Hey guys, how are y'all doing? March has been busy. Hanging out people, soup kitchen, birthdays. All the good stuff. So this post is from an essay I did last block. The assignment was to write about a topic that bothered us a little bit, similar to A Modest Proposal by: Jonathan Swift. Earlier this week I went with Jr. Leadership to the State House. It really informed me about how the Senate and House work. We had speakers talk to us in between them and it was interesting to hear the politicians and to see their views on bills and different situations. The Senate was pretty good, however I was disappointed with the House. Below is my reaction of the what is done in the House.
Our House: A House of
Order
This past Wednesday I had the
opportunity of seeing the House in session at the State House. I couldn’t
believe the fantastic job our representatives are doing. They were laughing
along with each other like they were friends, I’m sure that the speaker of the
house was playing around when he said for them to come to order. In fact, they
were so gracious they went through all the trouble to recognize everyone in the
balcony looking on. They even brought in people to recognize for this session to
pass bills. Some of the people they brought in were the ladies from the tennis
team of Travelers High School who won first in their division -- AAA. All of
those ladies were individually named and praised. In fact, the only people that
were not recognized that were present were parents who wanted to take
some pictures of their daughter from the tennis team. I felt like such a useful
citizen when I had the opportunity to stand up while people applauded me, just
like they did for everyone else. Then when they decided to “do” business it was
casual and easy going. The speaker would propose a bill and asked them to say
‘Yay’ or ‘Nay’. When no one spoke, he said it goes to the ‘Yays’ then. The people under me from the
balcony were having a wonderful conversation laughing and were turned around in
their seats. When I looked at the board where it had everyone’s vote, for they
pressed a button for their vote, they all agreed. I knew because I saw the
unanimous voting I could tell that they were confident about how great every
bill was that were placed before them. I kept wondering to myself, how I can
help my state become a better place? Finally, I came to the realization of what
to do.
Let’s pay them more money. That would be a
splendid motivator. Even though none of them would ever think about doing
something to get gain, it would help them to give back to us what we have
sacrificed from our taxes. When a child gets whatever they want from a parent’s
support, they have all the resources to better themselves. It will help them
become better people, help them work harder, and it makes the job desirable. I
think politics as a profession is a great idea. They should work for our dollars
to keep on getting into office.
In fact
because they have this experience, we should praise them so they will continue
working in our favor. They work so many hard hours and they make relationships
with the people around them to get things done. In their sessions, they brought
these important people in to recognize. By taking pictures with them and
recognizing them by name they are helping us come together and realize our greatness.
At a press of the button they can get things done.
Also,
we should vote for people that seem good. If we’re the same party, then they
must have our best interests in mind. Why should we do research for who we vote
for and think about if what they’re saying is important to me and think about
if they will actually do what they say? We shouldn’t try to make them be more
responsible and be stricter on them. Why, they wouldn’t be able to get anything
done if we kept them from working and talking with other representatives during
sessions. If they’ve done well in the past let us vote for them again. As they
say ‘people don’t really change,’ so that is why they should be kept in office.
Our views and what gets done will always be aligned. If what they say lines up
with what I believe in or flatters me, I know that they really wanted to get what
they said during campaigning season done done and they are really in my favor,
even if they couldn’t be effective in office. We should give them more chances
and our votes to show us what they’re made of.
One
should be able to see that by paying our representatives more, praising them,
and to vote for people that seem good will help them be more effective. As we
do this, things will be done in our House of SC even more effectively, than
before.
