The topic of American Government is a very broad one. When asked to discuss my opinion on its current state its very conflicting. As a member of the armed forces, having first hand experience, there are aspects to which I have a differing opinion from what most of Middle America believes. It cannot be argued that we are currently in a budget crisis and foreign wars are very expensive. I have a strong conviction that we must put the brakes on the excessive spending. The banter in the media, and the current issues of the Supreme Court, focus on social issues such as gay marriage. These are issues, which I believe, should not even be questioned. Why is American Government exerting their power in social issues when we have yet to solve our financial crisis? The bulk of the population receives their information about governmental issues from media outlets; media outlets that rely upon ratings and advertisements. With this in mind, these media outlets focus on moving stories such as school shootings. The stories of school shootings move the average American into action. Political leaders and lobbiests are aware of this fact and use it to their advantage. There have, as of late, been a rash of similar stories covering shootings that are causing Americans to demand reform of gun laws. Lobbying groups such as the National Rifle Association have been in strong opposition to harsher gun control; which I agree with. These proposed laws are not going to positively impact the big picture. Guns do not kill people, people kill people. As a whole, America tends to waste energy on matters that are irrelevant and wasteful. While we grow deeper into debt the media continues to draw attention away from this and onto more “gripping” stories.

Obamacare or ObamaCant

In a recent article, The Cruel Things President Obama IsDoing To The Labor Market , by John C. Goodman, president and Kellye Wright Fellow in Health Care at the National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, TX, is a research fellow at The Independent Institute, Oakland, CA, and author, most recently, of “Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis” (2012, Independent Institute). This article is written to anyone wanting to be employed, employees, and employers. “Bottom line: employment opportunities are being curtailed by the imposition of ObamaCare.” Goodman has written a very clear cut article on the effects of Obamacare intertwined with raising the minimum wage, by increasing the minimum wage, this would cause a decline in job opportunities for young skilled workers. Goodman’s argument has supported evidence from the budget office and the IRS on how much this could cost us. I think in presenting this argument with the unaware people, will shock many, and because we are unaware what these “great” changes will do, we react so quickly with emotion rather than try and understand the cons and pros. I think this argument can really make me rethink what and who to believe in, when “they(political figures)” want to help the “people(you and me).” It makes you think is this a conspiracy, do I trust "them". It affects low income families, anyone unemployed and wasn’t this Obama’s “thing” to help create more jobs…. I don’t know where I stand on Obamacare because I pay for my own medical insurance but Goodman lays out a very important issue that no one really knows about or doesn’t want to know…..

The "pinky" and the brain

In his state of the union address, President Obama cited brain research as an example of how the government should “invest in the best ideas.”

In this article,Obama seeking to boost study of human brain , by John Markoff he discusses Obama’s administration is planning a decade long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity, Brain Activity Map project.

The hopes for a project like this could develop technology to understand diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, as well as to find new therapies for mental illnesses which in the long run could drastically shift the way this country is leaning to lately.

Of course the project could cost billions of dollars, “every dollar we invested to the map the human genome returned $140 to our economy-every dollar”, he said. “Today our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer’s. They’re developing drugs to regenerate damaged organs……Now is the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation.”

The only real sources come from the teams of neuroscientists and nanoscientists in a concerted effort to advance this knowledge. There is not quite enough evidence in this project to be successful and project the numbers it claims, but it moves me and hits close to home, with great arguments and hopeful wishing this could either make or break our economy.

However, a number of scientists said that mapping and understanding the human brain presented a drastically more significant challenge then mapping the genome which is markedly different then the European project.

The significant argument, will it hurt or benefit this country, we are so far downhill, should we just attempt to manage better with more detail oriented proposals because we can’t really afford to cut back on anything else? The work from this project, will it benefit all working classes? How can we really strive to be the best country again, the medical field is something unbelievable and can economically help the growth of this country in the long run.

Immigration Reform, is the right thing to do

The article on Newsweek, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/29/culture-warriors-gearing-up-for-new-battle-against-immigration-reform.html talks about the immigration reform arising in politics today. Which speaks of the special interest groups meeting with the gang of eight and negotiating with them but the American people have been totally left out. Numbers USA and republicans are the opposing party of this so called amnesty to the illegal immigrants; say it would cost Americans trillions of dollars because of the open doors to be eligible for welfare, unemployment, and etc. By supporting the immigration reform there is some type of fear that would annihilate the Republican Party. The argument to this is that republicans need to embrace the rapidly growing Hispanics rather than be competitive.