Economy

The Liberal Belief on the Economy:

Favor a market system in which government regulates the economy. We need government to protect us against big businesses. Unlike the private sector, the government is motivated by public interest. We need government regulation to level the playing field.

The Conservative Belief:

The free market system, competitive capitalism, and private enterprise afford the widest opportunity and the highest standard of living for all. Free markets produce more economic growth, more jobs and higher standards of living than those systems burdened by excessive government regulation.

Obama Care

How Obama's Health Care Reform will Affect Americans

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, millions of low-income families will be getting health insurance without a fight, some for the first time. While this may greatly benefit the low-income portion of the economy, it will take away from the high-income families substantially, as they will be facing higher taxes to help pay for the lower income Americans.

How the Health Care Reform will Affect the Middle Class

Some who are already struggling to make ends meet, will be forced to pay specific health insurance costs, or they may face serious penalties. According to Kaiser Family Foundation, the American middle- class will be the worse off under this health care reform, as they will be mandated to pay for health insurance coverage, as they struggle to pay for their basic living expenses such as; food, childcare and housing.

According to Miranda, a journalist with Financial Highway, those families earning more than $250,000 a year or individuals earning $200,000 a year, will go from a 1.45% Medicare tax to 2.35%. However, the biggest change to the United States will cause families to be forced to pay for health insurance plans, as it will no longer be a choice. Many individuals have lived without health insurance, as they could not afford the cost. However, the cost will no longer be an option, for Americans will be taxed.

Health Care Reform Debate in the United States

The United States health care system has been a major political debate for years. According to Wikipedia stats, the United States holds the highest healthcare costs versus the size of the economy in the world. With 30 million citizens, about 10% lives without healthcare coverage. The debate has revolved around how to safely get our health care system under control.

The middle class is defined as those with incomes that range from $44,000 to $88,000 for a family of four. It’s expected that both middle and upper-middle class families may face extremely high premiums in attempt to collect hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes. This is all aimed to help pay for the uninsured medium to lower income bracket. This also requires everyone to have the best insurance plans available.

Is Obama Care worth it? Probably not considering that health care has already seen the highest inflation rate in history. In 2012 insurance cost for middle class Americans will be so high that a choice of not having food or living in there current homes will come into play. Think about it.

Know your History

A friend recently sent me an email after reviewing my first blog entry with some enlightening and thoughtful advice, here is a short excerpt:

"you wanna make attempts to stop being a "Good Dem or Good Rep" the key is being a "Good American"
 If you are truly interested in understanding, start by researching "Federal Reserve"....

The thought of not being a associated with a party was at first a ludicrous idea to me anyways, however I could not get over the verbage "Good American", essentially this is what we all should strive to be, not simply take to a party because it meets our personal agenda, but understand government and make known to the public it's flaws and work to make changes in those flaws by who we elect to represents us.


I did some digging this morning as to how the Federal Reserve came about, and to my surprise I found that the there is nothing Federal about the Federal Reserve. NO, this is not conspiracy theories, this is fact.

"In 1886, a group of millionaires purchased Jekyll Island and converted it into a winter retreat and hunting ground, the USA's most exclusive club. By 1900, the club's roster represented 1/6th of the world's wealth. Names like Astor, Vanderbilt, Morgan, Pulitzer and Gould filled the club's register. Non- members, regardless of stature, were not allowed. Dignitaries like Winston Churchill and President McKinley were refused admission.

In 1908, the year after a national money panic purportedly created by J. P. Morgan, Congress established, in 1908, a National Monetary Authority. In 1910 another, more secretive, group was formed consisting of the chiefs of major corporations and banks in this country. The group left secretly by rail from Hoboken, New Jersey, and traveled anonymously to the hunting lodge on Jekyll Island.

The meeting was so secret that none referred to the other by his last name. Why the need for secrecy? Frank Vanderlip wrote later in the Saturday Evening Post, "...it would have been fatal to Senator Aldrich's plan to have it known that he was calling on anybody from Wall Street to help him in preparing his bill...I do not feel it is any exaggeration to speak of our secret expedition to Jekyll Island as the occasion of the actual conception of what eventually became the Federal Reserve System."

At Jekyll Island, the true draftsman for the Federal Reserve was Paul Warburg. The plan was simple. The new central bank could not be called a central bank because America did not want one, so it had to be given a deceptive name. Ostensibly, the bank was to be controlled by Congress, but a majority of its members were to be selected by the private banks that would own its stock.

To keep the public from thinking that the Federal Reserve would be controlled from New York, a system of twelve regional banks was designed. Given the concentration of money and credit in New York, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York controlled the system, making the regional concept initially nothing but a ruse.

The board and chairman were to be selected by the President, but in the words of Colonel Edward House, the board would serve such a term as to "put them out of the power of the President." The power over the creation of money was to be taken from the people and placed in the hands of private bankers who could expand or contract credit as they felt best suited their needs." (By John Pounders, Paradigm Publishing, Copyright 1996)

If you do not find your self at loss of words like I did, then I suggest you do some more research

Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs (Affirmative Action)

I will be posting weekly on multiple topics for what I think is the beliefs of each side; this week the topic will be affirmative action, however before I move forward let us define both beliefs

Conservative -

believe in personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, traditional American values and a strong national defense. Believe the role of government should be to provide people the freedom necessary to pursue their own goals.

Conservative policies generally emphasize empowerment of the individual to solve problems.

(If you read our constitution you might understand why we have individuals who call themselves conservatives, all others parties want to change the constitution to best fit their needs. Conservatives simply want to enforce the greatest document known to mankind, religion aside.)

Liberals -

Believe in governmental action to achieve equal opportunity and equality for all, and that it is the duty of the State to alleviate social ills and to protect civil liberties and individual and human rights. Believe the role of the government should be to guarantee that no one is in need. Believe that people are basically good.

Liberal policies generally emphasize the need for the government to solve people's problems.

(Really!! we need the government to tell us the we have a to many fat people and we should eat healthier, or should they tells when I should or should not have children, maybe they should also tell us what jobs we will be doing also; sounds a lot like socialism to me, however that is just my opinion.)

Now for my personal view on what both sides think of Affirmative Action:

Conservative thoughts:

People should be admitted to schools and hired for jobs based on their ability. It is unfair to use race as a factor in the selection process. Reverse-discrimination is not a solution for racism.

(I have question for those who believe that affirmative action is right, if you are the owner of a business and you have to hire for a new position, but to fill a quota you have to hire someone who is less qulified, however the candidate you would like to hire is 10 times more qualified for the position who would you rather hire?)

Liberal beliefs :

Due to prevalent racism in the past, minorities were deprived of the same education and employment opportunities as whites. We need to make up for that.

Support affirmative action based on the belief that America is still a racist society. Minorities still lag behind whites in all statistical measurements of success. Also, the presence of minorities creates diversity.

(We have a Black President, get real if you think racism is still a major problem)

Liberals The Lazy

After reading and listening to the news over the past year I have choosen to voice my right to my opionion on what I feel is a problem in America. I'm sure I will receive a barriage of hate from individuals as to not being educated on the issues or being closed minded blah, blah, blah, here is my two bits anyways.

Liberals the Lazy & Health Care:

One question:

Where will all the money come from?

Simple it will come from all the indviduals who choose to bust their hump working instead of simply bitching as to why insurance rates and affordable health care is so expensive. Health Care is not your right, it is something that must be purchased, if the costs are too high get off your lazy ass and do something about your income, learn a new skill, change your profession, but don't expect those of us who are working hard to afford health care to pay for yours. What makes anyone think they are entitled to anything for free, and why should others pay for the failures made in their lives. I'm not saying that health care in its current state is a good thing by any means, however the way to fix it is to make health care American, if health care companies had to compete for business we would see a drop in rates. Let them operate as the business they are with little government involvement.