Today's young voters are being ignored by our government.

It's a fact: Congress is not looking out for our next generation. Our current government sickens and disgusts me. I cannot begin to tell you how much I despise the way our administration is looking out for young adults.

This week, the front page of the Springfield News-Leader had a great story about how today's young voters are concerned about key issues in this election year. A new survey shows that 80 percent of adults between the age of 18 and 30 are registered voters. That's a high percent. That alone shows that young people care about what is going on in our country. The same surveys and studies show that their top issues are education, the economy, Iraq, health care and national security.

Think about this: this group of voters now account for 25% of the electorate vote. And by 2015, this generation of voters will account for one third of the electorate. That's a huge percentage. Yet our government is not putting any focus on the young voter.

Why?

I'll tell you why. In this candidate's opinion, our current government does not care about the future. It's all about money, fear and power. All they are doing right now is looking out for themselves and big business. They do not care about the future of our country. I am not saying our entire government is this way. But this is a Republican controlled administration. And the majority of our Congressmen and Washington does not care about the average person. They're protecting the big bucks. And this has to stop.