Rate My President

I agree with you here when it comes to what we should rate our president. B + seems accurate since we have had some negative and some positive results so far. The national healthcare situation is scary and until it is put into place I will remain skeptical just like you. It is very hard to be in such a high position of power in the US and some have cracked under pressure. (Cough....George Bush) Hopefully he can go in depth to solve all the problems that are occuring. I would rather him work on one major issue thoroughly than to spread himself out to thin. The deficit problem is utterly ridiculous but if the stimulus plans were not issued we might have a different set of problems on our hands. Things to think about. There will always be a what if but all in all he seems like he's out to do the right thing for his country.

US National Government and the Census

There are many aspects and functions of the US National Government. A current and major role the National Government plays is having to deal with the Census of 2010. Ever since the start of this nation, our founding fathers suggested we take a tally of our ever growing population and where the demographics of the people live. Not only does it give an estimate of our overall size as a nation, it helps the national government decide how many seats in the House of Representatives each state gets. This is very important for Texas since this state has grown tremendously in the last decade. We should expect to see about three additional seats available in the House, which means more voting power in the electoral college during the presidential elections. Texas already holds the highest amount of seats at 38 members. This census also means more educational funding as well as many other improvements for our state. Another temporary, yet good thing is that the Census Bureau will be hiring thousands of people part time with decent pay to carry out all the tasks needed to make the census a success. Overall, there will be 1.2 million jobs nationwide held for this census, and it will cost the national government close to $11.1 billion dollars. Maybe I am biased to the census being a worthwhile national task because Texas will benefit greatly. I would be upset if I was in Ohio which is expecting to lose 2 seats for the upcoming 2012 presidential election. Hey at least its a fair determination to see who has more people. The largest population gets more percentage of voting.