another week

Hello dear readers!

I took a small break from writing this past weekend, and almost got out of tune from writing again!  I swore to myself on New Years Eve 2007 that I would begin writing actively in my own blog, and I did!  But, now my mind almost began slipping away into a sense of comfort and procrastination, which is the enemy of all failed attempts!  Hence, I forced myself to begin writing about this laziness that we all might get from time to time as a means of beginning to write again after the weekend. 

Since there is no dream, or revelation that I have been afflicted with recently, I would like to dedicate this particular post on the presidential elections.  Recently, if you have been following the media at all, you may have noticed that some very bitter and angry remarks have been flying around the political spheres known as the Obama and Clinton campaigns.  My understanding is that Obama's campaign sent out a flyer to Ohio residents stating that if Clinton were to be President, her Universal Healthcare plan would essentially force people into a health care plan regardless of them being able to afford it or not.  Clinton vehemently denied these allegations saying that Obama's camp was misleading voters.  Obama's camp is telling the truth, everyone will be forced into the healthcare plan by taking the money out of the people's paychecks, even if they cannot afford it.  There is one slight detail though left out by the opposing campaign, and that is that it would be done at a subsidized cost for them.  

Clinton's campaign on the other hand though, has spread a photo of Obama wearing typical Somali clothes from when he visited as a U.S. senator.  Some may ask, what is the big deal? The issue at hand is that the Clinton campaign is shamefully playing race, religion, and ethnicity card to persuade voters that Obama is too different.  You see, his clothes are typical Somali Muslim clothes with a turban and all.  And with this picture, they are indirectly attempting to paint Obama as Muslim, an Arab, or worse yet, one of "them".  They are disgustingly attempting to play into undecided voters' xenophobia through these actions.  This to me shows that the Clinton's use the race card to their benefit when it suits them, as well as to discredit an opponent.  

However, there is one issue at large here which I believe both candidates, in fact all candidates have never touched on.  Flat tax rate for everyone!  Call me crazy since my economics skills are not the best, but my theory is that is everyone paid income tax, there would be no deficit.  People making an income of 30,000/year to 100 BB/year would pay a flat rate of say...15%.  I can live with 15%, and apparently so could Warren Buffet as he once stated that since this country has given so much to him, the least he and people of his income bracket could/would do is to pay some of it back.  Does this make me a socialist?  I don't know.  Maybe.  But since I believe in a free market, where inflation's are not tampered with to create false sense of market, and I believe in competing with rivals, that also makes me a capitalist.  If everyone paid 15%, I sincerely believe we would not be crying foul, or not being able to have true Universal Healthcare.  The government would invest the money to make it grow as they have in countries like Chile, and the likes of Buffett, Gates, the Hiltons, and everyone would still have money to spend, but also Universal Healthcare.  

Well, now that I have rambled on about politics, I think it is time for me to bid adieu yet again, and wish everyone of you a great and wonderful night, or day depending on where you are in this world.  

Hakuna Matata, no worries!