Response to post 7

Respond to someone you have NOT responded to this term or last term. Interact with someone new! Be sure to use evidence to support your argument and to be clear what you are agreeing or disagreeing with and why.

Response due on Monday, January 3rd.

Enjoy your break! See you in 2011!

Post 7 - the Deficit

Many political scientists would argue that the American public voted in the midterms that they were concerned about the economy and the deficit. Many current and newly elected members of Congress are arguing they have a mandate to be budget hawks.

• To what degree do you think the deficit is a serious political concern? Should it be our TOP priority now or should we wait until after we get out of this recession?
• What tactics should the federal government take to reduce our deficit?
• How likely is it that the federal government will take significant steps in the next two years to reduce the federal deficit?

Use news articles to back up your points. There is a national debate on this topic currently so you should have access to a lot of potential solutions for you to consider.

This is due on Friday, December 17th.

Response to Post #6

Pick someone's #6 post to respond to. I advise picking someone who you disagree with on some level so you'll have more to say. You should focus your response their analysis of 1 or 2 of the potential presidential candidates rather than addressing all of their points. Please use research to back up your points (remember wikipedia doesn't count). Also remember civility is important.

I look forward to reading your responses.

Please respond by Friday, December 10th.