WALMART IS BAD

The focus of our class has been if Walmart is right for Weserville or not.  I don't think it is right for Weserville.  It will drastically change our small town for the worst.  I cannot say much because much of the information of my group is being kept confidential for the big debate tomorrow.  Our group will win the argument! We have some very strong points.

So it seems like the two main political parties the Republicans and the Democrats both have very different ideas on what they want to do.  The Republicans want to pass a six week debt ceiling increase, but this bill would not end our government shutdown.  The Republicans would really prefer to discuss a long term commitment but Democrat Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, says that they won't budge and the it's "not going to happen".  After Reid said that the White House made an official statement saying  "the president and the Senate Democrats will continue to pursue reasonable discussions about our budget challenges after these manufactured crises end."  This statement is basically implying the pointing of blame on the Republicans Party. These people in the House and Senate need to man up and become Bipartisan if they want to get anything accomplished.  

I got this information from: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/10/boehner-pitches-short-term-debt-ceiling-hike-ahead-white-house-meeting/

Current Event First Week of October

I read an article about the government shutdown that is all politicians are talking about now.  After reading this article it seems that president Obama is trying to use the chaos of our country to his advantage in order to get his way.  The white house said that Obama would be happy to talk about the health care system and possible changes after the government reopens.  He also continues to encourage Congress to put a budget through and end the shutdown.  Obama and the Democratic party are going to need to be open to the idea of changes being made to the health care system in order for a budget to be passed anytime this year.
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/10/government-shutdown-2013-after-fruitless-meeting-shutdown-heads-into-third-day-94816.html?scrlybrkr=47c1ea27

This week in economics class we did lots of researching in and out of class in order to develop opinions on The Affordable Heath Care Act that is that main focus of world news today.  I feel that this should not have been passed.  This act is a seven foot stack of regulations that make doctors jobs much more difficult than they have to be.  I am led to ask what human being has actually read this?  Probably no one, not even President Obama.  This Health Care act is unfair because some people who do not even use ObamaCare will be paying for others who use it for regular visits to the doctor.  Another problem with ObamaCare is that it destroys jobs because private insurance companies will be unable to compete with a product that the United States government is giving out for "free".

This week in Economics class we began a stock market game.  I decided to invest in FedEx Toyota, Rock Star Gaming, and Apple electronics.  Right now I am slowly on the rise again.  I was once in 7th place and now I am in 13th place.  I’m not sure what exactly happened but if I did not sell Google my rank would probably be a lot worse than it is now.  This assignment has helped me to realize how quickly and how often the value of a stock changes.  This field does seem interesting and very exciting because these transactions affect millions of people throughout the world.

3rd blog post

This week in Econ we picked a partner and acted as Karal Marx and Adam Smith acting as if they were having a conversation.  This included quotes from the two men and improvised lines based on things they would have said based on their views.  Then after we did this we had a potluck meal.  Then on Friday the day of our test we watched a video that supported the free enterprise system.  This video made a lot of great points.  It gave one example of communism comparing it to a class room in which all the students in a class room will distribute the points they earn equally.  In this scenario all of the students even the F students of the class room disagreed to this system.  So if this system doesn't even appeal to a small group such as a group of high school students then how is this effective for a nation?

This week in Economics Class Reflective Blog 9/5/13

This week in Economics class started with us taking a test.  I was triumphant in this with a 93% on my first test, not bad.  Anyway back to the topic; we mainly have been focusing on the different types of ways to run an economy and how they affect the countries that use these methods.  We learned about a man who lived in the 1800's named Karl Marx who was the famous writer of the books Das Kapital and the Communist Manifesto.  Marx inspired the governments of many countries mainly located in Eurasia to become communist.  Today we watched several videos about what daily life is/was like in the Former Soviet Union, Iran, North Korea and Cuba.  There are some major flaws in these countries' governments.  These governments all limit speech to the point that citizens were unable to even truthfully respond to the American reporter's questions.  In the Soviet Union the government decided what you be when you grow up from the time you eight years old.  This is unfair because it doesn't allow equal opportunity for citizens.  There is a problem with the concept of a government providing for all people.  Lets say there are two people who both have the same high paying job.  One person is a hard working individual who is a veteran and very skilled at what they do.  The other person is a slob who doesn't care and shows up to work late everyday and was lazy.  Should these two people both have the same high paying job just because the government feels they are obligated to?  Or would a capitalist based society that promotes an equal chance of success for all citizens and a higher competition for jobs run better?