Are Obama just making recess appointments to get re-elected?
Who is right: The Republicans rejecting the appointments or Obama making them?
Do the appointments violate the constitution?
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Reform Party
- Fiscal Responsibility
- Taxes
- Job Creation
- Personal Healthcare
- Education
- Government Ethics
- Environmental Policy
- Foreign Policy
- National Security
- Constitutional
Congress Should:
Get No free Meals
Get No more free Gifts, or Trips
Pass Laws with Penalties instead of Rules
Congress should have equal benifits (such as health care and retirement) as the average American.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Guns in America
Questions:
Why does America have on of the highest gun related death toll in the world?
What can be done to change the gun laws?
Is anything being done to change gun laws?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/10/gun-crime-us-state
Why does America have on of the highest gun related death toll in the world?
What can be done to change the gun laws?
Is anything being done to change gun laws?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/10/gun-crime-us-state
Monday, January 2, 2012
Answering Hopes Questions on the Economy:
1. If we continue to accumulate debt at the rate that we are, how much debt will America have by 2020? How will this affect future generations?
2. Are there any solutions to help our country decrease its debt in an efficient manner? If so, what are they?
3. How does our debt compare with other countries' debts? What does this mean for America?
1. As the chart shows by 2020 the national debt of the US will be 22.5 Trillion Dollars.
2. Decreasing the debt can be done efficiently with compromise and cuts to the right sections. The cuts that would produce lots of money lie in the defense sector but no one wants to make the cuts to the military. Some money would be made back from taxing the wealthy that make $250,000 and above it should be based on a percentage of income, the middle class should not pay as much in taxes as the wealthy. America must learn to cut instead of throwing money at the economy and hoping to change. The economy cannot be controlled by just America, it is global therefor a global issue. However we can bring business back to America by putting unrealistic tariffs on foreign goods such as Nike products, this would help bring business back to America. Solutions using tariffs, and manipulation of powers is much greater than just pumping money in the economy.
3. If you watch the world news every night or read the paper you'll see Greece, Italy, Egypt and many other countries economies are struggling just as much as ours is. It is not just a domestic issue but a chain reaction that reaches all of the world. What this means for America is that we have less reliable companies to invest in, and others around the world lose faith investing in our companies. This is just one of a plethora of consequences from a global recession.
1. If we continue to accumulate debt at the rate that we are, how much debt will America have by 2020? How will this affect future generations?
2. Are there any solutions to help our country decrease its debt in an efficient manner? If so, what are they?
3. How does our debt compare with other countries' debts? What does this mean for America?
1. As the chart shows by 2020 the national debt of the US will be 22.5 Trillion Dollars.
2. Decreasing the debt can be done efficiently with compromise and cuts to the right sections. The cuts that would produce lots of money lie in the defense sector but no one wants to make the cuts to the military. Some money would be made back from taxing the wealthy that make $250,000 and above it should be based on a percentage of income, the middle class should not pay as much in taxes as the wealthy. America must learn to cut instead of throwing money at the economy and hoping to change. The economy cannot be controlled by just America, it is global therefor a global issue. However we can bring business back to America by putting unrealistic tariffs on foreign goods such as Nike products, this would help bring business back to America. Solutions using tariffs, and manipulation of powers is much greater than just pumping money in the economy.
3. If you watch the world news every night or read the paper you'll see Greece, Italy, Egypt and many other countries economies are struggling just as much as ours is. It is not just a domestic issue but a chain reaction that reaches all of the world. What this means for America is that we have less reliable companies to invest in, and others around the world lose faith investing in our companies. This is just one of a plethora of consequences from a global recession.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tax Payer Article
http://www.taxpayer.net/resources.php?action=issues&proj_id=3791&category=Bailout&type=Project
Budget Bailout
Budget Bailout will cost taxpayers an estimated $66 Billion Dollars
AIG was given 182.3 Billion Dollars from the government
600 banks received 60 billion dollars overall and are unwilling or unable to pay back those funds
In the 2 years after the recession 279 banks have failed
66 retail credit unions have closed
tp://www.taxpayer.net/resources.php?action=issues&proj_id=5030&category=Federal%20Budget&type=Project
A bill was proposed for military spending for 670 Billion Dollars
Budget Bailout
Budget Bailout will cost taxpayers an estimated $66 Billion Dollars
AIG was given 182.3 Billion Dollars from the government
600 banks received 60 billion dollars overall and are unwilling or unable to pay back those funds
In the 2 years after the recession 279 banks have failed
66 retail credit unions have closed
tp://www.taxpayer.net/resources.php?action=issues&proj_id=5030&category=Federal%20Budget&type=Project
A bill was proposed for military spending for 670 Billion Dollars
NY Times Budget Puzzle
For the 2015 short fall I saved $593 Billion Dollars, for 2030 I saved $1,366 Billion dollars.
64% Were saving from tax increases, 36% came from spending cuts.
The easier part of the puzzle was making cuts to the military. Even though we are just getting out of a war in Iraq and still in Afghanistan I feel that we do not need to enter into war at this time. I also cut nuclear funding we have about 1000 nuclear war heads, one should be enough to destroy a target why would we need more? I tried to stay away from tax increases and cutting federal workers because both of my parents are government employees. I think if spending cuts were just made to the military it would easily cut our budget in half.
64% Were saving from tax increases, 36% came from spending cuts.
The easier part of the puzzle was making cuts to the military. Even though we are just getting out of a war in Iraq and still in Afghanistan I feel that we do not need to enter into war at this time. I also cut nuclear funding we have about 1000 nuclear war heads, one should be enough to destroy a target why would we need more? I tried to stay away from tax increases and cutting federal workers because both of my parents are government employees. I think if spending cuts were just made to the military it would easily cut our budget in half.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Bills
Bills:
- H. Res. 211- Justin Juliano
- S. 977: A bill to fight criminal gangs- Sandra Goldshcmit
- S. 499: Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act -Tom Nguyen
Bill chosen to write letter to congressmen about: S. 499: Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
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