Controversial Topics

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/us/politics/07abortion.html?_r=1&ref=abortion

This article is about abortion and the two sides of the argument. In this article specifically it is the Republicans VS the Democrats. I would have to side with the illegal side of abortion because I believe it is wrong and inhumane to abort fetus's. The only way I can find it partially correct is if a woman is raped, or other extenuating circumstances of that nature.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/same_sex_marriage/index.html

This article is about the union of two same sex people. As of now this issue is illegal due to the bible. As more and more people push for this to pass it becomes more and more controversial due to the greater amounts of people on both sides of the issue. My stance on this is fairly neutral. I am not 100% against the marriage of two same sex people due to my religion says it's wrong. I can also see the for side of this argument tho because this country is based on freedom and many people see this as a part of it. I can also see why people would want a marriage considering the benefits, e.g. tax reduction

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/health/policy/15health.html

Representatives of the US government are developing plans to raise taxes to bring our country out of debt or improve current plans. This specific plan is talking about increasing taxes on the upper class of our country. This is unfair in my opinion because for the most part people who are in "the upper class of our country" are there for a reason. This is because they worked hard and went through everything they had to to get to the point in their life in which they are right now. I believe that they should not be penalized because of their success and the tax should be spread evenly throughout the population