Issue #1 War Dollars

Congress is given the right in the constitution to intervene in war affairs if the majority of America is against what the president is saying. For example in 1982 congress denied Reagan's funding for Contra rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Although it is a touchy subject because the president is the commander and chief elected by the people. Today one of the issues is the war in Iraq because going into the war most people were in support and now are not. They say we may be doing more harm than good. The war is cost many lives and a lot of American tax payers money. Congress wants to start limiting spending in the war so that we can get out of it faster and show the president we don't want to be there anymore. The other argument is that the executive branch is better prepared to be making military decisions.

Personally i think that when there is a big war or the decision to go into a big war or not there should be an electronic vote for all Americans to take. This way once we are in the war we cant be like "oh we never wanted to even go there" which in fact we did. So this way it can protect the government and president from criticism. We are a country for the people so that is the way it should be, the people vote for the wars we go into.

Issue #2

http://mschmidt1.blogspot.com/2010/02/issue-3-social-insecurity.html

Issue #3

http://mayaseverson.blogspot.com/2010/02/issue-2-spendin-what-we-can-afford.html

War Spending Clock
http://www.costofwar.com/