Obama Statistics Since he took Office in 2009

This picture shows how much things have changed since Barack Obama has changed since he took office 5 years ago. Obviously nothing good have come from his presidency and as of now nothing is looking up for these next 2 years for Obama and for other American in the U.S.

Raising Prices

            Since the ObamaCare health care has been launched eight million American citizens have signed up for the new program in about six months. This is a low number compared to what President Barack Obama and former Secretary of Health, Kathleen Sebelius, expected. But after new numbers came out recently showing that costs for state governments to fund ObamaCare is skyrocketing and government officials are showing their rage for this new insight and they are calling for an entire overhaul of ObamaCare.

            Taxpayers are taking a huge punch after some new numbers about how much ObamaCare expenses costs for each state for each person that signs up for ObamaCare. According to FOX News, Hawaii has taken the biggest blow with each person costing almost $24,000 in federal funds. That is almost three times more than any other state in the United States. The average for the United States for each person is just under $1,000. Also, with only 8,500 people signed up for ObamaCare in Hawaii the program cannot be self-sustaining. In Hawaii alone ObamaCare would need to have 150,000 people to keep the program running smoothly. Obviously this is not the answer for health care and is actually costing the state government more money than it did before.

            Not only has it cost the government more but it has cost the normal person’s health care insurance to rise significantly. Deductibles have almost doubled and some people are even losing their insurance because of ObamaCare. The situation is becoming worst as time goes on. Nothing is being accomplished and money is being wasted on something that has not worked at all in the first seven months of the program being launched. Even though universal health care would be a major help to everybody in America it just cannot be done. This has been demonstrated in Canada. Health care is available for everybody in Canada but taxes are way higher than here in the United States. The money to pay for these programs have to come from somewhere and it all comes from the people. No matter what the citizens in the country do they will always be paying for it in some way, shape, or form. Higher taxes would lead to economic depression because people wouldn’t have as much free money to spend as they pleased. This would just cause more problems than anything else.

            ObamaCare has been proven over and over again to fail in some way. Nothing can come good from this program and should be overhauled before any more damage is done. The way health insurance was presented before ObamaCare might not have been the complete answer but it is defiantly better than what is in place now and it should be changed as soon as possible. 

Religious Freedom Jeopardized in America

Prayers held at government meeting across the country have been going on for decades if not centuries here in the United States and thanks to the Supreme Court it will continue to happen. A religious favoritism case took place earlier in May and has been a debate for quite some time. The court justices made the right decision and helped protect our rights as citizens to practice our own religion whenever we please here in the United States of America.

                The United States was founded because of religion and it is stated under the first amendment that any person can practice their own religion without being persecuted by the government. This court case made me sick when I first heard that this was even going to be presented. A Jewish lady complained that a Christian prayer was being presented at a town meeting and brought up a lawsuit. But this shouldn’t have even been brought before any judge let alone the Supreme Court. If a Jewish prayer would have been said and a Christian would have complained the entire nation would have judged the Christian for trying to limit their rights. But if a Christian tries to show their own freedom they are seen as hypocritical and are tried for saying such things. This entire situation is a joke and shouldn’t even be discussed anywhere let alone the United States of America.

                Any person can show off their religion wherever and whenever they want. It doesn’t matter if you’re Christian, Muslim, or Jewish you can practice your own religion without any judgment. That is what’s wrong with today’s society. Everybody takes everything personally and doesn’t take into account that they could be in the exact same situation. You don’t see Christians trying to persecute atheists for not believing in God and they shouldn’t because it is the person’s right to believe in whatever they want. But if Christians are leaving them alone then atheists should also keep their mouths shut.  

New Way to Vote

Democrats have been thinking about imposing a way to cast a person’s vote for a candidate through the internet. This has also prompted the Republicans to make a move as well to try to move toward internet voting. This was brought up at an Iowa Committee Meeting earlier this week, according to FOX News. This would lead to more voters for candidates and would reach a much larger amount of people if it was done online. But what are the risks and how would this be carried out in the first place?

                I think that if voting did move to an online ballot there would be major flaws in the system. Even though computers are accurate most of the time there are always errors that can occur. With so many people going to one particular website it could crash instantly and lose all of the votes casted. Hackers would also be a problem. They could infiltrate the system change votes or crash the system. With the technology that people have there is no way that this could be stopped and hacking would be the biggest problem that they will face. The cons outweigh the pros in this certain type of situation and there would be launching problems just like the Obamacare website that opened up to the public later last year.

                Some good things about the new way of voting are that more people would have access to voting. United States citizens who are out of the country can vote for the candidate that they choose. This would lead to more votes being cast and could lead to all-time highs in votes in the United States. Also, with the internet being such a huge factor in today’s society and all young people are on the internet in some way it could lead to more young people voting in political elections. Younger people have lost some interest in politics today and it has hurt the political realm of America. The more young people a candidate can get the better off he or she will be throughout the election.  

                Elections in the United States has been the same way for a hundred years and maybe some change wouldn't be such of a bad thing for the way elections are ran. Not only could it lead to record showings for elections but it could persuade younger people to actually partake in political elections and rejuvenate how young adults think about politics. The more people that vote the bigger of an impact politics will have on society. But even though these things might be true the problems would be too great for this project to be carried out. It would lead to more problems than solutions and would hurt politics more than anything.   

Nigerian Terrorist Crisis

The Middle East and the United States are on high edge this week as investigators try to locate 300 Nigerian girls that were abducted a few days ago. There is not much time due to the fact that these girls could be gone forever in just a few days or weeks. The Boko Haram, the terrorist group that kidnapped the girls have gloated about the abductions and says that they will never be seen again (FOX News). Time will only tell if we find these innocent girls and can we race against the clock to make sure that they all make it home and for them to be healthy when they return.

            Millions of girls across the continent of Africa are abducted every year. Most of them are just normal girls who go to school, work for their family, or even might have a family. The Boko Haram is the main culprit for some of these kidnappings. The girls that are taken from their homes only have a few days or maybe a week before they are sold at auctions to become sex slaves. They do not stay in Africa either, these women are bought for only a few dollars and then distributed to Eastern Europe and Asia. Very few stay on the continent of Africa. This is unlike males who are kidnapped in Africa. Males are summoned to become child soldiers or start working for terrorist groups at very young ages. These women will face very brutal and bad lives and when they are gone they might never be recovered. This is why there is such urgency to find them in a timely manner.

            The United States has been involved for the last few days and not too many leads have shown up across the country of Nigeria. This is why this search must start right away. After about one week of being kidnapped these girls could be anywhere in the world and then it is almost impossible to find their whereabouts. The time is ticking and there is only so much time that investigators can deal with. Now if the girls are found it will be very hard for them to go back to where they once lived and live a good life. If any of the girls get any type of sexual disease they will most likely not marry which will ruin their credibility in their society. Having kids is all that they can do especially in a third world country like Nigeria and they will be looked down upon even though they had no choice.

            The urgency of this matter is very high. Time is almost gone and they have to be found sooner than later. But with very good investigators from the United States we will most likely get to the bottom of this and hopefully bring these young innocent women home to their families.  

All Fun and Games

The White House held its annual dinner party in Washington D.C last night and stars from all over the country came to celebrate the tradition. President Obama, who spoke at last night’s party, joked about all of the issues he has faced throughout this fiscal year and tried to loosen up the crowd with some jokes about the failure of the Obamacare website later last year. All of these jokes could be taken the wrong way. But the real question is, what was the point of all these jokes when this website could hurt a family who really needs health insurance?

                These jokes made by President Obama kind of frustrates me and some people might take offense to these types of jokes. Many people in the United States needs health insurance and because of the failed launch many people might not have gotten it at the time that they wanted. I understand that Obama doesn’t have to use his own health care system but millions might need it for their own good and joking about it cannot make anything much better for him and the entire Democratic Party.

                This is what irritates me about President Obama. He feels like he has nothing to lose so he says what he pleases. Even though he can’t run for President again in 2016 (thank God) it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have a responsibility as President of the United States to make sure this nation is better off when he leaves and President Obama has not lived up to those expectations. So joking about the matter is relatively funny.

                If Obama wants to joke about something then maybe he should joke about his tenure as President. Millions of lives rely on health insurance to make sure they can get the help they need and deserve and joking about it is not going to anybody at all.

Racism in America

Over the past year or so well-known people have drawn a lot of attention for racial slurs or other racist remarks. These people who have been white have led to heavy fines and even suspension from games or club events. Now racism is never a good thing and I am not saying that at all but when does a normal conversation turn into racism? The N-word is highly unacceptable and should not be used by anyone not just the white community.

                Racism will not end in this world unless racism is gone from every person in this world no matter if you are white, black, Asian, Hispanic, or whatever a person may be. A black person using the N-word should be penalized just as much as if a white person would say. This would be the way to stop the racism in this country. I know that in the United States and around the world that racism will never be “cured” but taking steps to prevent this will help bring change to society.

                The thing that I do not understand is that it is acceptable in today’s society for a black male or female to use the N-word freely and not get scrutinized for it. What is the difference? I do not care if it is a “thing” within the community, if you don’t want other people to use such a word then wouldn’t you think to stop using it? It just doesn’t make any sense to me. How is it acceptable for any person to call a white person a “cracker” and it is funny all of a sudden but if a white person uses a word then it is completely repulsive? I am not saying any of this is right because it isn’t but it proves my point.

                Now racism and discrimination has been a problem for a long time but it is only because we allow it to happen. We all know that it doesn’t matter what skin color you have because we all have a brain. It is like some racist people are stuck back in the 1800’s. We are all the same people and it doesn’t matter what we look like because we all have the same ability to be smart individuals in this world.

                Racism in this world will never actually end. Some people will still believe that some people are inferior to other which is a complete lie. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do we are all human beings. And just because we have a different skin tone doesn’t mean that somebody is not a human. We all just need to take a step back and reflect on the problems that this world faces for racism. It can be prevented but only if everybody puts in a good foot forward and actually tries to end it. It can be done all we have to do is work at it and it can be accomplished.