Living as a teenager in Gresham, Oregon is a very unique experience. I have to deal with the Scotland festival at Mount Hood Community College every year and the people who try to park in my neighborhood. I get to ride the MAX to the Saturday Market when I have the time and enjoy the wonderful street food and performances by Skidmore fountain. I'm not the type of person who will drive a Hummer when they get their license, but honestly I'm having a good enough time dealing with the time discrepancies of the bus routes on 247th and Division. But why should that matter? I'm a senior in high school moving on to college soon, and only slightly worried about how my children are going to pay for the amount of debt incurred over the last ten years by our wonderful country's president.

Don't get me wrong. I love the country that I live in - we have the most cultural diversity in the world and some of the highest amount of freedom in the world. Freedom of speech, freedom of press and a bunch other wonderful goodies. But I have to admit that I'm scared for our country's future. I've seen how Greece has progressed with their debt and the riots that keep popping up. I'm worried that if we keep going a liberal way, we might end up the same way as Greece.

I'm worried. I want my country to realize that we have to curb our spending. But what use is a high school girl's opinion in a sea of distress?