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The Pen And The Sword: Why the phrase 'College Republican' isn't an oxymoron
Ryan Bilodeau
Issue date: 9/19/07 Section: Editorial/Opinion
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09/19/07 - I am a Republican while in college because I am concerned for my future. At a time when radical Islam has waged jihad upon us, when institutions that have ensured the continuation of society itself for the last 2,000 years are being attacked, and when many of our social programs are close to bankruptcy and insolvency, the Republican Party is the only party with the courage to identify these problems, and the wisdom to turn toward its people and away from its government to solve them.
Social Security, a system that demands 6.2 percent of my income in the form of taxes only to transfer that money to a retiring senior citizen, is scheduled to go bankrupt in 2018 before I am even eligible to receive any benefits.
Recognizing this, the Republican party, under the leadership of President Bush, put forth a plan to privatize Social Security, removing control from the hands of the government who instead uses that money to close budget deficit -amongst other things - to my own, allowing me to invest that money as I choose.
I am a Republican while in college because I support the Republican Party's common sense, economically sound and forward-looking plan to change the course of a system whose current trajectory leaves me $85,000 in debt when I retire.
As a college student who pulls a lot of all-nighters and one whose first job out of college probably won't offer extensive benefits including healthcare, I am a Republican because affordable and available health care is important to me.
Medicare and Medicaid, along with the entire health care system, is in a state of crisis and is mired in inefficiency. In order to address this, the Republican party has pushed for health care savings accounts, where one's health care is not dependent upon whether or not his employer provides it because it is owned by the individual, and where market forces and not government regulation are used to encourage people to save money for future illness.
Social Security, a system that demands 6.2 percent of my income in the form of taxes only to transfer that money to a retiring senior citizen, is scheduled to go bankrupt in 2018 before I am even eligible to receive any benefits.
Recognizing this, the Republican party, under the leadership of President Bush, put forth a plan to privatize Social Security, removing control from the hands of the government who instead uses that money to close budget deficit -amongst other things - to my own, allowing me to invest that money as I choose.
I am a Republican while in college because I support the Republican Party's common sense, economically sound and forward-looking plan to change the course of a system whose current trajectory leaves me $85,000 in debt when I retire.
As a college student who pulls a lot of all-nighters and one whose first job out of college probably won't offer extensive benefits including healthcare, I am a Republican because affordable and available health care is important to me.
Medicare and Medicaid, along with the entire health care system, is in a state of crisis and is mired in inefficiency. In order to address this, the Republican party has pushed for health care savings accounts, where one's health care is not dependent upon whether or not his employer provides it because it is owned by the individual, and where market forces and not government regulation are used to encourage people to save money for future illness.
