Voter ID

As reading the blog of my colleague Emily Velazquez, I agreed with  her that having ID that make you eligible to vote are unnecessary. As we know that Texas is ranking near the bottom of the vote turnout because of the “Real number” that required by States government. Showing ID is part of everyday life but generally, showing ID is a trivial matter for people of all ages, races, genders and incomes, but some small number of people lack current photo ID. I think that by making everyone giving an ID document is to frighten voter in thinking that there's a fraud problem ( voter fraud has always been a concern in American politics) so that they keep people who are more likely to vote Democratic (students, seniors, lower-income folks, minorities) from being able to vote. As well as there are people who used “Dead people” photos as an ID to vote. By checking or showing ID is only to protect eligible voter. Like Emily said that about 21 million people not being able to vote affect a lot of the number of votes that being counted. We had reason why there are some votes don’t want to vote is basically because it is a waste of time and they don’t care about the Government and politics. However, there are some that truly care and wanted to vote but were prevented from not having ID. We are afraid to let those who did not have ID to vote to prevent fraud but at the end we still have many convictions. Then I ask myself will this prevent felons from voting as well? I think the answer is NO.http://velazquez23.blogspot.com/2012/11/are-you-who-you-say-you-are-as-tomorrow.html?showComment=1353475582328#c6327394988359129956

College "Provider"- have to but HOW?

Funding- such an old topic for most university however, it is still a hot subject for most college students that are attending universities and colleges. By going to the school was not a big issue to think so much about before but now, it is a big deal. We have been hearing a lot of promising of providing for education but we do not see any of those promises happened.  I mean we all have question is “whether the state is doing enough, and whether doing enough — whatever that entails — necessarily requires more money” but guess what, we could never got the answers. I truly don’t understand why the legislators try to decide how much taxpayer should pay in order for universities and colleges going when those set their own tuition rates. 

Think about the students, if the state does not “provide” money to the schools when as much as they need then school will end up raising the tuition. Some universities asked for providing money straight toward to the athlete and what will happen to those students who needed the money for their academic? As UT Austin rates of tuition in the past compared to the present has shown such a big different. Think and imagine how much did the school received from just “in-state students” and how they spent it on other sources. If the cost for in-state students are already at a high rate, then what about the international students? I know studying abroad required money but people worked hard to study in the America in order to find more opportunity, so I think the America Legislator or the “provider” should either find the way to provide money or lower the tuition rate. The Government should do what they promised to and not just saying without doing it.

http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/higher-education/college-funding-turns-definition-provide/