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Congress just spends money like it's going out of style. When the goverment spends more money that it brings in, you know we have a problem. Then we start to play the blame game, republicans blame the democrats, and the democrats blame the republicans. Haven't we learned that blaming each other never solves anything? They need to take responsibility and budget better...pff. Or just raise all of our taxes to try to make up for it...now that doesn't seem fair for us hard working citizens, I don't think we recieved any of that spending money. Lets just fix the problem before our economic well-being is dug into a hole so deep we can't pull ourselves out.

Government intrusion may be the reason for a drop in economic freedoms in the U.S. The more debt that is accumulated the more the average citizens will owe in the future. Over the years after Obama took office our rank has dropped in regards to economic freedom compared to other countries.

This article talks about the legalization of marijuana and the gross annual income it can raise if legalized. If marijuana was taxed like cigarettes or alcohol, the annual income could be around 6 million dollars. This could be a key factor on getting the country out of debt and finding cures in diseases.

About 4.7 million Americans, more than 2 percent of the adult population, are barred from voting because of a felony conviction. Also talks about how felons can apply for the right to become apart of society again and have the right to vote.

About 2 percent of the adult population can not vote. Why is this? It is because they are felons. The right to vote should not be taken away from you if you have paid your debt to society. The rules vary from state to state. Is this law right? Shouldn't we all be able to voice our opinion?

This article summarizes eight services that are now available to women without any copay or cost sharing under the Affordable Care Act

While it seems like a great thing to offer, how does this affect the taxpayers? Where does the government get the money to cover the extra cost of the "free" services? Higher taxes? We are already approaching 17 trillion in debt and running a trillion deficit every year since 2009.

The rise of college tuition is in correlation with the amount of debt students leave college with. College has become something of a luxury to some students. This causes less people to buy homes and in turn hurts the economy.

The article shows the average student loan debt, and also talks about the fact the students come out of school with no job or unemployment.

This article highlights the growing cost of a college degree. The author sheds light on the issues surrounding the cost of a college degree such as inflation and the need to take out loans in order to afford a bachelors degree.