Opportunity Cost

Whenever we make a decision, we have more than one option.  When we choose something, that is our first option.  Our second choice is our opportunity cost.  Opportunity cost is like our second alternative, something we gave up when we made our decision.  This weekend I had a choice of how to spend my time: doing my homework, spending time with my family, or reading a book.  I chose to do my homework because I felt that it had the most long term benefits.  Spending time with my family was my opportunity cost because if I had not had homework to do, I would have spent time with them.  I gave up that time with my family to work on my homework, but spending time with my family was my second alternative.

Daycare Bill

I voted for the daycare bill because I think that the children of those mothers should not have to live a bad life just because of a slip up.  Also, it is not always the mother's fault that she gets pregnant, so she should not have to suffer for something that is not her fault.  Many people would say that this bill supports teen pregnancy but I say that it supports education and having teens and young adults bettering themselves.  If a woman got pregnant and did not have the chance to get an education to get a decent job, both the mother and the child would suffer a hard life.

I think that the Democratic party would have voted like me because this bill focuses more on the benefit of individuals rather than the benefit of a group.  This bill gives a privilege to teen mothers, but it does not benefit the masses in any way.  I think this makes me lean more on the Democratic side of the political spectrum.

Mock Congress

In class, we have a mock congress.  I am the speaker of the house, so I sit at the front of the classroom, take roll, and call the names for the roll call votes.  I allow people to speak, and I act as the Speaker of the House would act if the President and the Vice President were not present at a meeting of Congress.  Each day, a bill is proposed and explained by the sponsor of that bill.  We allow questions to be asked, and we allow statements both for and against the bill.  We also allow the bill's sponsor to defend his/her bill against anything that has been said.  Once a motion to vote is made and seconded, the bill is voted on.  If a majority of our Congress votes supporting the bill, the bill is passed and will go to mock Senate.

I think that the bill that allows gay men and women to serve openly in the military has the greatest chance to pass through both the Congress and the Senate.  The bill has already passed the Congress, and it will soon travel to the Senate to be voted on again.  I think that this bill has the greatest chance of passing because our generation is more open to people of different sexualities, and the bill is well written, and covers nearly everything that needs to be known about the bill.