Jobs and Welfare Blog Entry

Issue #1 talked about "All Things Being Unequal". This issue talked about the increase in difference between the lower class and the higher classes. The gap between the classes has increase dramatically since 1979. The percent of households in the upper class has increased from 45.4% to 53.5% and the percentage of income for lower classes has decreased form 5.8% to 4.1% since 1979. These percents show how much the gap between classes has grown dramatically. This issue also talks about if the wages should be created equal to lessen the gap between the classes. It said that if this is done it will create less motivation and that the difference in salaries and distace between classes is good for the economy. The increase betweeen classes is ppartial due to outsourcing. one way that this can be fixed is by Creating Wealth.

I think that it would be a good idea to make the wages for the classes more even. This would prevent people from being evicted and would make many things easier and mor affordable for everyone. Even though the difference between classes helps the economy, I think the government should take more care of all the citizens not just the high class ones.







Issue #2
Issue #3

Meet Sandra Bullock's baby boy!

It turns out that Sandra Bullock and Jesse James began an adoption process about 4 months ago. They were keeping the adoptiona secret until after the Oscars. The new baby is about 3 1/2 months old and his name is Louis Bardo Bullock. They kept this joyful news a secret with the help of Jesse's 3 children. After Bullock and James split due to his apparent cheating, Bullock is being a single mother of her new son, who she says "He's perfect, I can't even describe him in any other way."

I think this is a cool story because of the fact that they adopted a child. I think adoption is a great thing to do. Giving a child a good home is probably the best gift that could ever be given to a child.


Website: http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/04/28/sandra.bullock.baby.ppl/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29

Autopsy: SeaWorld trainer died from drowning, traumatic injuries

On february 24th a whale worker, named Dawn Brancheau, was working with a whale named Tilikum when the whale grabbed her by her ponytail and pulled her under the water. For a long while people thought that she died from the whale killing her but a recent autopsy showed something different. The autopsy showed that she died of drowning and taumatic body injuries on her spine, ribs and head. She ended up with fractures on her jawbone, ribs and to her cervical vertebra.

I found this to be a very sad story. This lady had been working with this whale for a long time. It is interesting how animal's behaviors can change so unexpectedly. I wonder what happened to the whale and why the whale decided to grab her and drag her under the water. That would make for an interesting research. To research how animals think and what they think about and why they do some of the things they do.

$250 million for abstinence education not evidence-based, groups say

The new health care plan not only talks about insurance coverage but also sex and abstinence and sex ed. This is a part of the plan where $50 million per year will be used for sex ed classes. Obama thinks that this will help prevent pregnancy in teens and prevent STD's. This $50 million per year will end up being $250 million dollars over a 5 year period which is the estimated length for this program to be running.

I think this is a good thing to put in the bill. It may or may not help with the spread of STD's and the teen pregnancys. I, personally think it is a good idea but really don't know how effective it will be. I think that no matter what the government does and no matter how many times teachers tell kids not to have sex, there are still going to be those teens and young adults who will have sex. There will always be people who will do things even when told not to and told all the consequences which is really sad.

Teens arrested after party causes $45,000 damage to house

An 18 year old boy was left with some neighboors while his parents went to France. He and the neighboors were left with keys to the house and orders to keep an eye on the place. The son was encouraged to have a party at his house by a juvenile and soon after more than 100 people were at the house. After the party everyone left the house with over $45,000 in damage. None of the damage was reported until 2 days later. A police officer from East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, said, "I've never seen anything like it in my career." There was blood, urine and food all over the floors and holes in the walls.

This is an interesting story because of all the crazy things that can happen at parties. I could not believe that no one reported the mess for 2 days and that over $45,000 worth of damage could have been accumulated during one party.

At Least 10 Killed in Kentucky Wreck

On Friday morning there was a deadly crash on Interstate 65 in Kentucky. At least 10 people were killed. Between 5:30 and 6 o'clock in the morning a tractor-trailer crossed the median and hit a massenger van head on. Most of the 10 people that died were in the van. The crash occured about 40 miles Northwest of the city of Bowling Green, near Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.

i thought this story was interesting because of how many people were killed. you wouldn't generally think a 2 car crash would end with 10 or more people killed. This is a very tragic thing. I feel for the families of the people who died and hope that the crash was not caused becasue of unsafe driving or someone being under the influence of any type of chemical.

Health Care

I don't know what i think about the health care plan and i really don't know all that much about it. I have been told that it is not going to be a good thing for our generation but will be good for the older generations in our country. That is about all i know about the health care plan.