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G. GAZETTE
OBAMACARE

Government Gazette
! Everyone has heard of ObamaCare, but how many people actually know the facts? Because both our candidates have taken positions on universal healthcare, mainly against it, were giving you the facts on what ObamaCare really is. ObamaCare is a revamp of the Patient Protection and Aordable Care Act. The overall goal is to reform the health care industry and provide aordable health care to all U.S. citizens. ObamaCare is the largest middle class tax cut in history and will bring billions of dollars in tax relief. Under this law, regular American families can pay whatever they can aord for healthcare. ! ObamaCare also recongures private insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, but it does not replace them. The new laws cut over $700 billion of excess from these programs and channels them to other areas. ObamaCare aids businesses, too, by oering tax credits. All sounds good, right? Of course, not all people agree. Opponents argue ObamaCare will increase the decit by trillions, but advocates counter that without ObamaCare, millions of Americans will go without healthcare coverage. What does all this mean? There are some good things about ObamaCare, but there are plenty to bad things too. ! The biggest problem with ObamaCare is the cost. The legislation will raise healthcare costs and cost pharmaceutical companies over $80 billion over the next ten years. And, of course, taxes will rise. Many ObamaCare - 1 Poll Results - 2 Candidate Bios - 3 Abortion - 4 Kellys Corner - 5

preexisting policies will have to change to meet the new standards, especially private and company sponsored policies. ! ! Now that you have the facts, you have to make your own opinions on ObamaCare and Universal Health Care. Do the benets outweigh the costs? That choice is up to you. ! By: Maggie Ostrum

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POLL RESULTS: LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA

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Yes Should it be legalized?

No

Should it be taxed? 0 18 21 30 60 90

Legal age to purchase 0 35 70

BREAKDOWN OF RESULTS ! We asked your opinions on the legalization of marijuana through a recent poll. The results were overwhelming to say the least! Approximately 52% of students and faculty in SLHS do not support the legalization of marijuana. This means that 48% of students and faculty in SLHS support the legalization of marijuana. The great thing about living in America is that citizens can form their own opinions on certain issues and they dont need to explain themselves to anyone. Candidates running for oce, on the other hand, need to explain why they support/oppose certain issues. ! The proper explanation of their views can inuence citizens to vote for them. The candidates share similar viewpoints. Omar Ikka supports the legalization of marijuana, but believes that there should be a tax on it. Ulysses S. Alderado supports the legalization of marijuana also, and he would like to see a heavy tax on it. The candidates will explain this viewpoint along with many others at the debate on Monday! By: Ashley Riewe TRIVIA 1. Whats the most common religion for presidents? 2. Which woman was considered the First Lady? 3. Which 8 presidents did NOT attend college? 4. Barack Obama is the 44th president, but how many presidents have there actually been? Submit your answers to govgazette@gmail.com
By: Maggie Ostrum

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BIO - OMAR IKKA

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University and went on to start a successful farm with that degree. Omar Ikka believes that the hard work and discipline that being a community member, father, farmer, and politician at the same time will help him to become a candidate that Iowas fourth district can be proud of. We have little word yet on his platform, but I do know that he seems to be the guy to go to if you need assistance. Hopefully more on this active candidate will appear in the coming issues. By: Mariah Wills ! Omar Ikka is a 53 year old from our own district. He has been an active community member here for his entire life. He is married and has three children, a real family man. When he graduated from high school, he got a degree from Iowa State BIO - ULYSSES S. ALDERADO Who is Ulysses? For those of you that dont know, Im going to give you some information on this candidate. Ulysses S. Alderado is originally from Spirit Lake, Iowa. His parents Jack, a farmer, and Jill, a school teacher, raised Ulysses. He married Joy; now Joy Alderado, and together they had two sons, Steel and Andy. They also have one daughter Summer. Steel is ve years old, Andy eight years old, and Summer is three. and it would be taxed. States would be in control gay rights as Ulysses attended Harvard well. While keeping the minimum University, to study business and wage the same, hell continuet the law. After graduating from No Child Left Behind program. Harvard, he started a seed The taxes will stay the same, and company. hed like to repeal ObamaCare. He decided to jump into a Ulysses also doesnt want universal political career shortly after health care, and wants to make graduation, As a democrat, Ulysses military cuts. is pro-life, for gun rights, and This man has got a lot of thinks we need to legalize swaying to do if he wants to see marijuana for medicinal uses only,

his ideas come true, but for now at least you know more about who your voting for if you choose this candidate. By: Kiesha Hall

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ABORTION - ULYSSES S. ALDERADO ! ! The topic is abortion and not many of the candidates followers have been willing to answer some of the simplest questions. Ulysses S. Alderado has been very accommodating when asked the toughest questions regarding abortion. He has stated very clearly that he is pro life and has very republican views. On the other hand, Omar Ikka has been either hiding something about the topic, or they havent covered it yet. Coming from Rick Maris, from the Ikka campaign, Abortion isnt one of his main topics. Even with that said, we still havent gotten much information about Omar Ikkas views on abortion. We do know, however, Omar Ikka is pro choice. Hopefully within the next couple days, hell be able to dene for others where he stands and how they will go about trying to win the votes of the fellow student body. By: Adam Eral & Brady Mart

ABORTION - EDITORIAL

! This article will be on abortion and how important it is to be pro-life. An insider from 6th hour class informed me this time, they are denitely prolife! Obviously killing babies is wrong, if you arent at all choked up when you seen a beautiful new born baby, I dont understand, because you were that way once. You were born. The Democratic party makes a very valid point that life begins at conception. If you choose to abort that, then you must be willing to deal with the consequences. One out of three pregnancies are unplanned, worldwide. It is a great privilege to be able to conceive a baby and raise it. ! If it is illegal to kill someone, why is it okay for doctors who perform this task to be uncharged? Killing an embryo and fetus is literally, the exact same thing. Tell me Im wrong. The government does protect all hunan life, including those that are unfortunate in getting pregnant. So are other ways to

take care of the situation you are in besides just directly going and getting an Abortion. By: Joni Nelson

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WILL KELLYS CORNER S

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! Should a 17 year old who committed murder be tried as an adult? Brogan Raerty, 17, lured four victims at separate times with false job oers on Craigslist. The main plot behind the scheme was to rob them, but things got out of hand when Richard Beasley, Raertys accomplice, allegedly shot and killed three of the men, while the fourth was shot in the arm and survived. ! On October 30, Brogan Raerty was found guilty and faces life in prison with no parole for his part in the deaths of three men in a Craigslist robbery scheme. Prosecutors said that Raerty was quick and willing to partake in the murders while the defense claimed that he was acting out of fear and pressure from his accomplice, 53 year old, Richard Beasley.

! Brogan was tried as an adult and faces the maximum sentence of life in prison. His accomplice Beasley plead not guilty and could end up facing the death penalty if convicted in his individual trial. Id like for you to decide, is it right for Brogan Raerty to be tried as an adult? By: Kelly Hutchins

Pictures: http://www.unitedliberty.org/les/images/obamacare_1.jpg http://images.sodahead.com/polls/001781289/2357624208_pro_life_vs_pro_choice_xlarge.gif Articles: http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-facts.php http://blog.debate.org/2012/06/29/the-pros-and-cons-of-obamacare-a-simple-guide/ http://useconomy.about.com/od/healthcarereform/f/What-Is-Obama-Care.htm

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