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It's the old adage of "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime." The government is handing out fish.

I totally agree. I think our huge problem is that we don't really have enough term limits for legislature (if I remember correctly in federal legislation there is none) So our legislature is too concerned with keeping their jobs to make any tough decisions concerning the economy. In general I believe in a free market economy where the government just stays out of it. In the system there will be more highs and lows but they will fix themselves eventually. I think I remember reading somewhere that economist looking back in the great depression of the 1930s it probably would have been worse but it would have gotten better sooner. So as a country the US needs to think about do we want short term fixes that will make it better right now but has a high possibility of making it worse later on or do we want long term fixes that mights makes things harder on us as a country.

 

And since the US legislature works on a 6 year cycle I believe then no one wants to be the guy who made the economy worse comes election even though it will be better then it was before if the plan can just run its corse.

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I totally agree. I think our huge problem is that we don't really have enough term limits for legislature (if I remember correctly in federal legislation there is none) So our legislature is too concerned with keeping their jobs to make any tough decisions concerning the economy.

 

One way to solve that problem is for the younger population to vote. Voter turnout for the younger demographics always end up being the lowest and they're usually the ones who are affected. If you don't like you're senator and/or representative, vote them out of office. It's been proven that the older conservative voters tend to have the highest turnout and end up voting for the incumbents.

 

In general I believe in a free market economy where the government just stays out of it. In the system there will be more highs and lows but they will fix themselves eventually. I think I remember reading somewhere that economist looking back in the great depression of the 1930s it probably would have been worse but it would have gotten better sooner. So as a country the US needs to think about do we want short term fixes that will make it better right now but has a high possibility of making it worse later on or do we want long term fixes that mights makes things harder on us as a country.

 

So I take it you're politically conservative with a viewpoit on small government. That's the beauty of a capitalist economy, no matter how bad things may be, things will always recover. Trying to intervene may very well make things worse. If a firm does things that hurts its industry or the economy in general, they will inevitably go under and someone else will take its place, and hopefully will do a better job than their idiot predecessors.

 

In short: let the market play itself.

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One way to solve that problem is for the younger population to vote. Voter turnout for the younger demographics always end up being the lowest and they're usually the ones who are affected. If you don't like you're senator and/or representative, vote them out of office.

But with a caveat. You don't want younger voters to vote just for the sake of having younger voters vote. You want them to be informed. For instance; during the '08 presidential election a lady friend of mine worked with a younger voter and he said he was going to vote for Obama. When she asked him why he said because he's cool. But when she pressed him about what issues did he agree on with Obama or what he thought Obama might do to help the country he didn't have any answers. We don't want someone out there voting for a person or bill because they think it's cool.

 

 

 

 

I think I remember reading somewhere that economist looking back in the great depression of the 1930s it probably would have been worse but it would have gotten better sooner. So as a country the US needs to think about do we want short term fixes that will make it better right now but has a high possibility of making it worse later on or do we want long term fixes that mights makes things harder on us as a country.

Yes, FDR not stepping down after two terms showed the need for term limits. A lot of the things he enacted to remedy the great depression were socialist in nature and the thing is we are still paying for some of these mistakes. Many economists will tell you now that his policies prolonged the great depression instead of getting us out of it. It was WWII that got the U.S. out of the depression, not Roosevelt or his policies.

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But with a caveat. You don't want younger voters to vote just for the sake of having younger voters vote. You want them to be informed. For instance; during the '08 presidential election a lady friend of mine worked with a younger voter and he said he was going to vote for Obama. When she asked him why he said because he's cool. But when she pressed him about what issues did he agree on with Obama or what he thought Obama might do to help the country he didn't have any answers. We don't want someone out there voting for a person or bill because they think it's cool.

 

That was rather unfortunate during the 2008 election. This presidential election was the one with the highest younger demographic in voter turnout but very few of those younger voters knew why they were voting for a particular candidate. It was my first time to vote as an American citizen and I voted for the candidate whom I believed would do a good job in the White House. It just annoyed my how some of my schoolmates voted not knowing the issues. Some voted for Obama just cause he's black (he's only half-black), some wanted to get on a bandwagon, while others were apathetic about this election (I couldn't really blame this group). I found it funny that my friend who chose not to vote during the past presidential election and during the midterms, I would hear him complain so much about whats being done(or not). I voted for McCain by the way.

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That was rather unfortunate during the 2008 election. This presidential election was the one with the highest younger demographic in voter turnout but very few of those younger voters knew why they were voting for a particular candidate. It was my first time to vote as an American citizen and I voted for the candidate whom I believed would do a good job in the White House. It just annoyed my how some of my schoolmates voted not knowing the issues. Some voted for Obama just cause he's black (he's only half-black), some wanted to get on a bandwagon, while others were apathetic about this election (I couldn't really blame this group). I found it funny that my friend who chose not to vote during the past presidential election and during the midterms, I would hear him complain so much about whats being done(or not). I voted for McCain by the way.

Note: if I could've voted, I would've voted for McCain as well. I have a deep respect for war veterans, and I believed that he would be devout to his country, and always do what is best for it, not for himself.

 

You're right about the young voters. Most of them just voted for Obama because (A) he's black or (B ) everyone else is going to. Most kids don't realize how important a vote is.

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Note: if I could've voted, I would've voted for McCain as well. I have a deep respect for war veterans, and I believed that he would be devout to his country, and always do what is best for it, not for himself.

 

Voting for someone just because they're a war veteran is honestly no different than voting for them because of their skin colour. Granted John McCain did experience some of the harshest torture and captivity during his time in VietNam, he's still a politician. I voted for McCain not because he's a war veteran (although it was a plus), but because I supported his plans for foreign policy and economic remedies. No doubt Obama was and is a good guy and I support his stance on certain social issues, but I was strongly non-supportive of his economic plan.

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