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After spending a weekend away camping with my family, I have thought about the kind of posts I want to do regularly. I think I'm going to change it up. I think I've been trying to write like a journalist - when I've already said that that's not what I am. I'm a mom; the majority of my time is spent teaching and playing with kids, cleaning, cooking and feeding. I certainly try to stay informed and that is what I want to encourage, but from now on I think I will include more of my day-to-day. I also think that it will make it more fun to read. So while I will definitely include my thoughts on the news of the day/week, it's going to be a different blog than what I had started out with.

Okay - Cut, Cap, and Balance. I think that it is weird that anyone would really try to go against it. Who wouldn't want the government to live within its means?? I'm proud that my Senator is a co-sponsor of this bill.

I also think that it is interesting that you have some saying there are no cuts in the bill - therefore, it isn't really addressing the government's spending (Chris Matthews). While others are saying that it is a "Ryan budget plan on steroids" that will end medicare as we know it (Rep Schultz from florida). I'm pretty sure if we are saying that the bill is going to "end medicare" that there must be some cuts in there (she also says it means deeper cuts to other programs as well). Rep Schultz also says the Cut, Cap, and Balance bill would ask nothing of the "wealthiest few"... However, right now the top 1% earners pay more in taxes than the bottom 95% combined- what number would be enough? (PS I am not anywhere near the top 1% but I am in above the 46% that don't pay any taxes)... The Democrats/Left are always talking about "Big oil" and how they have some unfair advantage, but they never really say what that unfair advantage is. If they really do get some "special" tax break that other companies don't get - then I think that it's certainly fine to take away those breaks. But I tend to think that that is not the case because no one is ever referencing what those "special - specific" tax breaks are, only that they want to change the system so oil companies have to pay more.

Right now all I want to hear from any politician (right, left, blue, red, white, black) are facts that support their beliefs. I want to hear numbers, referenced tax code, etc. Right now all I hear from the Left is hearsay and as people have called them "scare tactics". And it's annoying. I hope that enough people see the benefit of a balance budget...live within your means. It's hard; it stinks that we can't do all the good things that we want to. But if we don't get this spending and under control, we won't be around to any good at all. Let's turn our spending around and yes it will be hard but maybe we'll still be able to do some good. It will just have to be within our means - just like my and your families have to do.

In other news, my kids are really cute and fun. I enjoy staying home with them and teaching them...My current (ongoing) project is to teach my 3 year old his letters. He is not a child that likes to just sit and learn and he doesn't parrot things or enjoy "performing". I'll ask him what sound the letter makes and he always says "you tell me".  I know he has to know SOME of the letters we've been working on. I try to keep it fun and new...any help will be appreciated.