The Budget and Me...

    The national budget cuts could hit me more than I thought so or would prefer to admit.
     I am currently attending the University of Houston and my brother is going to Stephen F. Austin State University; we both need financial aid to complete our degrees . The budget cuts heavily into education funding. Back in February, the UH board of regents approved to raise the tuition by 3.95 percent- which means a full-time student would pay $138 more a semester. $138 could by groceries for a week, could buy at least 3 pairs of shoes or it could even pay for maybe 1 textbook for a class. With the raise of tuition and the drastic cuts to education funding; grants and loans would be cut. Which means we would have to pay more up front for our education and less for other needs we have.
     Majority of the politicians are claiming they will "not touch Social Security" but in Obama's speech on Wednesday, he stated that nothing is off limits. If Social Security is affected in this cut, it would affect my grandma and my grandfather who both depend on their Social Security checks. After health complications my grandfather has to live in a nursing home to best support him. The nursing home is already expensive and if cuts do happen it will drastically hit the pockets of my grandma and my family as well as father's two brothers and their families.
     The state of Texas has already implemented layoffs in the school systems. My mother is a special ed teacher, her school was affected by the state budget cuts to the school districts but she is paid  by federal money. When she sign her contract it stated that if federal money was cut then she could lose her job.
     Right now the economy is horrible. The unemployment  rate is extremely high right now. I am afraid that  these cuts will  affect the unemployment rate and the future of this country.  What will happen to students next month graduating from college? When I graduate,  I  will have a major in broadcast journalism and a minor in education, both  have been hit hard today.  In a year for now I believe that I will be affected in the the jobs that I will be able to apply.