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We’ve Got Issues We’ve Got Issues by Meredith Bagby is a smart, no-nonsense guide to politics and politicians for an apolitical generation. Bagby grasps young readers by speaking our language. She is tuned into the frustration, confusion, and apathy Generation X feels toward Washington. Bagby tackles the political issues that should truly matter to young voters such as the future of Social Security, education reform, the environment, and federal debts. This book presents readers with an account of the issues using truthful facts and genuine statistics that matter to the youth of society and their futures. There are three chapters within this book that have much to do with one another: one titled “Public Baby-sitting” about the state of our education system; one titled “Ward and June Who?” about the disappearance of the middle class; and the last one titled “Trick or Treat, the Tooth Fairy, and a Tea Party” about lying politicians, the federal debt, and where our money really is going. Within this country we have a major education problem; you can not be poor to get a good education and you need a good education not to be poor. High schools do not prepare us for life anymore as they once did. A high school