Monday, January 30, 2012

Selection of a Presidential Candidate Based Upon His or Her Capability To Unify


There is good reasoning behind selecting a candidate for reasons other than his or her opinions on the issues. I have decided to select Mitt Romney as my favorite because I believe that he is the most presidential.
I’m not saying that I think his opinions are stupid. It is that the American people have gotten into gridlock on the issues. Yeah, women have been allowed suffrage, so sometimes things do change, but in my opinion instead of progress, we are spinning our wheels. Issues such as abortion, tax policy, and Medicare are divisive, and that so many people use these issues, the same old same old, to separate themselves is not in the best interest of country.
I would rather the next time the issue of abortion comes up for a politician to say, “That discussion has been going on since humans first walked the face of the planet, do you really think what you are attempting to do now is going to solve it?” That is, though the procedures for having abortions may have changed over time, before abortion entered the medical setting, abortions were still done, but only using more crude techniques. The issue of abortion is not going to be solved at one of these silly presidential debates, so table it. As a matter of fact, table all the issues that have currently been getting us nowhere. Let’s move on! It is time to do something different, even though some will resist change.
Yes, I have criticized the idea, “Thou shall not insult thy fellow Republican” before, but shouldn’t we want politicians that have a general attitude of trying to pull together to get something accomplished? My opinions are not exceptionally different from the President’s. Sure, I think he has made his mistakes, actually a lot of mistakes, but the biggest problem is that our nation is not experiencing assistance in unity based on bam and slam, rev your engine, and spin your wheels political debates. Wasn’t this country founded on forming a more perfect union?
It is not that all conflict is bad. Sometimes a heated argument can have positive results.
True some of history’s worst rulers have been charismatic. Hitler was charismatic. He lacked reason and math skills, which is very similar to President Barrack Obama’s poor math skills. Like Hitler, Obama can deliver a good speech. However, we shouldn’t fear someone because he or she has the ability to speak well. We want a politician because we are voting for a candidate to do a politicians job. Political ability is a necessity in politics. You don’t hire someone without the skills to do the job. True some of history’s worst rulers have been Christian. Strong Christians generally have poor math skills. Hitler’s affiliation as a Christian is recorded on a radio broadcast. Finding someone who says that he or she is a Christian is not the answer. However, this much is clear. Presidential candidates do as they please once they are in office. A candidate’s campaign promises are worth zilch as soon as he or she gets elected to office. Why? They always seem to say one thing and do another. So, instead of selecting a President based on bipartisan issues, find one that generates unity. Unity to accomplish a greater good is our best hope for the salvation of the United States.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

A Solution for The National Debt Problem: Print $1,000,000,000,000 Bills


The idea that we and our children are going to be able to pay off the national debt is a nonstarter. It just can’t happen. Every American, every man’s, every woman’s, and even every child’s share in the national debt is roughly $50,000 and increasing quickly. That is, if you belong to a 3 person family, your family’s share in the debt is $150,000. The amount of money a 20 person family would owe is $1,000,000. Most people don’t have that much money. Most people are scraping just to get by.
My car cost $7,000. If the national debt were to be divided equally amongst every American citizen, then I would owe about 6 cars worth of debt to the government. Catch my drift that, such exorbitant numbers are absurd. We might as well be indentured servants because our debt is so great.
It’s not that America needs to work harder. Most of us already work hard. It is that our money isn’t worth a lot, which has many factors. For example, that we drink too much soda, and that most of America has an obesity issue is among the legion of things that we as Americans need to improve.
One is surely jest if he or she thinks that we are going to be able to pay off the national debt, well maybe not? There are ways of paying off the national debt. China for example plays with the value of that its money trades for. Why shouldn’t we do the same?
We could print a couple trillion dollar bills and mail them to China. Yes, that’s it! print $1,000,000,000,000 bills. How could we do that? Easy, we could do it the same way we make $1 bills, just put a couple zeros on the bill. This is because America’s currency does not have a standard.
Our money is worth as much as we conceive it to be worth. Why should we conceive that our dollar is worth less if we mail China several trillion dollar bills? We will still need stuff and our demand for stuff will ensure that we get it. In fact, I would say our money is actually worth nothing at all, but the legal system is set up to protect idolaters that won’t give what we ask for. We call it stealing if you show up to the store, and walk out with the goods when you haven’t forked over the dough. Such activity is a way to prison. And, prison is a free meal ticket. However, it is my belief that Gd provides for those who need to be provided for. Everyone gets what he or she needs provided that he or she does something in return for it.
Thus, it is such that rather than worrying about the deficit, perhaps, we should be increasing it. For example, we could put people to work via the military. Having a strong military is key to defense. Other countries may want to go to war with us if we print trillion dollar bills and mail them to them as a way to pay off our debt. Sorry China, there ain’t anywhere you can break a trillion dollar bill. It’s too big. Not even the treasury can break a bill that big.
What we want to do is to make sure that people who are contributing get something in return for their contributions. We also need to make sure that charity is given as well. Our government is modeled on Judeo-Christian ethics. Thus, it makes sense that if we have government, taxes should be 30% for the rich, with the option of spending up to 40%. This money that the rich are taxed should be divided three ways, according to what the laws of the Bible says. However, some people should not pay this much of a percentage. 10% of the money that is taxed goes to Gd. That 10% is the tithe and that is included in this 30% figure.
Most people don’t understand money, and it shouldn’t be required that one is able to understand what a trillion dollars in one dollar bills is. So, my suggestion is that government play stupid, not flinching emotions when using amounts such a million, a billion, or a trillion. A trillion dollars should roll very easily off of the tongues of politicians. There is no reason to get down on ourselves over this issue. We shouldn’t demand depression of our people over this. This is something that can be worked out. Thus, the money is only a means to achieve an end. The end is that we work hard to be successful as a nation, but that we don’t work so hard that we bust ourselves up.