I was raised in a military family, spending the first five years of my life at Fort Bragg, NC. It was early that I became a fan of Ronald Reagan and learned the value of sacrifice for Country. Naturally, after taking several history and college-level government and politics classes, I have decided to enter college as a Political Science Major with the intention of going to law school and one day running for office so that I may have an opportunity to reverse many of the detrimental policies enacted by our government today. I have written my vice-president and president about my concerns and (frankly) disgust at the prospect that we are reduced to socializing healthcare (a private industry), negotiating with terrorists, practically leaving our borders unprotected and open, and many other policies which further my drive to unite my fellow conservatives, and specifically young ones, to strive for the return of American values and policies which are ordained and intended by our constitution
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I am for our constitutional rights and I believe that we should be acting as the Constitution warrants. As I occasionally discuss current events and politics with my peers, I can typically floor the arguments of those who would like to think that they are “liberal.” After such debates, typically about the economy, I follow with advice to them in which I usually say “Capitalism is good.” I recently volunteered for a candidate running for my district’s HOR seat after my congressman of 30 years finally retired. Washington’s issues aside, I found excitement in an environment in which other people had the same drive and values as I did. I turned the experience into my Senior Project, the topic of which was Voter Apathy in the United States. After extensive volunteering, I took pride when I could say that I had a part in an election in which we put a “political outsider” pastor of 15 years into office with a district-wide majority of
I am for our constitutional rights and I believe that we should be acting as the Constitution warrants. As I occasionally discuss current events and politics with my peers, I can typically floor the arguments of those who would like to think that they are “liberal.” After such debates, typically about the economy, I follow with advice to them in which I usually say “Capitalism is good.” I recently volunteered for a candidate running for my district’s HOR seat after my congressman of 30 years finally retired. Washington’s issues aside, I found excitement in an environment in which other people had the same drive and values as I did. I turned the experience into my Senior Project, the topic of which was Voter Apathy in the United States. After extensive volunteering, I took pride when I could say that I had a part in an election in which we put a “political outsider” pastor of 15 years into office with a district-wide majority of