Bureaucracy: Under Obama the bureaucracy feeps growing and growing

Bureaucracy

Under Obama the bureaucracy feeps growing and growing

          After President Obama took office in 2008, federal employee growth was rapid by at least 25,000 in just nine months. It is probably more rapid on the hiring since then have been hired  These jobs represent salaries and benefits that taxpayers must support year after year. Now in a new report from the IRS it's revealed that the new healthcare law will require new IRS auditors. This willl bring several bureaucratic jobs.  1,054 new auditors and staffers will be brought to the U.S. statistically speaking and new facilities bringing a total cost to taxpayers of more than $359 million in fiscal 2012 just to watch over the initial implementation of President Obama's healthcare reforms. Among the new corps will be 81 workers assigned to make sure tanning salons pay a new 10 percent excise tax. Their cost is $11.5 million. Obama increasing bureaucracy is bringing jobs in America but this is creating taxes on the people.

Link:

http://www.norcalblogs.com/post_scripts/2011/02/obamas-bureaucracy-just-g.html

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/directory/b/bureaucracy.asp

  

Teachers getting tenure:So Mr. Griffis cant have fun??

Teachers getting Tenure

So Mr. Griffis Cant Have Fun??

Tenure commonly refers to life tenure in a job and specifically to a senior academic's contractual right not to have his or her position terminated without just cause.Tenure's keep teachers from getting fired for personal, political, or non-work related reasons. Before tenure was established Teachers's jobs were being terminated because of various personal issues surrounging their personal lives. Some personal reasons were pregnancy, partying and other personal reasons not involving the teacher with the school. A lack or unbeneficial reason of having tenure is the educational area becomes weakened because teachers get lazy and less caring. A benefit of not having tenure is teacher get fired of not fulfilling their duties so the educational area is strengthened as a cause of this. Also it more costly to fire a tenured teacher.



 Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenure
http://thehiddencostsoftenure.com/


Questions
How do You feel aboutTenured Teahers

 

The State of the union:Whats in stored for this year

The State of the Union

Whats in stored for this year

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           State of the union addresses are extremely public and very controversial. The purpose of this publicized event is for the president to publicize the issues he is going to pertain or focus on for the year drawing forth. The year's first president Barack Obama verbally listed his issues he would be focusing on for the year of 2011. Barack Obama's main focus was on creating jobs for the year of 2011. Among other things, Mr. Obama called for cutting corporate taxes, spreading high-speed Internet to all corners of the nation, and boosting spending on research, technology, and education in an effort to keep the US ahead of China, Europe, and other economic competitors. Opponents like the republicans supported some of the issues like the ear mark ban but they do despise the freeze on domestic spendings. Republicans want a complete cut on domestic spending.

Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_State_of_the_Union_Address#Other_Topics_and_Goals.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0126/Obama-State-of-the-Union-2011-US-must-win-the-future-through-innovation

Questions
Watch the video. Whats your opinion?
Are u a supporter of his issues?

Felon Voting: I still have the right... right????

Felon Voting

I still have the right...right???

     Millions of felons all over the U.S. are being denied the right of voting because of they  being felons. About 5.26 million people are barred from this right which is known as disenfranchisement. Certain states like Maine and Vermont allow felons the right of voting while nine other states permanentely deny certain felons the right of voting. Supporters of felon re-enfranchisement say that felons who have paid their debt to society by completing their sentences should have all of their rights and privileges restored. They argue that efforts to block ex-felons from voting are unfair and undemocratic. Opposition of reenfrancisement say felon voting restrictions are consistent with other voting limitations such as age, residency, sanity, etc.. Also other felon restrictions such as no guns for violent offenders and no sex offenders near schools comply with this also. They say that convicted felons have demonstrated poor judgment and should not be trusted with a vote. I personally believes everyone deserves a second chance and these are humans who make mistakes so grant them reenfranchisement. The 1996 court case of Farrakhan v. Gregoire dealt with Muhammad Shabazz Farrakhan and five other minority felons battling for reenfranchisement in Washington in 1996. They won this case and banned disenfranchisement for felons in Washington.

Links:

http://www.atg.wa.gov/MajorCases.aspx
http://felonvoting.procon.org/

Questions
1. What do you think of the blog.
2. Watch the video how does it make you feel





Illegal Immigration: How did they get here???

Illegal Immigration

How did they get here???

       Illegal Immigration is huge in the U.S.. Several different ethnicities and backgrounds migrate to the country Illegally to the country for countless resons. Some include poverty, racism, religous  discrimination and practices, dictatorships and many more valid reasons. The government is trying to implement several measures to decrease and ultimately eliminate illegal immigration. Some people say that illegal immigration benefits the US economy through additional tax revenue, expansion of the low-cost labor workers, and increased money in circulation. They contend that immigrants bring good values, have motivations consistent with the American dream, perform jobs that Americans won’t take, and that opposition to immigration genarally originates from racism. Opposition to illegal immigration say that aliens who break the law by crossing the US border without proper and legal documentation should be deported and not rewarded with a path to citizenship and access to social services. They argue that illegal aliens are criminals and social and economic burdens to law-abiding, tax-paying Americans.

Links:
http://immigration.procon.org/

Questions:
What do you think of the video?

Health care: I care about my health so I need Health care

Health Care

I care about my health so I want Health care!!!!

46.3 million people in the US were uninsured in 2008 according to the US Census Bureau.  In 2007, health care added up to 2.2 trillion dollars, 16.2% of the US economy. Health care is the largest industry in the US, employing more than 14 million people. Supporters of the right to health care
argue that it would stop medical bankruptcies, improve public health, and reduce overall health care spending.  They say that no one in the richest nation on earth should go without health care. A June 12-16, 2009 poll shows that 64% of Americans say health care should be a right. Opponents argue that using tax revenue to provide health care to all Americans amounts to socialism and would decrease the quality and availability of health care for those who work hard to get medical coverage. They say it is not the government's responsibility to guarantee health coverage. There are no big court cases dealing with health care reform but the Supreme court did deny a health care reform bill in 2009. The elections changing the house from democrat to republican changing the opinion of the health care reform bill.

Links:

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Washington-Watch/Reform/23245

http://healthcarereform.procon.org/

Questions:
Watch the video. What is your opinion of this?
How do you feel about Health care reform?

Marijuana: So this can really cure me????

             Marijuana
          So this can really cure me????
Many medical conditions are incresing these days. So cures are increasing and becoming more and more outrageous. The use of Marijuana for medical conditions is now being greatly considered and debated over.
In 1972, the US Congress placed marijuana in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act because they considered it to have "no accepted medical use." Since then, 15 out of 50 US states and DC have legalized the medical use of marijuana. The public opinion supports and opposes this. Supporters of of medical marijuana argue that it can be a safe and effective treatment for the symptoms of cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, pain, glaucoma, epilepsy, and other conditions.Opponents of medical marijuana argue that it is too dangerous to use, lacks FDA-approval, and that various legal drugs make marijuana use unnecessary. They say marijuana is addictive, leads to harder drug use, interferes with fertility, impairs driving ability, and injures the lungs, immune system, and brain.  The Conant v. Walters court case deals with this situation which gives physicians the First Amendment right to discuss medical marijuana with their patients.

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Links:
http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/

Questions:
1.How do you feel about medical marijuana
2. What is the public opinion of medical marijuana(pros and cons)