Is the IRS Getting too Political?

There are many alarming reports of the IRS acting in ways that it shouldn't by targeting political groups. The IRS is supposed to be entirely unbiased in its operations, but many reports show that the IRS is targeting GOP organizations unfairly on the orders of someone near the top. In the March tax returns it there were over 100 reports of the IRS investigating GOP groups without good reason. There were only 11 reports of the IRS targeting liberal organizations without good reason. Orders from someone near the top to agents in Cleveland made them go and investigate the records of organizations in this list. One of these agents stated that they weren't told why they were investigating. This is of the utmost concern to me because the IRS is supposed to treat everyone equally in their investigation methods. It also concerns me because this isn't the first time the IRS has targeted a group of certain people un affiliated except for their goals. Last time it was Christian organizations. I hope that the Obama administration can take care of this soon. I wouldn't like to tarnish the image of yet another democratic president with a scandal (although of a different sort than last time). 

The Government Shutdown, Who's to Blame?

There are many different groups that are responsible for causing this government shutdown. I feel that while the Republicans are partially at fault, they have been blamed far too much for causing and extending the government shutdown. I don't intend to sound biased, but the facts all point one way. That is in the direction of President Obama. During the final 3 days before the shutdown, the house passed 4 separate budgets. The senate refused to discuss these budgets until mere hours before the shutdown. In the 3 days since the shutdown, the house has passed 7 more budgets getting progressively more moderate with each one. The most recent defunds Obamacare for only 3 months. The senate has voted all of these down. One might begin to think it is all the fault of the senate at this point, but the trail goes back farther. Obama has threatened to veto any budget that doesn't fully fund Obamacare. This has scared off many senators that would otherwise vote to pass the budgets because they don't want to be seen going against their party and not have anything good come out of it. It will be interesting to see if the President actually carries through when the budget finally gets passed. It is only a matter of time as the senate is having smaller and smaller majorities each time. The big question is: who will back first, the Republicans or the Democrats?

The Truth on the Affordable Care Act

I have read many articles and heard many concerns about the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare. All of these articles have been strongly biased and most have been lacking in facts. I feel obligated to inform the American public of the truth in as unbiased a manner as possible. A common misconception is that Republicans feel that mandatory health care is unconstitutional. This is not the case. They mostly are just worried about the possible economic problems that would arise from all being required to buy health care. Some at this point are probably wondering what all the arguments over constitutionality are about. They arise from one section of Obamacare: Section 2713. This section says that all health insurance policies are required to cover contraception in all of its forms, including the morning after pill and abortion. While the constitution doesn't say a thing about contraception or abortion, the first amendment does state that all have a right to the freedom of religion. Contraception directly contradicts the teachings of the Catholic Church as they have been telling the administration for many years. Catholics believe that sexual intercourse should only be done for the purpose of conceiving children and that the use of contraception is a sin. The bible also teaches in Romans 14:13-23 that if you cause another to sin then you share in the blame for that sin and will be punished the same for it. Also it should be stated that the Catholic Church teaches that to commit any sin makes you farther from God and The Church and is wrong. Therefore, in forcing Catholics to pay for contraception, Obamacare violates the religious beliefs of Catholics and forces them to commit what they believe is a sin.  I realize that some Protestants feel the same way and don't mean to disclude them, but I mention Catholics because they have been the most outspoken. That is the major Republican controversy. It has also been incorrectly stated that the Democrats feel that everyone should have to have a plan through Obamacare. This is a less commonly held belief but it still needs clarifying. The Democrats only think that everyone should have to have healthcare; they don't think it must be through one provider.