We all deserve to climb the socioeconomic ladder without falling down from bureaucratic pressures. In order for this to happen more often and more obviously, the government needs to play a larger role in financing education. Loans make students' lives miserable. Who's to say that all students can finish college, get a lucrative job, and pay off all loans within a predetermined time frame?
America is on the fast track to economic ruin! Our government
politicians are far too concerned with financial gain and far too little
concerned about the long term effects of sending our technology, manufacturing
companies, and American jobs to places like China and India. I can't tell
you how many times I have called customer service and was connected with
Let me start off by saying that America is a great country. Its not everywhere in the world that people have a constitution of the people by the people and for the people. Many have gone to their graves to protect that very principle, and we should all honor their sacrifice.
I've decided that I was being way too strict in my self-imposed guidelines on the purchase of consumables. The Pact, on which this endeavor to buy nothing new is based, allows for the purchase of consumables like toothpaste and toothbrushes. I think my goal where toiletries and the like are concerned will be to buy as ethically as possible.
I am pledging right here, right now that I will buy nothing new for the next year. I just watched a film called The Story of Stuff and it has cemented my conviction that consumerism is among the worst problems the world faces. If we don’t experience a major paradigm shift soon, we will hasten our demise.
Recently, as I've been watching the news - CNN, Fox, MSNBC and the like - I've heard an appalling discussion. There is talk of pushing up gas prices to "combat global warming" by "teach consumers to conserve". Obviously no advocate for this has ever taken an economics class or had a sane thought in their life.
Low wages. Foreign goods. Capitalism. These words describe some of what globalization offers. Globalization is deemed as a positive influence towards developing countries. The government and most of the media supports globalization, but is globalization a good thing? To what extent is globalization just modern day imperialism?
I used to take my dog outside at night before heading to bed and be able to look straight ahead into a field of nothing. It was peaceful, calm, the best thing to look at at night, especially since I live at a somewhat busy intersection. The other night, I was shocked by reality when I took my dog out, as I do every night, and looked straight ahead. No longer did I see a field of nothing.
