The Fed Can't Print Jobs

The Fed can't print jobs is a blog about the printing of more money by Larry Kudlow. Larry Kudlow hosts a show on CNBC and he is a syndicated columnist who writes articles that appear in many newspapers and websites as reported on Wikipedia. Kudlow expresses his concern at the fact that the government is printing more money but this will only increase the cash flow in the market but would not incline people to spend more money. The fact that privately owned business employees make half the income of publicly run businesses.

http://www.nationalreview.com/kudlows-money-politics

Blog 7: 14th amendment

Republicans have recently brought up the idea of changing the immigration laws that were granted to the American people by the 14th amendment. Considering the fact that the only people that are actually not immigrants are the Native Americans I think this is absolutely ridiculous. They have the audacity to say that the due process laws need to be tampered with. These are natural rights that are granted to all citizens. The constitution is the platform that this country is based off of. These republicans are changing the moral fiber that this country works on.

In my opinion this will never even get noticed but it just hurts that people are actually talking about this. It was nice to know that the president didn't support this cause and that he was able to say that it's more important to secure the border than change the laws that allow equality rather than aloowing racial profiling.

Response: Obama criticism Stage 8

Obama may be attempting to aid his country, but it seems clear that his actions help some and leave out many. The key issue to be addressed is, who is the “we” in “yes we can.” One wants to assume that the President has reforms that are all inclusive, but this is not the case, which can be seen in his healthcare ideals. It is difficult to debate that health care is a bad thing for people to have, but one must look at both sides of the situation. Healthcare professionals sacrifice much time, energy, and money in order to help their fellow man, but with the new healthcare reform they are being punished. They are receiving less and less money for their services, which can create quite a financial burden. People can argue that they are paid too much as it is, but it is expensive to purchase health care equipment and it is expensive to go through the different levels of training. If the government decides to hurt the doctors, then there is the possibility that there will be a decrease in the amount of doctors in the United States, which would create another issue in healthcare. Unlike other areas of business, one cannot outsource healthcare. Immigration is another issue that was discussed, and once again one must look at who is being benefited and who is being hurt. It must be understood that we were all immigrants at one time and we were all given equal opportunities, which seems to be taken away from the people that are attempting to enter our country.

Response: When I First Felt the impact of Govt. Stage 6

This comment is in response to Rachael's post-- When I first felt the impact of Government.

Rachael is making an argument against the "No Child Left Behind Act", she thinks that this act has made the standard of schooling worst and has forced students to do tedious repetitive work that is below their intellectual level. She also believes that because of NCLB high school students aren't prepared for college as well nor are they prepared for the SAT or ACT. I unfortunately am going to have to disagree with her. Don't get me wrong I'm by no means a supporter of the Bush Administration but I think that NCLB is actually something that is beneficial for high school students.

Mandatory tests for each school is actually a great way to see how well the schools are doing according to district it also acts as a great way to measure which schools need more improvement than others. I'm thinking you probably went to a school that was very good and didn't need to have these tests to show where the students needed improvement. Plus, if the course work was below the average intellectual level than the teacher wouldn't have to spend so much time teaching it because everyone would know it already. So, maybe it was your teachers and your schools fault for not realizing that the students at there school were more qualified and could move on to harder material.

I actually did some research and I noticed that most of the websites say that the past nine years have been the best since 1971 for standardized testing. Also because of these tests we have been able to do a lot of research which shows that because of these tests students have improved in all subject categories, there is a negligible difference between the white students and the minority students, and it also has given a better scope of where parents need to be involved more.

Most other countries actually have more rigorous standardized testing, which actually acts as the basis for your grades that colleges look at to accept you. For example, England uses the O levels and the A levels Test that act as your grades more so than what you actually make in school.

I think that if we could improve on this idea we could actually compete with the rest of the world when it comes to high school and middle school education. Maybe there wouldn't be such a divide between the states and we could improve the education in the rural areas as well.

End the Prohibition on Marijuana- - - Stage 5

Let's not lie to ourselves, marijuana smoking is not a good thing, most religions frown upon it, most parents frown upon it, thus making it questionable to justify whether legalizing marijuana is a good idea or a bad idea. I can see how people say that it's morally wrong but my question is that why then is alcohol legal and salvia legal and red don legal? All these other substances I think are much more mind altering than weed. What does weed do when you take it in excess? It makes you fall asleep. When you drink too much alcohol you basically loose all control of yourself and do crazy things. My main argument is that if cigarettes, alcohol, and all those other substances sold at head shops are legal than marijuana should definitely be legal.

If weed was legalized than crime would decrease because the people doing illegal work wouldn't be doing it anymore because the government would be selling it for a lot cheaper. This would make the drug dealers go somewhere else and in turn the police could focus more on serious crimes like murder and rape.

Another reason why it would be beneficial is because of the medical benefits for AIDs and Cancer patients. I read an article that said that the only way that the cancer patient use to eat was after smoking pot. This is because when you have pancreatic cancer you die of starvation and I think legalizing weed for at least medical purposes is the right thing to do.

Lastly, I think that we should legalize week because of the tax revenue that it is going to bring in. The governor of California estimates 1 billion dollars in just tax revenue. We are talking about just one state! That could definitely help us with our recession. Why should drug dealers make the money when the government can.

Hundred Million Dollar Club- - Blog Stage 3

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2010-08-12-editorial12_ST1_N.htm

This editorial was written on the massive amounts of money that high ranking officials get paid. The editorial was written for the taxpayers who would have to pay for the sum of these expenditures. The author made the claim that the these officials get paid ridiculous amounts of money that exceed their job descriptions. Moreover they are paid a certain percentage of their salary in their pension. These executives can also increase their pension by trying to increase their ending salary by working over time and serve on boards. The taxpayers would be the ones who would take care of the pension which would be a burden by itself. But, adding on to that is the fact that the pension is adjusted for inflation. The author gathered their information from the list made by The Wall Street Journal for the twenty five CEOs paid the most in the last ten years which stated that most of them made over a two hundred and fifty million dollars over the course of a year. As bad as the economy has been over the last ten years for most Americans it does not seem fair that the executive class should live a complete opposite lifestyle. Their pensions paid by the taxpayers when they retire and while they work they live luxuriously as well. The salary of these workers is not even the biggest issue as stated in the editorial but the pension which seems to be unchangeable. Another alarming fact is that these salaries are mostly undeserved as one might expect that companies with better performances such as Apple, their CEOs would get paid more but, that is not the case. Even the CEO of companies that have been destroyed are being paid these outrageous amounts of money. The fact of the matter is that the claims made here are justifiable and have caused major problems in the economy and if it keeps up could damage it further.

Islamophobia- - Stage 2

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/19/esposito.muslim.center/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/19/esposito.muslim.center/index.html

I chose this article because it hits really close to home mainly because I'm an American-Muslim. Articles like these are especially depressing because it makes me feel like Muslims aren't viewed as equal in the United States. I use to think that only ten percent of the people in America were ignorant and had views like the New York Post writer that says, "...There's no denying the elephant in the room. Neither is there any rejoicing over the mosques proposed for Sheepshead Bay, Staten Island and Ground Zero because where there are mosques, there are Muslims, and where there are Muslims, there are problems." But recently I feel like these feelings of fear and insecurities have increased in the public and for the most part I think it's because of the American Muslims that are so afraid to stand up for what Islam really preaches and to raise awareness in Americans. I think that this community center would be really helpful for that very reason, it might actually raise awareness in the people. In all honesty just the fact that they have an idea is bringing up so much debate that it is bringing the truth about what Islam truly is. That's not all though I think that a properly run establishment will also teach Muslims how to better the relations between Muslims and the rest of Americans. In all honesty the Muslim people are the ones to blame for the outlook that the rest of the world has of them. Especially the younger generation that didn't stand up for what they believe in and let everybody believe that all Muslims are "terrorists" and not just a very small percentage.

Lou Ann Zelenik warned, "Until the American Muslim community find it in their hearts to separate themselves from their evil, radical counterparts, to condemn those who want to destroy our civilization and will fight against them, we are not obligated to open our society to any of them. " I think this lady is so ridiculous! She is basically saying because of a few radicals that we shouldn't be civilized towards any of them. So if that is true should we not be civilized towards any white men because they were radical towards all colored people and until all of them stop being racist and stop committing hate crimes they shouldn't be allowed to assimilate into a society that is made up of immigrants.

I can see how this might be a difficult issue to deal with because everyone is so patriotic about 9/11 and that is understandable but to read some of the comments that people left about this article really to me is hard to believe. How do people have so much hate for a certain religion and still live amongst them on a day to day basis? Are they just being fake? Either way I think that if people look at this community center more positively, as to improve the current relation between American Muslims and everybody else I think this is the first step that is necessary to better the relation. And if the location is such a big deal just put it somewhere else. I don't think that's what matters and if that's what is holding this project back than I think it might just be another thing for the media to talk about.