Very Upset..

I'm upset at how the generation before me made very bad decisions, leaving us to have to pay the price for it!  What were they thinking when we were getting deeper and deeper into debt?  The question is, "Were they even thinking?"  Our country is at our lowest right now because of all the decisions that were made before my generation.  Our country is at war and I cannot even tell you what we are fighting for!  I feel like our country has made so many poor decisions and for us to get out of the situation we have at hand it's going to not only cost us more money, but it will also take FOREVER to get to where we need to be financially.  Who would have though that our country would be doing so badly that we would have to ultimately fire teachers to save  money?!  Now that's INSANE!   My generation is paying the price for all the bad decision making our previous leadership has done.  The generation before mine has borrowed so much money and tried to help other countries before helping their own.  I feel like we need to butt out of other countries issues and address the issues that we have at hand.  We have wasted so much money!  Now my generation is struggling to find a career, or even a JOB!   That's really ridiculous.  Our country would rather pay other countries a cheaper wage to make things that we need instead of letting Americans do it.  Our country is so dependent on other countries.  I absolutely hate that!  The generation before mine put us in such a bad  predicament that we have to rely on other countries in order for us to operate.  That's a damn shame!  Now we're in so much debt, that I'm questioning if social security/retirement will even be available for my generation when we get older.  To be honest...all of the mayhem makes me want to move out of the country.  Canada sounds nice right about now.

Response To Obama's Deficit Speech

I want to start off by adressing that when President Barack Obama entered office when it was already messed up.  I loved how Obama reminded everyone how the economy wasn't so great by mentioning all of our previous presidents, which were mainly Republicans.  He also reminded everyone that Bill Clinton, which is a Democrat, attempted to reduce the deficit in the 90's when he held a meeting in regards of the deficit.  Obama revealed several subliminal messages osuch as, it's basically the Republicans' fault for our economic disaster.  Obama made a great point when he said that even after the economy recovers, the government will still spend more and borrow more, and we might not be able to pay our debt because intrest will continue to go up.  He also stated that "those who benefited more from our way of life can afford to pay more in taxes".  I understand that if I was a millionaire, I wouldnt want to pay more taxes, but I would also look at the bigger picture at hand.  I think the Republicans need to give a little more to help our nation.  I was informed last week that a bill was passed to deduct funds from the medicade and food stamps.  Obama basically let it be known that our nation will not see brighter days if we do not find a way out of this debt.  Social Security will be gone for our future generations.  The Republicans and Democrats are fighting for the 12% that's left of the deficit.  The Republicans and Democrats do not see eye-to-eye, but Obama is hoping that the two sides can come together and agree on a soloution that satisfies them both.  Obama also delivered a subliminal message that he is trying to clean up the mess that the Republicans made while they were in office and that it will take more than a 4 year term to do so.

DAMN BUDGET CUTS

I am very upset to have learned that Obama was unsuccessful to save the pell grant program.  Even though this program does not have an effect on me simple because I do not qualify for it, but I do have several friends that will be affected by this particular budget cut.  This upsets me because from my understanding, America wants our Americans to be educated, yet the government decides to make it more difficult to pay for tuition.  This will discourage students to continue to go to school because it is too expensive.  The students will either not be able to afford it, or will get a loan and be in debt once they graduate.  NOBODY will be thrilled to know that once they graduate they will be in the hole already in debt.

                While I am surfacing the education perspective of the budget cuts, I want to discuss our teachers.  It is very upsetting to know that teachers are being laid off! WHAT THE F**K!  Does the government understand that laying off teachers will hurt our future (the children)?  A 1:30 teacher-student ratio is totally unacceptable!  When there are more children in the classroom, it makes it extremely difficult to have one on ones with students.  This makes it difficult to give the students in the classroom the special attention they need.  The future does not look too bright if we cannot provide the students with the proper learning environment.  Meaning, laying off our teachers should not be an option.  That sounds so damn stupid to me!  Never in my life would laying off teachers come to mind for any type of solution.

                I learned that Obama was able to reverse many of the cuts that were passed by the Republicans in February when the chamber passed a bill slashing more than this $60 billion.  Also, the White House protected the Head Start learning program (I wonder if they have enough teachers).  The Republicans wanted to cut $1 billion in grants for community health centers and $500 million from biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health.  I am really sensitive to the health and education issues when it comes to budget cuts.  This budget cut nonsense frightens me…I don’t know what to expect.  All I can do is hope and pray that the cuts will not have a negative effect on my life.  

This Stupid Birther Controversy

It is to be said that Barack Obama is not a natural born citizen of the United States and is therefore not eligible to be president of the United States under the Article Two of the United States Constitution.  These theories are known as birthers.  Some of these birthers claim that Obama's birth certificate is forgery because he was not born in Hawaii.  These birthers claim that he was born in Kenya.  I wonder if this is indeed true and if so, how did the United States allow this to happen?  Someone from another country could plan to rule the United States, if they make the proper moves and play their cards correctly.  I am not saying that I do believe the theories that are claiming Obama is not a United States citizen, but if these birthers are true, then the government needs to be more careful as to whom they allow into office.  Other theories allege that Obama became a citizen of Indonesia and lost his United States citizenship, or that he had dual citizenship at birth (British and Amkerican), he cannot be a natural born citizen of the United States.  Some political opponets, some of whowm filed lawsuits that sought to disqualify Obama from running for puresident again, and to prove that he is not a U.S. citizen.  I also think that this issue/controversyat hand is very irrelevant.  This country has issues that are far more intense and important thsn these birther theories.  Honestly, I think that this controversy is doing nothing but stirring up chaos.  I had a feeling that at some point in time, people would begin to argue that Obama is not a United States citizen.  Obama has been in office since 2008; I think it's a little bit too late to see if he is a citizen of the United States.  This birther controversy tickles me and annoys the hell out of me.  If Obama is indeed NOT and citizen of the United States, then we have nobody to blame, but the United States.  If he is not a citizen, then how could we have let this happen?