Some political issues I care about...

Some political issues I care about? Hmmm. I suppose I would have to say the most quintessential ones, the issues that every bleeding heart liberal would say they care about.
First on the list of politic pet peeves: the food packing industry in the United States, and how unbelievable it is on the whole. I'm not saying that every means through which we get food is unsanitary and unregulated, but you'd be surprised how much we eat is unsanitary and unregulated. Granted, we've come a long way since the time of Upton Sinclair and The Jungle. But that's still no excuse for the gross torture and unclean conditions animals in the meat packing industry have to face. For example, on some "farms" chickens are forced to live in uncleaned coops, packed in so tightly that their wings can't develop due to lack of use. At this point, I'm probably getting the "crazy hipster, these aren't political issues" thoughts from some classmates and readers. But in a totally viable way, they are. The government is supposed to intervene on behalf of the consumer, and is supposed to regulate and inspect the factories in which meat production takes place. That rarely happens, in fact. The FDA is supposed to regulate inspections for any communicable diseases in meat processing plants. On the large scale, this doesn't happen. E coli? That nasty, potentially lethal sickness? Most cases in the US come from eating bad, spoiled, or unsanitary meat.
Second political issue I care about? Hmmm. It's one of the most controversial. Indeed, indeed, abortion. I find it absurd that in the 21st century, state laws concerning abortion vary so much. States like California and New York make it plain and simple: any woman who wishes to terminate an unwanted pregnancy may do so within the first 24 weeks. Easy, simple, fair. Other states, including the state of Pennsylvania, make it nearly impossible to terminate a pregnancy. In more conservative states, the only possible way for a woman to get an abortion is if her life is at risk. She's not even allowed to terminate a pregnancy caused by rape or incest. What a woman does with her body is her business, and if a fetus is only considered a person at birth, no, it's not murder.
I could go on, but I'd be impressed if anyone even made it this far. No disrespect to any person with opposite opinions. We can both be sure we're right, that's why we live in the US.