As far as weeks go, this is going to be a super one. On Sunday is the Super Bowl. Two days after, on Tuesday, is Super Tuesday. The Super Bowl, where thousands of people host parties and watch a football game. It is a day where the sports mecca is at its highest. A thirty second commercial for the Super Bowl costs three million dollars. Companies are willing to pay that much because they know so many people will be watching. And when there are that many people droned to the television they know they can reach more people with their product.
What about Tuesday? The debate for the candidates has turned from the war to the economy. That’s ok with me. We don’t need to be deciding a president based on a war. However, the economy is also an issue. People want to know how more money is going to be made; more jobs are going to be produced. Is the government really concerned about this? Just look at how the government spends money. The U.S. spends $481.4 billion dollars on defense and $145.2 billion on the global war on terror. That is 626.6 billion dollars. What is shocking is that this figure does not even include the war on Iraq. Here is an interesting website to see how much the war is costing. What I am concerned about is the ratio of defense and war spending compared to other spending. If the rest of the budget is added all together it is just over the 481.4 billion spend on defense. There is 56 billion spend on the department of education. This figure is just a tenth of the defense bill. A good education for everyone is a key to everyone’s well-being.
Along with education, people are more concerned today with the environment, eating organic, global warming, and energy. If we take a look at the spending on these concerns we notice that: 24.3 billion on energy, 20.2 billion on agriculture, 12.1 on transportation. I would like not only to see these figures rise, but to see the money used appropriately. It would be great to see the department of energy find better alternatives of energy for everyone instead of spending it on maintaining nuclear power. It would be great to see the money being filtered towards agriculture go towards proper farming methods and growing in the United States and farmers to produce and live on an organic faming industry instead of the pesticides and cruelty to animals farming standard of today. I would like to see the dept. of transportation really work towards making viable options for public transportation and alternative cars and fuel sources.
It’s sad that people have kicked the environment, their health, and the health and well –being of all just to make a few extra dollars. I’m not saying I don’t want the economy to grow and that it isn’t important to provide more jobs. I am hoping to convey the well-being of all by looking at the way spending is done in the government and the priorities of the government. If we change our life styles for the well-being of all it can be a better life for everyone. There is someone that is always going to be at the top of the mountain, that doesn’t mean that more people have to be at the bottom because of it. As the Super Bowl is on this Sunday, and with voting on Tuesday, maybe there are alternatives we can begin to look for, keeping in mind the reality of all and the best interests for all.
What about Tuesday? The debate for the candidates has turned from the war to the economy. That’s ok with me. We don’t need to be deciding a president based on a war. However, the economy is also an issue. People want to know how more money is going to be made; more jobs are going to be produced. Is the government really concerned about this? Just look at how the government spends money. The U.S. spends $481.4 billion dollars on defense and $145.2 billion on the global war on terror. That is 626.6 billion dollars. What is shocking is that this figure does not even include the war on Iraq. Here is an interesting website to see how much the war is costing. What I am concerned about is the ratio of defense and war spending compared to other spending. If the rest of the budget is added all together it is just over the 481.4 billion spend on defense. There is 56 billion spend on the department of education. This figure is just a tenth of the defense bill. A good education for everyone is a key to everyone’s well-being.
Along with education, people are more concerned today with the environment, eating organic, global warming, and energy. If we take a look at the spending on these concerns we notice that: 24.3 billion on energy, 20.2 billion on agriculture, 12.1 on transportation. I would like not only to see these figures rise, but to see the money used appropriately. It would be great to see the department of energy find better alternatives of energy for everyone instead of spending it on maintaining nuclear power. It would be great to see the money being filtered towards agriculture go towards proper farming methods and growing in the United States and farmers to produce and live on an organic faming industry instead of the pesticides and cruelty to animals farming standard of today. I would like to see the dept. of transportation really work towards making viable options for public transportation and alternative cars and fuel sources.
It’s sad that people have kicked the environment, their health, and the health and well –being of all just to make a few extra dollars. I’m not saying I don’t want the economy to grow and that it isn’t important to provide more jobs. I am hoping to convey the well-being of all by looking at the way spending is done in the government and the priorities of the government. If we change our life styles for the well-being of all it can be a better life for everyone. There is someone that is always going to be at the top of the mountain, that doesn’t mean that more people have to be at the bottom because of it. As the Super Bowl is on this Sunday, and with voting on Tuesday, maybe there are alternatives we can begin to look for, keeping in mind the reality of all and the best interests for all.
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