The Census

I agree with my classmate, the census is very important for states epically the big ones like Texas. If every person in Texas did fill out there census forms Texas will gain at least two seats in the House of Representatives. That will give Texas 34 seats instead of 32 still making them the second biggest state in the House of Representatives. Once Texas gets two more seats they will get more funding to help everyone, because Texas runs on a debit card and doesn’t go into great debt every year. Although it does provide a lot of jobs to people, the census only happens every ten years meaning the jobs it does provides are only temporary and a great way to make some extra money on the side but it wouldn’t replace a full time job at longer term places.

Healthcare

A big issue in government is the healthcare bill. If everything stays on track and doesn’t get held up or sent back to congress we can start seeing changes in our healthcare system as early as 2011 starting with Medicare. By getting a 50% discount on brand name drugs. Everyone else will start to see changes in 2014. it will be mandatory to purchase health insurance and health insurance companies will not be allowed to deny anyone including people with preexisting problems that would normal be turned down. This health insurance bill is going to cost $940 billion over a ten year span not including how much it’s going to cost over a twenty or even thirty year span. There are over 30 million people who aren’t insured. Some of them can’t afford to pay for health insurance, some have health problems and can’t get insurance either because they have a good enough job that offers a good health insurance plan or they just can’t find an insurance company that will cover them. Others are either too actually find a job that offers health insurance. For example, HEB offers a health insurance plan to their employees. As for those people who can’t get health insurance because of preexisting problems this bill is going to make there lives’s a lot easier and take a lot of stress of their families and friends who are trying to help them. But for the people who can’t afford to pay for health insurance is going get help paying for it. Which means the money is going to come out of everyone else’s pay check.