The 300 million rescue plan

So I haven't written in a while because that funny thing called life keeps getting in the way. Since I wrote last we have had a million different campaign revisions, insults and mudslinging. Way too many to address. What I want to talk about today is our fun little congressional bail out plan.

The president wants congress to approve a massive 700 billion plan to have the treasury secretary buy up all the debt caused by banks giving out and investing in bad mortgages. I would just like to ask a couple of questions about this massive expense to my tax money.

1. why in the world would we give a guy who was not elected by me or you the power and control of 700 billion dollars. Luckily the government moves slow and congress is fighting over this point, we need someone like warren buffet or another financial guru who has not lost money in times of economic turmoil to monitor and report back to the people what is going on. I will gladly take a small trouncing over the next week on my IRA to ensure the executive branch does not get full control of this money

2. If we buy up all this debt we better not pay full price. These company's are coming to the govt. in trouble and there is no reason we should be paying the full price for anything. Its time for the govt. and our 9 trillion dollar debt to start making some money. If we buy foreclosure homes or homes going into foreclosure that are the primary residence it should cost 25 cents on the dollar and then we need to go to the home owner and offer a flat rate mortgage for 50 or 75 cents on the dollar. This will allow the retards who cant pay bills on time and the people who may have lost their jobs to remortgage their homes at a price they can afford. I hate this crap, my wife and I have struggled to keep it going at times but my house is always paid for and my bills are very rarely late, usually due to forgetfulness, and we sacrifice at times to do this. But now I have to make sure everyone in America gets help from the govt. when I will get none.

3. I hate govt. control but it should be common sense that if your company is failing and you are at the helm you do not take more money out of the company. In order to save your company and in order to keep your reputation all CEO's that are getting bailed out should leave the golden parachute alone and if it was me, I would cut my salary to $1 a year until this is over. If you are smart enough to become a CEO you should be smart enough to live without that million dollar or more salary for a year. On wall street we have lost the thought process of we need our company to survive in order for a CEO to get hired again, and this is the down fall of our corparations. When a CEO knows that he/she will get paid to leave and picked up by another company for the same or more salary, why do a great job ?



Ok now I have a bailout plan that will save the tax payer billions and fix the economy in a heart beat. Instead of buying up this debt for 700 billion lets write up a bill to send out a million each to the people of the US and we will spend it better than the politicians will. Rules will have to be enacted that state if you get a million dollars you can not declare bankruptcy within 10 years but imagine how much of that bad debt will go away and the banks will be full of capital. I know I would pay off my house and probably by the house down the street that I kind of like. This will end up costing 30 billion instead of 700.

Thats my plan and I'm sticking to it





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Voting

Obama and McCain are going to visit New York, NY to commemorate the anniversary of 9 - 11- 2001. At this time of dropping partisan politics they both need to hit on issues that effect all americans. I expect both of them to make compelling speeches that hit on national unity and the tragedy of the terrorist attacks.
Now during such a horrible pock mark on our country's history we need to remember what makes us such a great country. The country's that the terrorist came from have an absolute strangle hold on the citizens. We need to remember that a group of people crossing all sociological sections of the population got together and said enough. When they were told to suck it up and do what the mother country said they got mad and told England to screw off. The sticking point for the Revolutionaries wasn't that England was telling them what to do - it was that there was taxation without representation. This is what made our new government so impressive and dangerous, we listened to what the people wanted. This has not been perfect in any way, we decided that senators were not elected by the people - this has since changed. We decided that black and native americans had no vote and were not true americans, this has since changed. At different times in our history the dead and fake have been the ones to elect our candidates to office but when that happens we catch it and stop it.
What our present candidates need to do is remind the american people that its not just a right to vote but a need. In our last presidential election 64% of americans over 18 voted. This is a high turnout but really it takes so little time to stop in and register or just fill it out with your license as most states allow. Then take the time to stop and vote, make your voice heard.
We live in a country where majority rules, but really its just the loudest voices of the smallest groups is heard. Most lobbyist dont represent large groups and they are the ones being heard.

Find an issue that you care about or feel the govt. is doing wrong - research it a little, the internet is there and library's are free, and contact your representative or senator or local officials, let them know that you care about it and want change. We dont need a revolution to change how things are done we just need people to speak and when it is so easy to communicate with email, cell phones and still pen and paper. Its time we start paying attention and changing America with our voices.



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Gay Marriage

Okay now that the conventions are all, I'm going to go through some hot topic issues and my opinions on them. I will provides facts as I can, but some of the stuff is just straight opinion.

Gay Marriage

I tend to aproach this issue from a different stance than most. I dont really care if you believe that homosexual's choose or are born liking those of the same sex, I want to look at what is best for the country. So here is a list of what Gay marriage will effect and what impact it will have

1. Economy
Study's have shown that married couples make more money, and also spend more money. Singles will spend more money on the service industry: restaurants, gyms, movies and rental property's. Married couples spend more on the big items:houses, cars, furniture and other long term items.

2. Children
By the nature of being homosexual natural reproduction is not the first choice. (The wording on this point is hard to come up) Marriage produces a stability that most humans crave to raise a child, and on the whole this is one of the sociological reasons we get married, to raise a family. With homosexual marriage more children who do not have a home will be adopted. Also and this is pure specualation on my part, homosexuals understand what it is to feel left out or left behind and will sympathize with children that are older will find homes. There are, according to some reports, 134,000 children in foster care that need to be adopted.

3. Money
Single's on average start saving for retirement around the age of 40, married couples start in the mid 20's. This means anyone that is married will be less of a drag on all govt. services including social security and medicare. 'Nuff said

4. Health
Married people are generally healthier than unmarried people, as measured by numerous health outcomes. This study that is linked shows everything much better than I can. The end product is health care is much cheaper for those of us married. One other effect std's and AIDS/HIV, although adultery does happen, the free love sex that people forget causes std's is much less common among married people.

5. Sympathy
How can anyone look at a couple who have been together for years, loving each other and say they cant have the same benifets that I do. Marriage is a right to live the rest of your life with one person, sharing in all of the fun that is life. Marriage is not a privelage to be given out by the govt.

I understand many have issue with the religious aspect of marriage but if that is your issue than take govt out of marriage. I say homosexual marriage has nothing but benifets for the country.







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