October 6, 2008

Dear Senator Obama:

My name is Melyssa and I am participating in an online writing project at my high school in upstate New York.  I am glad that you’re running for President, and I think you are trying to address all the problems.  There are still somethings  that  you  need  to  talk  about,  things  that  are  going  on  in  this  world.

My  first  issue  are  the  gas  prices.  Every single person in this world is paying a high price because of the war and other issues.  When I start driving, which will be next year, I don’t want to pay almost four dollars a gallon.  I like your ideas about ending the war, but when you do, can you lower the gas prices with it?

Another issue that I would like to talk about is healthcare.  If you are turning a certain age that cuts you off of healthcare and you can’t afford something like you pills or other treatments, that’s wrong.  For example, if  you  move,  change  jobs,  reach  a certain  age,  you  should  still  have  healthcare.  Everyone  needs  to be  treated  if  they  are  sick  or  need  to  take  medication.  One  instance  that  is  very  unfair  is  that  my seven  year  old  cousin  that just  turned  that  age  got  cut  off  from  healthcare  because  of  his  age.  Now that is ridicules!  Healthcare is so expensive!  this  is  how  much  it  cost  in  2002  till  2007, so  that  means  with  that  much  time  it  went  up  almost  seven  hundred  dollars.