I chose to critically analyze Proposition 2 on the Texas voter’s ballot in November 2007. This proposition states the following:
"The constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of $500 million in general obligation bonds to finance educational loans to students and authorizing bond enhancement agreements with respect to general obligation bonds issued for that purpose."
I believe Texas voters should approve this proposition because, as a current student needing financial aid, I personally know the hardships college costs can create. Higher education costs are constantly rising and these costs create a burden on students and young adults to pay back these fees, not only in full, but with added interest, making the cost of education substantially higher than advertised in the long run.
One argument against releasing these funds to increase financial aid would be to spend the money elsewhere. Texas could of course spend this money elsewhere, but nowhere else would it directly affect the future and growth of Texas. This money will help Texas become a more educated state because it will increase the number of students able to go to college and afford the costs of tuition, room and board, books, computers, lab fees etc…
If we approve these funds, Texas high school students will more likely be able to afford college and therefore more likely to go to college making Texas a more educated state. This bodes well the economic and societal advancement of Texas in future years. Educating students should be a priority in this state, and these funds will help achieve future success. Again I urge you to approve proposition 2 and vote “YES” this November.
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I feel that the author of "Texans should Approve Prop. 2" that was posted in The Lone Star Post did a good job of writing the post and pointing out that setting aside funds for the colleges and students to use is beneficial to Texas. It is important that we help people get access to quality education, as these people will use this education to benefit Texas and America as a whole. I also think that, as much of what our current government spends funds on is wasteful, this would be a smart decision that will have payoff. Its sad to see funds spent on many different things that are trivial and are seemingly unimportant, yet issues such as education are passed up on. Without education, our state and its future will lag behind. Something I could suggest though would be that the author could outline other arugments against prop 2 and explain why prop 2 is still a better alternative. For example, some argue that we shouldnt add any more props to the consitution, while this may put pressure in revising the consitution, it is detrimental to the issues right now, such as students needing more access to loans. Citing examples of other type of situations in other areas and their outcomes could help the editorial as well. But over all, I feel that this was a well done post.
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