Monday, December 7, 2009
Finish what we started!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Torture; Right or Wrong?
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Child Abuse & Neglect
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Panhandlers in Austin, Texas.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Death Penalty?
The intended audience for this subject would be the taxpayers in each state that abides by the law of death penalty. He points out exact figures and shows the public that not only is it immoral, it's costly with hardly any effects.
The editor states his arguement by saying, "states waste millions of dollars on winning death penalty verdicts, which require an expensive second trial, new witnesses and long jury selections." He goes on to explain just how much each state pays for keeping inmates on death row. These examples include Florida spending $51 million, North Carolina with $2.16 million per execution, and between 1978 and 1999 Maryland has spent $186 million for five executions. He claims that the economy doesn't need to have to pay for the death row costs when we are already in a debt crisis.
I agree with the Editor of the New York Times. We ares spending so much money when we need to spend it on others much needed things. Obviously the death penalty is not scaring people because there are more and more accounts of murder, increasing every day. This is definitely a debatable topic. But, in order to make an educated decison, there has to be a lot of research and evidence done. This article made me open my eyes to a new opinion, because I have always been on the side that says, "If you kill someone, you should be killed." But, in this economic recession, we don't really have millions of dollars to spare. Instead of putting inmates on death row, we should just place them all in a prison with no parole. This would be a cost effective approach that still has the morals of the initial purpose of the death penalty.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Healthcare plan
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/17/should-people-be-forced-to-buy-health-insurance/
Personally, I think this article should be read because it talks about the new healthcare program that Obama is proposing. This article also includes the public’s comments. The last sentence asks a question that I have very mixed feelings about. “Should people be forced to buy health insurance?” I don’t think other people should have to pay taxes to help for when those who don’t have insurance get hurt or sick. But, on the other hand I know many people can’t afford insurance and shouldn’t be punished for it, but who’s to say we should have to be relied on to catch other people when they fall? I heard from another source that the tax will be moved healthcare, to gas prices, so basically we are still paying the same taxes. Whether that is true or not, who knows. I don’t want to have to pay for other people’s healthcare, but I don’t want to have to have the set type of insurance we can have, if I can afford to get some type of premium insurance to fit my budget. I think this article is worth reading because the people who commented on it, have some very interesting points that should be heard.