The Knowledge of the US

The people of the United States have all the sudden taken an interest to what is going on in the political world. Ever since unemployment, poverty, and many more issues have risen in the past 8 years the people of the United States want answers to why. It’s funny though that people take an interest in something whenever their wallets are going to be hit the hardest. In my opinion not to many people, especially college students really understand what is going on in our world. These people usually side with what their peers or with what their parent’s side with; no one really understands true policies and the government. Even though the Howard Stern show is not the most creditable shows in the world, they did a bid a few years ago during the Presidential election. The question was who they are voting for in the 2008 Presidential election? After that they would switch the policies of each Candidate. The most amazing part this was that no one caught on what they were doing. They even switched who each chose for vice President and no one still caught on. So for example they would say “so you’re voting for Obama because he wants the troops to stay in Iraq?” The individual would answer “yes!” For people that answered McCain they asked “Are you happy with the selection of Joe Biden as his Vice President?” The answer was once again “yes!” This alone would really contradict what Dewy was trying to emphasize by giving people a choice, because they don’t even have a clue as to what they are talking about. In my opinion the government should have more of say because they can get properly educated people to make rational decisions. I am not saying that corporations should have a say either, because of their bank account. What I am saying is people that aren’t educated on a topic should not have a say to what our government should and shouldn’t do.