate change
Democrats
- Need to protect the environment
- Caused be humans
- Government needs to do more to slow things down
Republicans
- Caused by natural things
- Harms the economy
- Hurts businesses
- Government should leave the issues alone
Friday-CWI
No school
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