AZednik

Aqua Zednik Sate of California Democrate[|Jackie Speier] My Bill is about the death penalty. This bill is bout being against the death penalty, therefore we want to eliminate it. People should support our bill because the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment and is unconstitutional.

Interesting facts;
 * 1) There is 58 counties in California.
 * 2) The capital is Sacramento, California.
 * 3) There's 840 miles of California coastline.
 * 4) Home of Disney Land.
 * 5) California became a state in 1850.

Facts about the death penalty;
 * 1) For 25 years after 1967 there were no executions in California.
 * 2) In 1937 California changed hanging for an execution to lethal gas.
 * 3) In 1993 people were able to choose either lethal gas or lethal enjection.
 * 4) The costs of the death penalty is $137 million per year.
 * 5) Execution has killed 13 people since 1976.

The three issues that are most important to me are the death penalty, health care, and taxes. The death penalty is very important. I think execution is wrong because everyone deserves to live. I think jail and living with the thoughts that you did something wrong is punishment enough Execution in California has been legal since the Criminal Preactices Act of 1851. As of now the deah penalty is still leagel, and I am against it. Health care is also important. I think people should have the right to good, affordable health care. I think this because one of people's natural right is the pursuit of happiness and it's hard for people to be hapy with bad, nonafforable, or no health care. Nation health care spendings were $28 billion in 1960 and so far in 2010 they're $2.570 Taxes are important too. I think teaxes should vary in cost. I think the more wealthy (upper class) should pay more taxes than the poor (lower class). Two of California's major tax programs are Personal Income Tax and The Corporation Tax. People with an income that is greater than an average paycheck should pay more than people who get an everage pay check or less. During tax return the people should get back the amount they payed to taxes back.

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