Blog+Refletions

A Smarter (and Cost-Efficient) Way to Fight Crime This does seem that it could work. if this idea does work, it would save money. I am not sure that it will. i don't think that if the police were to simply just say stop and threaten them that it would stop. i think if they did calm down, they would most likely start back up again and that wouldn't help any one's situation. this could be a good idea if the criminals would listen to the authorities. Posted Oct 5, 2009 8:14 pm

Crunch Time: The Fight to Fix the Financial System they are right, the signes really are not encouraging. i also think that there is trouble comming. speeches dont matter because every one has thier own opinion. they just need to start acting on the situations. the bill needs to be strong because if its not then it wont work, we are in too much debt already. Posted Oct 1, 2009 11:22 am

Whats an appology worth Saying sorry is worth more! ll companies should say sorry, i know my mom hates it when they offer her something else. Yes, jobs would save money by simply saying sorry because then they wouldn't have to spend money on giving them something. that is a good point about how it relates to doctors. allot of money really does go to malpractice. all companies should try saying "im sorry" once in a while. It is probably allot more affective than givin away free stuff. it helps the costumer and the company all together. Posted Sep 26, 2009 5:19 pm -

Smart move for the house to pass the cap-and-trade climate bill and the waxman-marcky act. I think its crazy that some people don't think there is such a thing as global warming, obviously there is. And i really don't think global warming is a myth. I agree that we are wasting allot of energy right now, i am as we speak by having all the lights on in the house. They keep relating it to heath care and how the government handles both of them in the same way, i can see how they relate and how they should fix both problems very soon or many people will be affected in a negative way. Posted Sep 26, 2009 5:18 pm

Should Health Care Be A Human Right? I think that health care should be a human right. You should be able to get the health care you want and refuse what you want. I think organizations like WHO and UNICEF are successfull in advertising new vaccintations and promoting education about peoples health. I guess the governments goal is to help people. but on some vaccines ther isn't enough research for the public to be okay with the new medicines comming out. ​Posted Oct 14, 2009 1:50 pm

"Half of US Children -- and Most Black Children -- Will Use Food Stamps" I never realized how many children in the US are raised by a single parent. I guess that it would make sence for them to get food stamps. But at the same time this shows us how bad the economy is if that many people can't afford to by their families food. These families probably add to the health care problem because they aren't getting the nutrition that they need. Posted November 5, 2009 2:02 PM

[|"Obama has Lost his Way on Jobs"]
i dont think this will work. obama doesnt seem like he knows what hes doing. the us economy needs a structural change. it should be exoprting more than importing. Posted November 14, 2009 at 1:23 PM

[|Obama's Wrong-Headed Thinking on the Deficit]
good point that we do still add to the deficit, maybe we should try and stop. maybe this will give him a reality check. if the tax cuts do happen i think it would help out allot. i agree that we do need a larger stimulus package to fix everything. and they are right, we should have learned from our past experiences! Posted November 21, 2009 at 10:45 PM

[|Will Deficits Bankrupt Our Grandchildren?]
i don't think that people realize that it really will effect us. our generation is going to have the worst economy ever. the government is going to have to owe our generation allot of money when we get to be our parents age. i don't think that taxes will help fix the problem. all of this really effects the old people and the young. the old saved their money for so long and they wont be able to spend any of it.

[|Inequality as a Social Cancer?]by Mark Thoma
i dont think that health education and saftey are all the same. i think that health comes first and is the largest. income inequallity is decreasing. this is talking about income inequality and health outcomes. i guess that it makes sence. it kind of confuses me.

[|"Stimulus Too Small"]
i agree it isnt making a difference and people still havent seen any progress. it wasnt as much as we tought in 2008, we still need to get back money. i am not sure that expanding the stimulus package would do us any good. i think that if it gets expanded we will just take longer to get back on our feet.

[|FRBSF Economic Forecast]
Since the year has started unemployment rates have reached as high as ten percent. The labor market in january has reached 138 millions of employees. wages and benifits are barely growing. The economy is slowly getting better than our previous years.

[|Health Care Reform: The Obama Compromise Proposal and the Likely Republican Response] why is he JUST NOW starting this? i dont understand why the republicans would oppose reform. i do think that other proposels are worth considering because no one can agree on a plan now. the plans out there arent working and health care is an important factor.

[|The Trillion Dollar Gap]
the graph shows us actual real gross domestic product vs. potential real gross domestic product. The actual real gdp is at 13 and the potential real gdp is at 14. potential real gdp is a constant increase. the actual gdp is an increase with some spots of decrease between 2008 and 2010. this graph is from 1990 untill 2010.