Blog Post 6

Biggest Problem in America...
I think that the biggest problem facing Americans today is how hard the job market is. Given the current state of the economy we need to create jobs for those who could be hired now, and that will need some targeted demand side stimulus, because the decline in economic activity is mainly demand driven. The reduction in taxes and tax subsidies to businesses in the Job Act is meant to boost the private sector hiring of short term as well as long term unemployed. Hence the two-pronged attack on the unemployment problem in the Job Act makes economic sense, given the recent hiring record and concentration of high unemployment in certain occupations. President Obama has proposed to finance his programs in the Job Act and reduce public debt in the long run. We would face worse public debt if the economy stalls. I would have preferred a bigger boost to the economy now by allocating more spending on targeted public investment projects, education and training programs and R&D spending. The Job Act at least moves the economy forward and not backward. Passage of the Job Act now is the best economic and responsible strategy. Winston Churchill once said, “ The price of greatness is responsibility.” 

Thing that annoys me the most...
I think that the most annoying thing in the world is small immature children. I think that kids are most annoying because they do not understand when to stop. They keep going even after a point has been made, they annoy for fun. They also do not know respect, they do not understand that elders are meant to be respected and should have the priority over them. Kids ARE annoying. For all you parents who don't want to admit that YOUR kids are the most annoying of all, suck it up. You can hide behind "they don't know any better", but you can't hide the truth that the general public is pestered by them. Parents can also be annoying. Especially the ones who try to ENCOURAGE bad behavior by letting their kids do whatever they are doing. If you don't do anything about your kids' rude behavior, you are just as guilty. It's true. Expect no sympathy. Well the truth is children are annoying, self centered, and all sorts of other irritating things. BUT as a parent its their job to teach them otherwise. Overall, kids are nice and cute, but I would never want kids in my life until I am at least 30 years old.

The thing that you would recommend for everyone is...
The one thing I would recommend to anyone would be to fly a light plane. I like to look at the Earth and Nature from different perspectives. Flying in a light plane 2000 or 3000 feet above the ground is a totally different experience from being in a commercial jet where the pilots shoot straight up into Class A airspace (18,000 feet and above) as quickly as possible. Once I learn enough to get safely from Point A to Point B, I plan to take a lot of aerial photos. Flying is also fun and challenging. You have to think and act in three dimensions. You have the freedom to move to a lot of new spots on the globe. You learn to examine and appreciate scenery and natural phenomena that you'd never be able or wouldn't bother to see from the ground. Charles Lindbergh put it best: "Science, freedom, beauty, adventure." I love to fly, it is the single greatest thing I have ever done. Going into a spin or a simple land they are both are equally satisfying, and both let you receive that feeling of accomplishment. This is why I believe this is the number one thing that I would recommend, because of this feeling of fulfillment, this feeling that you are doing something few people know how to do.