Thursday, October 9, 2008
Quote of the day....
"The politicians I've worked with love America," says Columbia University student and former Congressional intern Tim Foley. "They all want the best. They just have different ideas on how to get there, so let's focus on those things, not the politicians. I'm asking people, "What do you want from our next President?" Inevitably, people tell me who they're voting for, but I'm not really interested in that. What matters to me is, what problems do they face that they think the goverment can solve?"
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so dan thinks he can go with almost any man they put up
I think it's important to look at the character of the individual too. Are they going to support issues that are against our beliefs, how are they going to side when there are important decisions to be made. Are they going to be swayed by "popular" opinion or hold true to a set of values..values that as sililar to mine as possible...do what's right instead of what's easy etc. Government needs to step in and solve some issues, but I think some tend to blame the government for problems the people should/can solve. I don't know, I'm not too hip on politics, but that's how I tend to feel. We don't seem to have much to chose from though in a president nowadays.:(
You got a point there Tony. I think it would be nice if the government would actually listen to the US citizen's complaints. One of my real complaints right now is instead of giving 700 billion to the three major companies, why not give $120,000 to each U.S. citizens that is 18 years and older(somebody did the math) and everyone would pay all their debts that would really help the economy. Now those three major companies probably won't help but I think the $120,000 idea sounds more reasonable.
I don't know, I would like to see the math on that. The population of the US is estimated to be around 304 million. I think I heard that the calculation they used was for 200 million for those above 18. If you take $120,000 times 200 million, I get 24 trillion, not 700 billion. 700 billion divided 200 million is only $3,500. I guess an engineer or a lawyer did the math ;) Maybe they are using a different number for the population, but to split 700 billion 120,000 ways you only need 5,833,000 people. There are over 7,500,000 households in new york alone, and about 126,316,000 HOUSEHOLDS in the US. US census bureau said that the percentage was 24.6% of the US under 18. Using that number would mean 700 billion divieded by 75 million and would give each person about $9,000 so it's a little closer to $120,000 I guess, but still a LONG ways off.
Well, let me know if you find the source of that and the details. I am a little curious :)
WHOOPS, In my last calculation I used the # of 18 year olds instead of the # of NON-18 year olds. Using the new #, or 229,000,000 people, everyone would get $3,056 not $9,000.(sorry, I was in a rush)
Sorry, the "# of 18 year olds" meaning those under 18. The "# of NON-18 year olds" meaning those 18 and over.
I guess so, I just heard it from somebody and they heard from tv and the radio.
Yea, I heard something like that too, but it didn't seem to make much sense.
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