economy

One sentence Karina wrote that stands out for me is "If we truly cared" This is interesting because try my best to help a person, but i see other people won't do the same. Because money has made us turn on one another, we have groups who just stay within themselves. Like all the rich people stay together, and the poor all live in another certain area people have more money than others, when I have food I give to the poor, or give homeless change, or if my friends are hungry i'll buy them something to eat or even if someone needs to get swiped on either the bus or train.

Something that I have been interested in learning more about has been why did the MTA raise fares? I remember my mom talking about it when she first watched the news, but I did not know much at the time because it did not affected me much. Lately, the issue caught my eye again. I know that many people feel that it stinks. From what I have heard, it’s even harder for people that don’t have jobs and even for people that have a job. For example, I heard that bus want to show up late and then MTA want to raise fares and that is not right at all.

In the article, “New York, New York, A Most Unequal Town,” from Inequality.org , the author explains how New York stands out as the most unequal major city, in the world’s most unequal nation.

In Samuel Gregg's opinion piece, "Becoming Europe," from the New York Post, the author argued that America is slowly deteriorating and becoming a copy of Europe's poor economic state. He believes that this spread of European style thinking will make economic security more important than economic liberty and that economy will lie in access to political power instead of other things such as work and creativity.

Responding to Opinion Piece

In Tim Huelskamp's opinion piece, "A budget plan that actually works", from The Washington Times, the author explains about how Congress absolutely must come up with a new, effective budget to get America out of debt, instead of just trying to avoid the problem.

The economy is down in America. Thousand of people have lost their jobs. The unemployment rate is getting higher. What are the causes of these? A lot of this has to do with the tax rates for the rich. If they pay more, the country benefits from it. This is something that should be done in order for America to have a better economy. The people who are wealthy pay less in percentage compared to the middle class, the taxes help pay off national debt, and they also help with increasing job creations.

The election is finally over, and not much has changed. Most incumbents were reelected, and Congress is still divided. With the looming fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts, our government must do something decisive. According to the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group of former Senators and Representatives, the only outcomes of this fiscal cliff are calamity or compromise. They urge for compromise.

As each of the presidential candidates have said, our country faces a huge decision between two clearly different paths. I agree with this statement, however for me, unlike many others, there is only one issue that is truly pressing: our country's economy and the growing national debt. This issue is multi-faceted and extremely complicated, yes, but it all boils down to a simple idea - America is spending money we don't have. We spend like a big government (on the military, welfare programs, healthcare, etc), yet try to tax like a small government.

We all know gas-run cars are bad for the environment but is manufacturing electric cars really worth it? They're expensive and, after a bit of research, they don't appear to be as good as everyone says they are for the environment.

I am interested in this because there is always a debate in politics about who the government should be subsidising, small business, big business, or themselves. I read an article by a disgruntled Republican staffer a while back that said small business and the military did not provide most employment (as Republicans often say they do), but that medium-large corporations did. The U.S. Government has a small-business administration to provide assistance to such businesses, so it clearly is a priority for them.

I was intrigued by Timothy S. Paul's and Stephanie Berger's essay, "NYC Suicide Rate 29% higher at Economy's Nadir vs. Peak," from Paul, Timothy S., and Stephanie Berger. "NYC Suicide Rate 29%Higher at Econom'ys Nadir vs. Peak." Columbia University Medical Center. National Institutes of Health, 16 Mar 2012. Web. 4 Apr. 2012. . because it discusses how times of economic difficulty can do more than just cause financial issues.

My girlfriend's Dad is a funny guy. He once told her ice-skating coach that he would marry Sarah Palin if he got the chance. Every time I've seen him, he's been wearing a long-sleeve oxford shirt tucked into black slacks. Compare this to my Mom and Bob. They're part of this posse clique which they have dubbed, "the family of friends." It's a group of rich, white doctors and assorted medically-related professionals that are all equally dedicated to spreading Obama's word and bluegrass music to the underprivileged parts of the world; Sort of like the retired-hippie version of imperialism.

Cars in the future, are (if you cant tell) going to need to be ran on alternative sources but provide the same luxery and performance that the cars today have. GM has came out with a couple ideas called the EN-V. Which is a small egg like car that rolls on two wheels, fully electric, and can hold two passengers. This isn't exactly the next ferrari super car, but hey, it gets the job done cheaply. Our ideas for future cars are mostly safety, efficiency, and self knowlege. Meaning cars that can drive themselves and cars that can park themselves.