Today, people are casting their votes for a new governor at this very moment. When I was younger I could seriously care less about Election Day because the only thing I knew it meant was no school, and yes even today I still think that's what it means. But now that I'm almost eighteen, I understand so much more and take it more seriously then I ever have. Being only seventeen I can't vote just yet, but in a year I'll actually have to listen to the annoying commercials that are on tv screens 24/7 and decide where my vote will land. Everybody has to make a decision today that will effect our state for a good few years and if I were eighteen and registered to vote, my vote would be for Charlie Baker, or so I thought.
As I was writing this blog, pro Baker, the more and more I wrote, the less and less I agreed with his plans. Although he does have a few good goals for the future, I would vote for Martha Coakley in the end.
In any election, the two candidates have a focus or goal for the future and in Coakley's case, her goal is to focus on the early childhood education. It's smart to focus on the children who in a way are seen as the level of education who needs no help because it's only Pre-K or kindergarten. Another factor to the education is to make sure that there are no more waitlists of Pre-K. Nobody wants their child to have to start education and learning skills later then usual, the moment that your child is ready, you want them to start school.
Another one of her goals, is to increase financial plans for college and who wouldn't want more money that isn't yours for your future? College is coming up for some of us really soon and many of us will need financial help and if Martha Coakley is able to expand that, then I feel as though people would want to go to college more knowing that they are going to be ok financially. Coakley is also a supporter of Question 4 which basically states that all MA workers would be able to acquire up to 5 sick days/year. Business with more then 11 workers are eligible for this and if ine works at a business with less then 11, (which most people don't) then their sick days would be unpaid.
Lastly, Coakley would like to ban any store caught in EBT terms, which in more simpler terms means that, stores allowing people using their welfare money to but things such as, alcohol, tobacco, and scratch tickets. People who are given money but the state to provide for their family, should not be using it on things that is the compelete opposite.
In the end though, I am not 18 which means that I can't vote so my opinion pretty much means nothing to anyone at this point because I'm sure that everybody has voted by now. Regardless, one year will come quicker then I thought and then my opinion will matter to one person and one person only, myself. It will be my decision, like it is my parents, like it is my aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends and in the end, it all really comes down to that ballet box, which holds the answer to our future.
