America is supposed to be a capitalist country. The definition of capitalism is a free-market system: an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods, characterized by a free competitive market and motivation by profit.
So basically it is a free market system and the government had little say in what we do. However, if you really think about it, the government can control everything that you do. Now, I’m not trying to say that we live in a communist country, because it is very far from that.
But really think about it, the government has an impact on everything you do, everyday. Such as what you eat, the food that you eat more than likely has to be approved by the FDA, which is set up by the government to make sure that it is safe to eat. What you wear to school, well the school has a dress code and the government controls the school.
Even thought the government has a huge impact on everybody’s daily life, I’m glad to live in America, as free as it is. Having the government be apart of everything is mostly for a good reason. Such as, to keep us safe and or to protect us. The government is a good thing. Actually I had a project in one of my classes that had me try to describe our government, breaking it down to be able to describe it to a younger person. Well, while doing thins I realized things that people really don’t think about everyday. Take a minute to think about the “rules” here in America, also known as laws, it is very easy to break them, even though we may not realize it. Example being driving to school or work today, did you go the speed limit the whole time? Not exceeding it once? Chances are your broke the law. So what if there were no laws? Would the country be smart enough not to do anything stupid? If one-person speeds, don’t you think everybody else will as well. If it weren’t for the government the banks would be able to spend our money like they did in the great depression, then the whole country would be mad and probably start rioting. Which would lead to fights breaking out, but the police would not be there to stop it, so how far would it go?
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
My favorite amendment
Double Jeopardy
No person shall be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb. The confusion. Double obviously means twice and jeopardy is legally defined as a defendant's risk or danger of conviction when put on trial. Double jeopardy protects a defendant who has already been found not guilty from being tried again for the same crime by the same government. Double jeopardy allows a defendant who has been found not guilty of a crime to begin to rebuild his or her life secure in the knowledge that the government will not prosecute again based on the same facts. A criminal trial is both financially and emotionally expensive and double jeopardy protects a person who is found to be not guilty from reliving that ordeal and it allows that person to begin to pick up the pieces of his or her life that were put on hold
While the Fifth Amendment double jeopardy clause only applies to the federal government, the U.S. Supreme Court found in Benton v. Maryland that double jeopardy is a “fundamental ideal in our constitutional heritage” and therefore applies to state governments, as well as to the federal government, through the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
That said, there are times when a defendant can stand trial again based upon the same set of facts without the government violating the defendant’s Fifth Amendment right to be protected from double jeopardy.
Different governments may try the same defendant for the same crime on the same facts. For example, a defendant could be charged by both the federal and the state government for the same or similar crimes arising from the same events.The U.S. Supreme Court has held that if a jury finds a defendant guilty and the judge overrules that conviction that the prosecution may appeal the judge’s action. This is a limited exception, however. If the judge finds the defendant not guilty prior to the jury’s determination then the decision is not appealable. The government may also decide to retry a defendant if he or she was originally found guilty by a jury or trial judge and that conviction was overturned on the defendant’s appeal.Further, double jeopardy only applies to criminal charges, not civil charges. For example, a defendant could be acquitted of felony murder charges and still have to stand trial for the civil charge of wrongful death even if the charges arise from the same set of facts.Double jeopardy furthers two important objectives. For the prosecution, the prohibition against trying a defendant twice for the same crime means that it must put its best evidence forward and be as thorough as possible in order to get a conviction. For the defendant, it means that there is certainty in acquittal and that the defendant can get back to the business of living once he or she is found not guilty.
Self Incrimination
Self-incrimination shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.
Due Process
Due process is the idea that law and legal proceedings must be fair.
I like this particular amendment because it gives me rights that the government cannot take from me without fair trial.
Double jeopardy-
Due Process-
Self Incrimination-
Due Process and Taking)
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
No person shall be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb. The confusion. Double obviously means twice and jeopardy is legally defined as a defendant's risk or danger of conviction when put on trial. Double jeopardy protects a defendant who has already been found not guilty from being tried again for the same crime by the same government. Double jeopardy allows a defendant who has been found not guilty of a crime to begin to rebuild his or her life secure in the knowledge that the government will not prosecute again based on the same facts. A criminal trial is both financially and emotionally expensive and double jeopardy protects a person who is found to be not guilty from reliving that ordeal and it allows that person to begin to pick up the pieces of his or her life that were put on hold
While the Fifth Amendment double jeopardy clause only applies to the federal government, the U.S. Supreme Court found in Benton v. Maryland that double jeopardy is a “fundamental ideal in our constitutional heritage” and therefore applies to state governments, as well as to the federal government, through the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
That said, there are times when a defendant can stand trial again based upon the same set of facts without the government violating the defendant’s Fifth Amendment right to be protected from double jeopardy.
Different governments may try the same defendant for the same crime on the same facts. For example, a defendant could be charged by both the federal and the state government for the same or similar crimes arising from the same events.The U.S. Supreme Court has held that if a jury finds a defendant guilty and the judge overrules that conviction that the prosecution may appeal the judge’s action. This is a limited exception, however. If the judge finds the defendant not guilty prior to the jury’s determination then the decision is not appealable. The government may also decide to retry a defendant if he or she was originally found guilty by a jury or trial judge and that conviction was overturned on the defendant’s appeal.Further, double jeopardy only applies to criminal charges, not civil charges. For example, a defendant could be acquitted of felony murder charges and still have to stand trial for the civil charge of wrongful death even if the charges arise from the same set of facts.Double jeopardy furthers two important objectives. For the prosecution, the prohibition against trying a defendant twice for the same crime means that it must put its best evidence forward and be as thorough as possible in order to get a conviction. For the defendant, it means that there is certainty in acquittal and that the defendant can get back to the business of living once he or she is found not guilty.
Self Incrimination
Self-incrimination shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.
Due Process
Due process is the idea that law and legal proceedings must be fair.
I like this particular amendment because it gives me rights that the government cannot take from me without fair trial.
Double jeopardy-
Due Process-
Self Incrimination-
Due Process and Taking)
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
If I CouldChangethe Constitution
The U.S. constitution amendment that I dislike most is the second amendment;
The right to keep and bare arms.
Statistics show that children and teen gun violence is the leading cause of death in America. There are roughly 3012 teens and children that were killed due to gun fire in U.S. every year, that is 1 child every 3 hours, 8 per day and more than 50 per week. Four to five times as many children suffer from non-fatal gunfire injuries.
Sixty six fatal hunting accidents occur per year with 635 non-fatal per year in the U.S.
If people did not have the right to bear arms in the United States there would be over 3080 people that didn’t have to lose their lives due to negligence each year. The right to bear arms gives Americans the right to have a gun as long as they’re in not any known mental status or have a felony history present. Everyday people are given opportunity to knowingly or accidentally take another’s life. Anyone with a gun is a potential killer.
I believe that certain people with adequate and extensive training and knowledge should have the right to bear arms. People with jobs that require the need for a firearm should undergo a series of training courses on proper gun use and safety. Only people requiring the need for an arm should posses them; police officers, correctional officers, ect. With this kind of limitation on firearms there would still be accidents that occur yet there would also be many less lives taken each day.
The right to bear arms affects my life today because at any given time the person sitting next to me could pull out a gun and start shooting. I will always have the thought in the back of my head that anyone could potentially have a gun with them anywhere I go. Anyone with a gun has the option to shoot and possibly kill someone, most people don’t consider killing but the option is still there with a firearm in the home. In 1962 my grandfather’s brother was showing my grandfather his gun when it accidentally went off, the bullet went through his hand and into my grandmother, the bullet was a fraction of an inch from her lungs. My grandmother lived through the experience but has always informed us grandchildren of the dangers of firearms.
This specific amendment could potentially affect my future because I am not safely able to travel to the places I would love to go, such as New York City or Chicago. The reputations of these cities are terrifying. Columbia University in New York City is not an option for me because of the fear Americans embrace upon these places. In 1993 it was estimated that two million illegal guns were in circulation in New York City. Without so many guns being available for people to illegally acquire there would be a much lower gun crime rate all over America. Ninety percent of the illegal guns in New York City that year were purchased in other states.
The right to keep and bare arms.
Statistics show that children and teen gun violence is the leading cause of death in America. There are roughly 3012 teens and children that were killed due to gun fire in U.S. every year, that is 1 child every 3 hours, 8 per day and more than 50 per week. Four to five times as many children suffer from non-fatal gunfire injuries.
Sixty six fatal hunting accidents occur per year with 635 non-fatal per year in the U.S.
If people did not have the right to bear arms in the United States there would be over 3080 people that didn’t have to lose their lives due to negligence each year. The right to bear arms gives Americans the right to have a gun as long as they’re in not any known mental status or have a felony history present. Everyday people are given opportunity to knowingly or accidentally take another’s life. Anyone with a gun is a potential killer.
I believe that certain people with adequate and extensive training and knowledge should have the right to bear arms. People with jobs that require the need for a firearm should undergo a series of training courses on proper gun use and safety. Only people requiring the need for an arm should posses them; police officers, correctional officers, ect. With this kind of limitation on firearms there would still be accidents that occur yet there would also be many less lives taken each day.
The right to bear arms affects my life today because at any given time the person sitting next to me could pull out a gun and start shooting. I will always have the thought in the back of my head that anyone could potentially have a gun with them anywhere I go. Anyone with a gun has the option to shoot and possibly kill someone, most people don’t consider killing but the option is still there with a firearm in the home. In 1962 my grandfather’s brother was showing my grandfather his gun when it accidentally went off, the bullet went through his hand and into my grandmother, the bullet was a fraction of an inch from her lungs. My grandmother lived through the experience but has always informed us grandchildren of the dangers of firearms.
This specific amendment could potentially affect my future because I am not safely able to travel to the places I would love to go, such as New York City or Chicago. The reputations of these cities are terrifying. Columbia University in New York City is not an option for me because of the fear Americans embrace upon these places. In 1993 it was estimated that two million illegal guns were in circulation in New York City. Without so many guns being available for people to illegally acquire there would be a much lower gun crime rate all over America. Ninety percent of the illegal guns in New York City that year were purchased in other states.
Insurance....
So basically, the bottom line is health insurance is very important and curtail to everybody. However, now a days it is hard for a lot of American to receive health insurance, leaving them on their own to find it themselves, which is usually to expensive for most of us to afford. So what were Obama’s views on this? Well he said that everybody should be covered, and that he would make it cheap and affordable to everyone. But what has he done yet? Well nothing.
What makes me even madder is the fact that some health places, such as dentists, doctors, and so on, are receiving money from the insurance, when they are not doing anything to get it. I have a major problem with my dentist I have been to them since November for the pain in my tooth, my first dentist said that he could not see anything, after taking an X-ray and waiting two weeks to hear back, so I switched dentists and the second one said that I would need a crown on the tooth, however, it was still a baby tooth so they had to do a root canal on it before they could even consider the crown. While waiting for the root canal I had an infection under the tooth and I specifically told them that, so they gave me a prescription for an antibiotic, the following week when I returned, they opened my mouth and took a look, did nothing and sent me home telling me that I still had an infection, after 4 weeks of pain killers and different antibiotics, I went back and they proceeded with the root canal. Then they stopped... in the middle of it... and said it was still infected. So the infection got out, and I swallowed it and then got really sick. Two weeks later, I went back for them to finish the root canal and they did, very painfully I might add. Then a week later I was scheduled for Prep for the crown. After getting the crown I saw a doctor because of a lump in my lower jaw, right around where the dentist was messing around, so he ordered a cat scan to rule out cancer, and thought it was just a basest. Turns out I had another problem with my mouth... my wisdom teeth was seen in the cats can and they were on the opposite side of my mouth and not causing me any discomfort, so anyways, my doctor referred me to a oral surgeon to take a look at my wisdom teeth, along with the lump in my jaw. When I visited the oral surgeon, he said that my dentist knew that he could not have saved the tooth, so why did they do ALL of the stuff they did? Each dentist appointment was at least $300 even when they didn’t do anything and sent me home rescheduling, how can you make money off of that? That didn’t seem fair. But that’s insurance for you..... You get insurance so that you won’t have a lot of medical bills if something happens to you... just think, if I didn’t have any insurance than I would probably be in debt for years just because the dentist was stupid...
What makes me even madder is the fact that some health places, such as dentists, doctors, and so on, are receiving money from the insurance, when they are not doing anything to get it. I have a major problem with my dentist I have been to them since November for the pain in my tooth, my first dentist said that he could not see anything, after taking an X-ray and waiting two weeks to hear back, so I switched dentists and the second one said that I would need a crown on the tooth, however, it was still a baby tooth so they had to do a root canal on it before they could even consider the crown. While waiting for the root canal I had an infection under the tooth and I specifically told them that, so they gave me a prescription for an antibiotic, the following week when I returned, they opened my mouth and took a look, did nothing and sent me home telling me that I still had an infection, after 4 weeks of pain killers and different antibiotics, I went back and they proceeded with the root canal. Then they stopped... in the middle of it... and said it was still infected. So the infection got out, and I swallowed it and then got really sick. Two weeks later, I went back for them to finish the root canal and they did, very painfully I might add. Then a week later I was scheduled for Prep for the crown. After getting the crown I saw a doctor because of a lump in my lower jaw, right around where the dentist was messing around, so he ordered a cat scan to rule out cancer, and thought it was just a basest. Turns out I had another problem with my mouth... my wisdom teeth was seen in the cats can and they were on the opposite side of my mouth and not causing me any discomfort, so anyways, my doctor referred me to a oral surgeon to take a look at my wisdom teeth, along with the lump in my jaw. When I visited the oral surgeon, he said that my dentist knew that he could not have saved the tooth, so why did they do ALL of the stuff they did? Each dentist appointment was at least $300 even when they didn’t do anything and sent me home rescheduling, how can you make money off of that? That didn’t seem fair. But that’s insurance for you..... You get insurance so that you won’t have a lot of medical bills if something happens to you... just think, if I didn’t have any insurance than I would probably be in debt for years just because the dentist was stupid...
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Ten Trillion Dollars
So I want to take a minute and ask, do you know how much money that the national debt really is?? It is so mind boggling, it’s hard to wrap a thought around.
Currently it would cost each household in the United States 33 thousand dollars just to pay off the debt that we are in…
There was this web page that I stumbled upon showing just how much money it really is… So brace your self, here it is…
All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...
A billion dollars...
A hundred billion dollars...
Eight hundred billion dollars...
One TRILLION dollars...
Lets start with a 100 dollar bill, we all have seen them and most of us have ad them. A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and contains $10,000. Believe it or not, $1 million dollars is 100 little packets of the 100-dollar bills containing $10,000 $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet... And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere... $1 billion dollars is 5x5 pallets with 100 million dollars on each. Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing so much about. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros.Another way to look at this a little less visual would be: One trillion can pay for the military for every Nato country combined. One trillion dollars can pay for all the goods and services produced in Australia for one year. It can pay for every military intervention and war since 9/11, it is the marked value of the Toronto stock exchange. One trillion dollars can pay for the rent for every renter for three years, or the mortgages for every homeowner for 14 months. One trillion can purchase all the homes that foreclosed in 2007-2008. One trillion dollars can pay for an additional 11 weeks vacation for every American worker. One trillion dollars could pay 1/10 of the spending for current bailout.
Another way to look at this a little less visual would be:
One trillion can pay for the military for every Nato country combined. One trillion dollars can pay for all the goods and services produced in Australia for one year. It can pay for every military intervention and war since 9/11, it is the marked value of the Toronto stock exchange. One trillion dollars can pay for the rent for every renter for three years, or the mortgages for every homeowner for 14 months. One trillion can purchase all the homes that foreclosed in 2007-2008. One trillion dollars can pay for an additional 11 weeks vacation for every American worker. One trillion dollars could pay 1/10 of the spending for current bailout.
Currently it would cost each household in the United States 33 thousand dollars just to pay off the debt that we are in…
There was this web page that I stumbled upon showing just how much money it really is… So brace your self, here it is…
All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...
A billion dollars...
A hundred billion dollars...
Eight hundred billion dollars...
One TRILLION dollars...
Lets start with a 100 dollar bill, we all have seen them and most of us have ad them. A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and contains $10,000. Believe it or not, $1 million dollars is 100 little packets of the 100-dollar bills containing $10,000 $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet... And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere... $1 billion dollars is 5x5 pallets with 100 million dollars on each. Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing so much about. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros.Another way to look at this a little less visual would be: One trillion can pay for the military for every Nato country combined. One trillion dollars can pay for all the goods and services produced in Australia for one year. It can pay for every military intervention and war since 9/11, it is the marked value of the Toronto stock exchange. One trillion dollars can pay for the rent for every renter for three years, or the mortgages for every homeowner for 14 months. One trillion can purchase all the homes that foreclosed in 2007-2008. One trillion dollars can pay for an additional 11 weeks vacation for every American worker. One trillion dollars could pay 1/10 of the spending for current bailout.
Another way to look at this a little less visual would be:
One trillion can pay for the military for every Nato country combined. One trillion dollars can pay for all the goods and services produced in Australia for one year. It can pay for every military intervention and war since 9/11, it is the marked value of the Toronto stock exchange. One trillion dollars can pay for the rent for every renter for three years, or the mortgages for every homeowner for 14 months. One trillion can purchase all the homes that foreclosed in 2007-2008. One trillion dollars can pay for an additional 11 weeks vacation for every American worker. One trillion dollars could pay 1/10 of the spending for current bailout.
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I think that the government is waisting a lot of money on these stimulous packages and bailouts... if the people are unable to pay for a house and know it, then they should not have gotten it in the first place, there is no reason that the government should have to help them for the mess that they got their selves into. they did nothing for the government and the government is not there to relay on, they are there to protect us, not from our own stupid decisions.
Government Assistance
The biggest problem I have with our government is where all the money goes… the government has a plan for where they have to spend their money, however, if they do not spend it the way they said they would, nothing happens, they don’t get in trouble, or they don’t have any consequences. The government is like their own little world, they have nobody there that they have to look up to, to make sure that they don’t screw up. We have three branches of the government, the judicial, executive, and the legislative, the thing is, they all work together, and instead of looking out for one another, they let all the crazy ideas through and get into more trouble. It’s not that I don’t like the government, because I really do, living here under their laws and rules is a heck of a lot better than living over in china in a communism community.
The government has helped me and my family out a lot, with FEMA and other government assistant programs during the flood of the summer of 2008. However, maybe it wasn’t enough. I find it mind boggling how the government is able to help all of the thousands of people who needed money for their mortgages and the government was able to take a billion dollars and bail them out, even though it was their own fault for getting into something that they should have known they could not handle. On the other hand, some of the flood victims had little to no assistance from the government, along with loosing everything from the flood. Now explain how that is fair!
The government has helped me and my family out a lot, with FEMA and other government assistant programs during the flood of the summer of 2008. However, maybe it wasn’t enough. I find it mind boggling how the government is able to help all of the thousands of people who needed money for their mortgages and the government was able to take a billion dollars and bail them out, even though it was their own fault for getting into something that they should have known they could not handle. On the other hand, some of the flood victims had little to no assistance from the government, along with loosing everything from the flood. Now explain how that is fair!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Home
My home for the last 18 years of my life was torn down Tuesday April 9, 2009. My family and I have been waiting for this day to come since the middle of June last year, when the decision was decide that we were not going to be able to rebuild. The house was ruined from the flood last summer. The foundation was washed out in the basement and very unsafe to even enter it afterwards. Leaving it hard for us to enter it and retrieve all of our belongings that were still okay. Even though most of our things were ruined and contaminated, everything on the second floor was fine. To watch my home that my father had built with his own hands by himself be demolished with in hours, made me sick, how could this happen, a house that took about three years to fully complete come down in a couple hours, to where it is almost like there was never anything there in the first place. Watching them hit the house with the claw I will never forget, it made an indescribable sound that made me sick to my stomach, as if some one was stabbing me… as the house was torn into, room by room, memory by memory flashed by. What made it worse was seeing things that I had forgotten about be picked up by the tractor’s claw and being dropped into a huge dump truck. It was almost as if I wanted to scream stop and run to get the left behind object.
I am not sure what is worse, the house not being there or the house still standing and not being able to live there. I know that I will never forget all the good times that have happened in that house in my childhood. Either way, it is still my home in my mind, and I will always just want to go home.
I know that a lot of people reading this is probably think that this really is no big deal because it is just a house and now that I have a new house because of this event, that I should be over to and move on. Well it really doesn’t work like that. It was more than just a house, it was a home that I and my four siblings all grew up in, it had its own stories to it, all the odd things that my father had built into it for reasons that nobody knows. I love that place.
I am not sure what is worse, the house not being there or the house still standing and not being able to live there. I know that I will never forget all the good times that have happened in that house in my childhood. Either way, it is still my home in my mind, and I will always just want to go home.
I know that a lot of people reading this is probably think that this really is no big deal because it is just a house and now that I have a new house because of this event, that I should be over to and move on. Well it really doesn’t work like that. It was more than just a house, it was a home that I and my four siblings all grew up in, it had its own stories to it, all the odd things that my father had built into it for reasons that nobody knows. I love that place.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
More Money, going, going, gone...
This is absolutely ridiculous on how much money the government is actually spending... with all the bailouts, and stimulus packages, yesterday the stimulus money started flowing to schools, which I guess is better than going somewhere where we will never see it, but really, where are we getting all this money? I found that other countries hold about 7% of our debt, meaning we have barrowed from them, leaving us the only option to repay them. I don’t see why we cant forget about all the money that the government is spending and just put all the money back into circulation, yes it would be wrong and unjustified, but think about how much easier that it would make everything.... instead of hearing about how much debt we're in we could be hearing how great our economy is doing and how we could be helping other people who really need it, especially not helping pay for those hundreds of thousands of people's homes that the government basically just bought for them. As well as the government just giving AIG Money to get back on their feet, but look what they did with the money, they gave it to the workers for their benefits and bonuses, don't get me wrong, that would be nice, however, that was so unnecessary, and the company is right back to where it was before, going down.
National Debt!!!
So I want to take a minute and ask, do you know how much money that the national debt really is?? It is so mind boggling, it’s hard to wrap a thought around.
Currently it would cost each household in the United States 33 thousand dollars just to pay off the debt that we are in…
There was this web page that I stumbled upon showing just how much money it really is… This is going to be really hard to try to explain without the pictures, however you still might be able to get the point.
I’m sure all of us have seen a 100-dollar bill, now imagine one hundred 100-dollar bills in a stack. That is just a ½ of an inch thick.
And one hundred of those can easily fit into a grocery bag and be carried around. Now, that just equals 10,000 dollars. Needing 999,000 thousand dollars which makes a million. Which would fill one pallet up to five feet. Then a billion would be a 5x5 pallets filled with one million dollars on it… then a trillion would be 100x100 double stacked.
Another way to look at this a little less visual would be:
One trillion can pay for the military for every Nato country combined. One trillion dollars can pay for all the goods and services produced in Australia for one year. It can pay for every military intervention and war since 9/11, it is the marked value of the Toronto stock exchange. One trillion dollars can pay for the rent for every renter for three years, or the mortgages for every homeowner for 14 months. One trillion can purchase all the homes that foreclosed in 2007-2008. One trillion dollars can pay for an additional 11 weeks vacation for every American worker. One trillion dollars could pay 1/10 of the spending for current bailout.
Currently it would cost each household in the United States 33 thousand dollars just to pay off the debt that we are in…
There was this web page that I stumbled upon showing just how much money it really is… This is going to be really hard to try to explain without the pictures, however you still might be able to get the point.
I’m sure all of us have seen a 100-dollar bill, now imagine one hundred 100-dollar bills in a stack. That is just a ½ of an inch thick.
And one hundred of those can easily fit into a grocery bag and be carried around. Now, that just equals 10,000 dollars. Needing 999,000 thousand dollars which makes a million. Which would fill one pallet up to five feet. Then a billion would be a 5x5 pallets filled with one million dollars on it… then a trillion would be 100x100 double stacked.
Another way to look at this a little less visual would be:
One trillion can pay for the military for every Nato country combined. One trillion dollars can pay for all the goods and services produced in Australia for one year. It can pay for every military intervention and war since 9/11, it is the marked value of the Toronto stock exchange. One trillion dollars can pay for the rent for every renter for three years, or the mortgages for every homeowner for 14 months. One trillion can purchase all the homes that foreclosed in 2007-2008. One trillion dollars can pay for an additional 11 weeks vacation for every American worker. One trillion dollars could pay 1/10 of the spending for current bailout.
Same Sex Marriage??
Yesterday at 8:30 the legislator held a meeting to discuss the debatable issue of gay rights, and if gay marriages should be allowed in the state of Iowa… After a unanimous discussion, the answer was yes. Iowa will be the third state in the United States to legalize gay marriage, Massachusetts and Connecticut. I believe that sooner or later all of the united sates of America will eventually legalize the same sex marriages. For Iowa to become the third state to legalize it, and the first state in the mid west, it will show the other states that it is okay to have this. The only confusions or problems that could arise out of this or that would make a difference is that the people will have to go else where to get married, then move back to where they were, they will think that they have the same rights as any other married couple. Not only does this rise the question of the different states stance on this issue, however it also changes the fact that other state are taking this into consideration and if the states all around the state that opposes the idea might just end up causing more problems. That is why I think that the federal court should be in charged of saying what states should have the rights for the same sex marriages, either make it fair through out all the states or set boundaries for the states, that way the same sex couple can live happy where ever they are and know their rights from one place to another. I am not saying that I am for or if I oppose the same sex marriage, however I think that this is too big of a decision for the states to make, I think that the federals should have more rules, or be more strict. That would make things more fair and less confusing to a lot of the same sex couples and they could decide for themselves if they want to get married or not, it should be up to them, not the state.
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