Social issues aren't all that important in my opinion.
People voted into office should focus more on income inequality, corporate regulation, climate change (keystone xl), net neutrality instead.
And this is coming from an Asian girl.
If however, a person is voted into office where his/her primary concern is job creation, but also has liberal stances on social issues. Those stances are a bonus.
However, here's what I think about these social issues:
Feminism: for the most part women have the equality they want/need and are content with it. Some fight to change social norms, and to some extent I feel we need feminists to keep the equality. However, feminists should admit outright that they do not fight for the rights of men because there seems to be little if any action on their rights in criminal/family court.
Also, I think most women do not take advantage of the power they really have--spending power, and extreme feminists seem to deny men any value as a person. Precisely the same goes for sexist men in regards to women.
Gay rights: There is freedom of religion, and you cannot ask a church that already has anti-gay written in their holy books to change their doctrine. Therefore I support a Church that is unwilling to consummate a gay marriage because it is gay. However, a Church has no influence over the law of the land, and people will maintain their right to practice whatever religion they wish. The law can and should still legalize gay marriage for financial benefits as well as a symbolic union for the couple.
Racism: It is a huge issue, but one that is immensely tied to income inequality. If income inequality and the criminal justice system is corrected, more power will be given to colored people (who have a tendency to be in lower classes anyways). More jobs=more money in the hands of the majority= more power to the majority. And, more jobs=stabler neighborhoods=less criminal activity from impoverished neighborhoods. I think that part of racism is also illegal immigration. It is a way for companies to bring extremely low paying jobs (slave-labor) right into our Country illegally, and they probably don't pay taxes for it neither. Not only is illegal employment taking jobs away from legal US citizens, illegal employment is a covert way of large-ass companies to take advantage of a commodity right in our own country and further the socioeconomic inequality for usual citizens. A reprieve should somehow be given to students and adults who've been educated in the US long enough, but otherwise deport the rest. I don't get why its done in the first place. 1) the pay for these illegal immigrants is extremely low with no benefits or safety 2) if they are staying in the US while working, their minimum to make a living will probably also be higher than their home country. 3) the constant fear of being deported if somehow revealed.
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Friday, May 2, 2014
problems and solutions
Rape charges ---> therapy and jail sentencing
murderers ---> therapy a mandatory jail sentencing
--no death penalty because could kill wrong person.
and improve support after jail time.
Drug charges ---> esp if selling them, confiscate all drugs, give them a fine equal to their earnings, put them on probation, no jail.
--marijuana: high fine.
internet piracy-fine them.
child mortality in third world countries are high: help the countries develop their gov, sex ed, condoms, decrease world population growth at same time, but improvement in child mortality rates.
climate change: decrease emissions.
-don't support keystone XL. they say it's safe, but BP thinks shipping oil is safe too.
-building the pipeline creates a higher demand for oil than was pre-existing.
middle class disappearing:
-don't raise the min wage, many jobs have already gone to china.
-don't take away min wage otherwise we will become like china.
-create more jobs and less mcjobs.
-and regulate the 1% at the same time so as to create a bigger middle class.
---explanation: if you raise the minimum wage, the companies will move their jobs to China. to prevent this, tax companies for their foreign work (as example). they'll still find a way around this.
-defund the government, make them actual public servants.
-penalize companies for illegal employment.
education:
--you don't need to educate people better if the number of educated jobs remains the same.
--don't focus on emproving education through retention until you improve the job outlook.
illegal immigration:
--make it easier for students to become citizens if they have stayed in the country longer than 4 years illegally.
--don't make it permanent until 4 years later, just give them residential status, so that incase they do something illegal as selling weed, deport them immediately.
--deport all adults. IF they've been with the student who lived in america for 4+ years, put them under-probation (not super often), give a long term fine, and find them a legal job. If they leave before paying their fine, blacklist them from coming back.
--if the parent is doing something illegal, then deport them both.
---reasoning: from a practical perspective we spent a resource in educating an illegal student, so we best keep them. However, illegal actions cannot be done with impunity(hence a fine and probation for parents). The result will be paying the once-illegal parents more through legal work, but also having them pay taxes for being a legal member of society.
--besides the students and their parents of 4 at least years, deport everyone else.
murderers ---> therapy a mandatory jail sentencing
--no death penalty because could kill wrong person.
and improve support after jail time.
Drug charges ---> esp if selling them, confiscate all drugs, give them a fine equal to their earnings, put them on probation, no jail.
--marijuana: high fine.
internet piracy-fine them.
child mortality in third world countries are high: help the countries develop their gov, sex ed, condoms, decrease world population growth at same time, but improvement in child mortality rates.
climate change: decrease emissions.
-don't support keystone XL. they say it's safe, but BP thinks shipping oil is safe too.
-building the pipeline creates a higher demand for oil than was pre-existing.
middle class disappearing:
-don't raise the min wage, many jobs have already gone to china.
-don't take away min wage otherwise we will become like china.
-create more jobs and less mcjobs.
-and regulate the 1% at the same time so as to create a bigger middle class.
---explanation: if you raise the minimum wage, the companies will move their jobs to China. to prevent this, tax companies for their foreign work (as example). they'll still find a way around this.
-defund the government, make them actual public servants.
-penalize companies for illegal employment.
education:
--you don't need to educate people better if the number of educated jobs remains the same.
--don't focus on emproving education through retention until you improve the job outlook.
illegal immigration:
--make it easier for students to become citizens if they have stayed in the country longer than 4 years illegally.
--don't make it permanent until 4 years later, just give them residential status, so that incase they do something illegal as selling weed, deport them immediately.
--deport all adults. IF they've been with the student who lived in america for 4+ years, put them under-probation (not super often), give a long term fine, and find them a legal job. If they leave before paying their fine, blacklist them from coming back.
--if the parent is doing something illegal, then deport them both.
---reasoning: from a practical perspective we spent a resource in educating an illegal student, so we best keep them. However, illegal actions cannot be done with impunity(hence a fine and probation for parents). The result will be paying the once-illegal parents more through legal work, but also having them pay taxes for being a legal member of society.
--besides the students and their parents of 4 at least years, deport everyone else.
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