With the 2016 presidential election approaching, Americans should highly consider voting Republican if you want to better education, lower taxes, and focus government on local levels. This essay will explain what the party stands for and the reasoning behind it. With all of the controversial issues among us, the American people need to have a better understanding of who they are voting for and what they are voting for.
The Republican party started in the 1950’s by anti-slavery activist, the actual name “republican” was chosen to reflect equality. Abraham Lincoln was America's first Republican president and under him we got the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment abolishing slavery. The party was also the first to support women's suffrage and most of the states the ratified were republican (“What). Today the Republican party still stands for equality and is based around the people.
There is no question that our federal government is huge, about 236 million people are employed by our federal government. However they also have built a total debt or deficit of $14 trillion and growing. That is an outstanding amount of money. And the loans come from China and other foreign countries that gladly give the …show more content…
Yes the idea of every person having the ability to have health care sounds great, but it has put such a strain on the middle class and small businesses. The AAF or American Action Forum reflects that small businesses had to cut wages by at least $22.6 billion every year because of the laws regulations and increased premiums (Pipes). Insurance companies fund candidates campaigns, but there is a catch, they have to do what they say and it is a corrupt Political machine. The Republican party wants the people to be in charge of their health care not the government. They believe in patient centered health care to bring cost down and medical saving accounts that roll over money each year instead of losing
The Republican party started in the 1950’s by anti-slavery activist, the actual name “republican” was chosen to reflect equality. Abraham Lincoln was America's first Republican president and under him we got the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment abolishing slavery. The party was also the first to support women's suffrage and most of the states the ratified were republican (“What). Today the Republican party still stands for equality and is based around the people.
There is no question that our federal government is huge, about 236 million people are employed by our federal government. However they also have built a total debt or deficit of $14 trillion and growing. That is an outstanding amount of money. And the loans come from China and other foreign countries that gladly give the …show more content…
Yes the idea of every person having the ability to have health care sounds great, but it has put such a strain on the middle class and small businesses. The AAF or American Action Forum reflects that small businesses had to cut wages by at least $22.6 billion every year because of the laws regulations and increased premiums (Pipes). Insurance companies fund candidates campaigns, but there is a catch, they have to do what they say and it is a corrupt Political machine. The Republican party wants the people to be in charge of their health care not the government. They believe in patient centered health care to bring cost down and medical saving accounts that roll over money each year instead of losing