Political Confusion, Part 2

I will never, EVER, understand politics…period.

Back in November during the election, I watched The View almost everyday. And what is the number one topic that is talked about on that show? Yup, you guessed it. Politics. Back in November, the show couldn’t go a day without talking about it. I can’t help thinking back to that month and the election. More specifically, how Pennsylvania elected Tom Corbett the Governor. 

With Governor Corbett putting a 32 percent raise on college tuition and all the other lovely budget cuts he’s proposing, I can’t HELP but be confused!  These budget cuts will be affecting not only the students attending Pennsylvania state universities, but the faculty and staff who make these campuses come to life. 

Didn’t the wonderful people of Pennsylvania elect Corbett the Governor because they thought he would help us?  How is that helping us?  I believe Corbett also said something to the effect that his budget would help the unemployed find jobs.  Riddle me this, how will the unemployed find jobs if Corbett is taking away jobs from the great people who work at our universities?  Seems fishy to me, Governor.

As a fulltime college student, how am I supposed to find the time to read the 1,184 page budget? A budget that could, if passed, affect me and my education in a big way. Governor Corbett was quoted saying, “This budget sorts the must-haves from the nice-to-haves.” What exactly would you consider a must-have, Governor? An education? And what would you consider to be a nice-to-have? A new iPad or a car? Well congratulations Governor, you just brought back my confusion!

Could I be missing something here? Am I at fault for my own political confusion? Is it wrong of me to want politics in simpler terms and want easy answers? I just want to know WHY. WHY is it necessary for Corbett to put a 32 percent raise on college tuition? WHY is Corbett’s budget making my professors worry about their jobs? WHY is this causing chaos throughout my campus? WHY are you putting us through this Governor Corbett?

My political confusion is almost as bad now as it was back in November when former mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, said on The View that Sarah Palin is just as qualified to be president as President Obama is.

Um, confusion? I thought that people took Palin as a joke. Someone who is unqualified. Usually when Saturday Night Live does more than five sketches on you, you know you’re a joke. 

I don’t think I will ever be able to understand politics, whether it be understanding politics in my own state of Pennsylvania or elsewhere. The only conclusion I have come up with about politics is this: there will always be people who DON’T agree with the current governor or president in office and there will always be people who DO agree with the current governor or president in office. There will always be people who DON’T agree with ridiculous budget cuts, and there will always be people who DO agree with them. It is a vicious cycle that will keep spinning forever and always.

So just when I think I have politics all figured out, what happens? Political confusion.