The cost of higher education in this country is more than alarming. As someone who graduated with more than $70,000.00 in student loans for my out-of-state tuition, I sometimes want to slap myself silly for borrowing so much money.

When I was in college in the 90s, I borrowed tens of thousands of dollars each year despite having no credit history. Getting my loan money each semester was easier than opening a credit card with Macy’s.  I couldn't buy a pair of shoes on credit but I was able to borrow an almost unlimited amount of money with no idea or plan in place as to how I would pay it back four years later.  

As a lawyer, I was trained to ask all the right questions. But normally we are not limited to just three so narrowing my questions down to such a small number was tough. There are just too many important issues to address.  Then I remembered something I learned in law school.  One good question can help initiate an entire conversation.

To narrow down my questions, I thought about the purpose behind my questions. My hope is that if one of my questions gets selected, it will open the door to help create the changes we need for issues that are important not just to me, but to my community.  

Those issues are raising healthy children with healthy eating habits and lifestyles, health care, and education. With that said, here are the three questions that I hope would help spark a conversation about how we can see some of these important issues addressed.  

The proposed Buffett Rule requiring households that earn more than a million in income to pay a higher tax rate would have been a small step in the right direction towards fairness and getting our country back on the economic track. A tax system that allows Warren Buffett, the third wealthiest man in the world, to pay a smaller percentage of taxes than his secretary just doesn't make sense.

President Obama hoped to do something about that.