The Bureaucracy

Research federal agencies and explain which one you feel is the most important one and why?

I feel one that is really important would be The Food and Drug Administration. The FDA protects public health by making sure human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical equipment, food supply, and cosmetics. They also make medicines more effective and affordable. I think the list of what they do already shows the importance of what the FDA does. What we put into our bodies is so important, and knowing what we are getting is vital.

Which federal agency could be terminated with the least impact (if any) and why?

I don't think any one agency should be terminated. Each agency was set up for a specific purpose. Just because one person may not find what someone is doing as important as another doesn't mean it isn't.

Are any new agencies needed?  In other words, if you were president would you create new agencies?  If so, in what area(s)?

I think there should be an agency that regulated assistance programs better. I know some states have passed the drug testing, I think this should be mandatory for anyone to receive government assistance. I know people receive these benefits and don't use them in the way they should, and I find it absolutely ridiculous.

The Presidency

What makes a great President (not which Presidents have been great) . . . what qualities are essential to greatness? Why?


I believe for a president to be considered great they have to have a strategic vision and direction in which they want to lead our country. They genuinely need to be concerned about the people, with that they need to be concerned with the big issues. They need to explain there vision and what they plan to do so we Americans know why they are doing what they are doing. They should instill there confidence on the American people. They should be confident in there own abilities.


Other than Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, which two Presidents have been the greatest and why?


I think Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the greatest president we've ever had! Firstly all the programs he implemented to get America out of the depression. Also just the hope he gave Americans. Not only that but his leadership through World War II. Ronald Reagan is also consider to be great. He believed there should be less government programs and he made tax cuts.


Research a President that you're previously unfamiliar with - list at least three things you learned. Was this President effective? Why or why not?
I looked up information on our 37th President Richard Nixon.

• -He was the only president to resign, he resigned because the Watergate scandal.
• -He served two terms, and was in office during Vietnam.
• -He was vice president for Eisenhower.

"The people's right to change what does not work is one of the greatest principles of our system of government." -Richard Nixon

I think Nixon was a crooked man, like I believe many of our politicians are. He just got caught. I think he did do some wonderful things for our country. For example he started the Environmental Protection Agency. He also signed environmental bills. He also passed many women's rights bills. In face he signed the title IX bill which allows things like girls sports to get as much funding as boys. At the time he also helped reduce tensions with China.

Congress

Who are your Senators and your Congressman?

Representative Diane Black is my representative for the 6th District, and she is a republican. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander are our senators here in Tennessee, both of which are republican.

Research the areas they champion and find one you support.  What is it and why do you also support it?

“I am committed to safeguarding the rights of law-abiding American citizens, and in the Senate I will be a consistent voice for the second amendment and fight attempts to weaken those rights that are granted in the Constitution.” - Senator Bob Corker Well I am most defiantly for protecting my rights to bear arms, and I support it because I believe its our right to be able to have a gun. Corker is also for improving health care, which I am for. I disagree in some areas however. From what I've read it seems to be good ideas! 

Find an issue one of your Senators or Congressman champions that you disagree with.  Why do you disagree?

Congressman Diane Black is for the Defund Planned Parenthood. "I will not rest until we put  a stop to Planned Parenthood’s blatant abuse of taxpayer dollars to subsidize its big abortion business." I ride the fence on this issue. I don't quite know where I stand. I don't think it is necessarily right but I've never been put in the type of position where I'd have to make that kind of choice. So in my mind I'd like to say it's wrong but I am undecided. I do however agree with Mrs. Black's point about it being an abuse of the taxpayer dollars, but I'm still on the fence.