Political Stuff
I'm sick and tired of people debating back and forth on issues this
year. I think the democratic party campaign people made a mistake by
pushing the ads and beginning the slandering WAY to early this year.
I'm convinced that many people out there are also sick and tired of it.
I'm listening to a couple of people argue on Meet The Press right now
about different issues. Here's my take on a few issues:
- Social Security - By the time I would be able to use it, it won't be around - I'm going to have to put money away for my retirement anyway, so why should I continue to pay for social security AND for my own retirement - I'm all for a privatized retirement system.
- Homosexual issues - As a Christian, I can not in good faith vote for a candidate who supports issues such as gay marriage - something I strongly disagree with.
- War topics - I'm not in favor of war, but there are times when action is necessary. If I was in the president's position when he made the decisions about war, I might have done the same thing. Hindsight is 20/20. John Kerry's idea on 'fixing' the war however are a bit misaligned. He wants to create more specialized troops to send over - great idea, BUT - that takes time, and lots of it. Those specialized troops don't come out of a machine you know. And as far as the 'draft' goes - I had to sign up with the selective service, and it made me think a lot about what that meant. I knew that the possibility existed that I could possibly be called to serve my country, and that in the end, if asked, I probably would go and serve. And the most recent draft issue brought up was a ploy in congress to stir the political waters. H.R. 163, sponsored by Charles Rangel (D-NY) was brought to a vote on October 5th of this year, with a 2-402 vote - all but one of the bill's presenters (Rep. Stark (D)) voted against the bill! The timing of this right before the election is a bad thing - no one in congress wants this now (the senate has bot voted on their version of the bill: S. 89).
- The Economy - Okay, look at what has happened in the world during this administration. 9/11 wasn't just an attack on a building, but on the economy. Not to mention that the Clinton administration got to ride out the dot com boom, and just because the bubble burst during his administration, the backlash from that didn't happen overnight. The millions of people who lost their jobs during that burst were people who got into jobs for the money, not because of the work they were doing. As such, they weren't dedicated to their profession, just the money. Then, we have an attack on one of the economic centers of the world - do you expect jobs to increase? The fact that the unemployment rate has been decreasing indicates that this president is doing a good job creating jobs.
- Off-shoring Jobs - okay, this could have gone in the section above, but I'm putting it on its own because its a topic that effects my job market - or so people think. In reality, the engineering student shouldn't have much to worry about, because we don't do technical support or coding (monkeys code, people develop software). India has a lot of good workers, but just like the dot com bubble, this too will burst soon. The general public is tired of having tech support people answer and not speak english very well. People will start to make purchases based on the support they get, and companies who offer localized support will see more purchases. The 'tax breaks' companies in the US are getting are because their lowering the FTE count - ANY COMPANY WHO LOWERS THEIR FTE COUNT WILL PAY LESS MONEY. It doesn't matter if they hire a company in India, the UK, or in Kentucky to do some work for them - if they have fewer employees, they won't pay as much in taxes! Why do people ignore this?