Commentary on Immigration

I read the blog link titled “Don’t Mess With Texas” and they wrote about the Immigration debate.  Currently in the United States, especially Texas we are experiencing issues with illegal immigration and this has sparked national debates in United States Congress.   I believe this is an extremely sensitive subject particularly because state representative Leo Berman is trying to deny state services to undocumented children and their American-born children.  But I absolutely agree with my classmate, the blog writer, and Leo Berman.  It’s not fair that we have to provide for the children of illegal immigrants because they do not pay taxes and provide revenue to our society so why should we grant them the opportunity to public services.  I believe if the parents or guardians do not contribute to public services then in turn the children should be denied the right to use them.  This may seem unfair because they are children but in the end nothing in life is free and things are never fair.   

Electronic Textbooks?

On Saturday Texas House gave preliminary authorization that allows schools to use their textbook allowance from the state to buy appropriate electronic materials.  When I first learned about this improvement of electronic textbooks I had mixed feelings about the issue.  Replacing textbooks with electronic books is a good idea but not everyone is ready for 21^st century technology.  I don’t believe this will benefit younger children in elementary school or even middle school because they are irresponsible and would possibly break the e-reader devices.  But even using computers to read the electronic textbooks would not be a great idea because it would cost a lot of money to provide every classroom with enough computers for a classroom full of children.  This could possibly benefit high school and college students because they are more responsible and could keep up with a personal e-reader device, especially college students who currently spend hundreds of dollars on books a semester anyways.  On the other hand this would be an unrealistic cost for parents of high school students in public school because these devices cost approximately $300 because not everybody would be fortune enough to provide this for their child.  I personally cannot read an abundance of text on the computer and need to print out to read it.  I am personally against this idea, I believe it’s a good idea but not everybody is completely ready for electronic textbooks and need to currently stick with the old ways by using an actual textbook.  This idea has dollar signs written all over it and would cost too much money at the moment, especially with the status of our current economy.  

Texas Among Big Winners In Healthcare Reform Vote

While reading the article Texas Among Big Winners In Healthcare Reform Vote in Capital Annex, it is obvious the author is agreeing with the Obama healthcare bill. They stated Texas will be one of the biggest benefactors of this new healthcare reform due to Texas having the greatest amount of uninsured citizens. This article is targeted toward middle to lower class citizens that will benefit from this new Obama bill. This bill will benefit citizens by enabling lower income families to the opportunity of health insurance. The evidence provided was the statistics for every state dollar we currently spend we will be granted nine federal dollars within ten years from now for this healthcare reform. I personally agree with this new Obama bill because as a humanitarian I believe in helping out the less fortunate and providing them opportunities to save and better their families lives. Those who were not able to receive adequate medical attention prior to the passing of this bill will not legally be turned away because of previous insurance regulations prohibiting them from being insured. This bill is what the United Stated needed to learn to regulate and reform healthcare insurance companies.