LETTER: Should Education be a National Priority? Ask a Student

Dear Bedford Patch,

As an incoming sophomore at Bedford High School, I may be ineligible to vote, but that does not stop me from actively following the politics that have flooded our news stations, social media, etc. As I deepen my research into each of the candidates, I've noticed something. Something that has a direct effect, not on the big business owners or wall-street tycoons, but on students like myself and my peers. President Obama believes that education is a key investment in our future. Naturally, as a student, I think so as well. That's why all of his accomplishments and his stand on education really connect with me.

The president has made investing in education the foundation of his vision for an economy built from the middle-out, which reforms our tax code so it rewards work over wealth and ends loopholes and tax breaks for corporations and the wealthiest.

He has invested in education, worked to raise K-12 standards, and he has taken steps to make college more affordable so that students from middle-class families (like mine) can afford the education they need to compete in the global economy. A quality education is a fundamental part of President Obama's plan to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the world.

Research has also brought to my attention how greatly the President's plan contrasts that of Mitt Romney, who doesn't seem to understand that to create true middle-class security, we can't just cut our way to prosperity. Mitt Romney's plan would add $5 trillion in new tax cuts for the wealthiest, which would result in higher deficits, higher taxes on middle-class families, or even more drastic cuts to investments in middle class security, like education, clean energy, and innovation and infrastructure. I may be young, but I know. New Hampshire just can't afford Romney Economics.

Sincerely,

Megan Jurnak

Bedford, NH