OUR DEMO'CRAZY'

Where is does our future lie as far as within in our Democracy? This easily slips our societies mind because we assume the government will take care of us. However, for those of us who actually look into what is going on in our world we will find that our future is very bleak. I do not see our Democracy getting any better, if anything I only see it continuing to go down the wrong road. Our nation is thriving on selfish desires that put a hinder over our political system. It all comes down to status and money and those of us who are not on that level get stubborn towards the authority. It is a huge circle full of people pointing fingers at one another instead of actually thinking of ways that will better our society. Human nature is far from perfect and that is why I see our nation’s democracy turning into a DEMOCRAZY. This is terrible to think about but I know that I can not make myself naive to the situation for much longer. I hope that things could turn around but when I look at other things outside of government (like movies or television, even music) I see that things are getting worse as well. Things that use to be shocking and out of the norm are now embraced. Risks are good to take but not when it is taking away what our country stands for. My question to you is, “Is our world really headed for disaster? or is all of this solvable?”

As much as I hate Family Guy, this clip is actually a good example for democracy. We are in war right now and everything seems scarce. We all have our hopes up that our Democracy will just magically “kick in” and everything will get better. Family Guy is obviously making fun of our government and policies but this is just another way people are pointing fingers instead of really trying to help out.



economic policy?

     The recession that took place in 2008 has taken a huge toll on our economy and our society is still paying for it today. Americans are put on budgets yet the government seems to be spending religiously. Is this far? Or could this be a myth (critical question for the week)? Would a capitalistic approach still make since for today or should America lean towards a new policy? I personally think that no matter what policy or what happens amongst our society there will always be something pointed out as a problem. Everyone cannot be pleased at one time so I think that we should look past the past and strive to learn from it and fix what is happening now. Too many people bring up old news and mix it to much in what is going on today. Yes it is still going on from 2008 but no one seems to actually be doing something about it.

 

I find this picture humorous because it seems so dead on. It is a slap in the face to say “congratulations” but in all truce it happened. It shows prices going up, houses being sold, and stress from all the bills ect... will things get better or continue to get worse... I bet if things continue to get worse, we will look back on today and wish things were the way they are today.... just a though.

This week we discussed the question “How does a government facilitate comprehensive care for its constituents without sacrificing equity?” and to me this was a mouthful of things I felt completely lost about. Either it was just worded funny or my brain was/is not working this week! I wasn’t to keen on what exactly I was suppose to say or whether or not I was even on target. I Kind of sucked it up and “winged it” hoping that I would be somewhat on target...  I even found myself looking up words to try to “dumb” the question down and break it down. I looked up the word constituents related to politics and what I came across was this definition, “constituents (when dealing with politics) means A constituent state or constituent nation is a fundamental part of a union which has come together with others to form the union.” I think that it is impossible to please everyone and get everyone to hop on the same boat. The government should play a role in helping out the society and those who are in need of help. I do not however think that the government should be the only source to help out those around us. So basically I think it is not possible for the government to facilitate comprehensive care for its constituents without sacrificing equity. Just because our society loves to point fingers and loves to stir in others stories. So my question would be, “Does welfare play any part in this? If so does the same idea of equity apply?”

this cartoon kind of stuck out to me because its about those who do not have much hoping to get some sort of help and support.