Social Security

Many people are concerned about Social Security and have been for many years. My father for one mentioned to me that when he was younger he to believed that the money would run out and that he was paying into something that he would not be seeing again. Yet people today still receive checks from it and more are doing so everyday. The only problem with it is that we as a country have been borrowing money to pay for it for years, just to make up for what was taken to pay for wars and campaigns because of a deficit.

I admit I do not know everything about the situation but I would like to see someone beside the tax payers either paying for it or the loans. I'd like to figure out which parties in the government decided to take the money and between the two what percentage each side spent. Then take that percentage from each sides campaign contributions until its paid off, to show that there are consequences to the actions of government. They are all deciding to live to high and none of them except a few are willing to take any kind of pay cut even though this is the worst it's been economically in thirty years.

Official Opinion: Almost everyone that has anything to do with is to comfortable with their positions. Some responsibility would be nice for a change. I can't point fingers at one side or another but government as a whole has this problem and it has to change.

Quran Burning

Big topic, ridiculous idea. Although I'm not very surprised that its in Florida. I would say I'm surprised that it is in the United States of America, but people here just have a thing for publicity stunts. Which is what I believe this is even though it is such a grave thing to do to a book. I'd like to say book burnings have gone out of style, I was wrong. It's shame to destroy information and there is some I'm sure many of us would like to get rid of but we can't.

This is something that is insane and ridiculous and starting to border on religious persecution. I have nothing against Islam, I do with many of the rules they follow regarding women and their rights, those being a few of many.

Official Opinion: There are no reasons to burn an entire religions book, this shouldn't be happening at all. Protest terrorism, realize who the real problems are and deal with them. The book won't hurt you, misguided people will.

HOMES FOR EVERYONE!

Barney Frank is having fun trying to be as near Oprah as possible. Homes to people who can't afford them, that in itself is unfair as I am sure there are plenty of people who can afford them. But as this is one of the major reasons we are in a slump economically to begin with and the few institutions that needed financial reform were not changed or allowed to be changed it seems ridiculous that this is back at the forefront of his agenda.

Housing for all is a great idea in theory as are so many other things in this world. Trying to provide help to the mass of people who can't afford homes by providing loans or money to people who have either lost their jobs or do not want jobs, have trouble getting jobs doesn't help anything and really just perpetuates a situation people can not afford.

Offical Opinion: I would love for everyone to be able to afford and own their own home. This is just not a reality everyone will be able to live with unless people who work and make money enjoy giving some up to others who do not. That to me just does not seem fair.