My Thoughts Exactly

For the record, although I am a registered Republican who homeschools, I AM NOT anti-public education. I am against throwing money at a problem in the name of fixing it and not addressing the real issue; I am against spending our tax money and it going into a black hole.  I have many in my family as well as friends who are public school teachers, and know the very real challenges that they face, (especially today), and don’t believe that the money is trickling down to them. The money is “lost” between the collection and the spending, and some elected officials grandstand and say that more is needed to improve education, like they have been saying for decades. And if you question the tactics of the school boards, then you are against educating the kids. Do the elected officials really care? Although I have issues with the way that public education is administered, (again, not the teachers), removing graduation requirements and making students less competitive is just ridiculous. I f...

 It is important that readers know what a person believes when they are reading something from them. The need to know, for example, if the person is writing from the Right or from the Left. I decided to post my beliefs below: I'm me. Who else would I be?  I am an issues-oriented person who looks at each issue from multiple perspectives and thinks about how decisions affect people.  I am right-of-center on most issues, particularly fiscal ones. (To put it simply, a short political quiz that I recently took placed me on the line of right-of-center moderate, conservative, and Libertarian. Sounds about right).  I believe that most good decisions are made through discussion, compromise, and are made “in the middle.” We need to put People First!  I believe in personal responsibility and accountability.  I believe that all people can rise above their circumstances and achieve anything.  I believe that people are only limited b...

My purpose for creating this blog is to share my thoughts on bills being proposed in the New Hampshire General Court, (state legislature), and how they would affect people if they were to become law. I will also be sharing my thoughts on issues and proposed solutions here in Manchester as well as how the solutions would affect people. We need to put People First! #mythoughts603