Police State!

I too agree with Steven Le, the government needs to halt all warrantless wiretappings. The government has already invaded our privacy, who knows what else they’ll do in the near future. I believe that the government shouldn’t be allowed to touch, see, or hear anything that we do in our own privacy. The government needs to act on a more “legal/moral” for surveillance on the American people. I highly agree with Steven when he says “we should spend more money to find another route that doesn’t violate certain rights of the people otherwise it would create chaos within the nation.” Why not spend more money on things like this instead of stupid bailouts.
I too agree with Steven when he mentions, “ I don't mind if the government is putting surveillance cameras up at street lights and department stores because I believe that is for a good cause,” but who knows if the government will go overboard and install cameras everywhere monitoring each and everyone of us 24/7. I already dislike the fact that they are starting to talk about a National ID with chips built insides that can track each and everyone of us.
“If the government believes warrantless wiretapping is fine by any means, there's no telling what they are going to do next. Before you know it, we won't have any privacy whatsoever. I believe something needs to be done before it gets out of hand.” Who knows maybe the next thing they’ll do is take away the 2nd amendment.

Another Bailout?!!??

So here we are again. Once again, a massive bailout is in the works for the 3 major automakers of the US, GM, Ford. and Chrysler. Again the public is against the bailout but even though I don’t support bailouts, I think this one is needed. Lets face the facts here, they make crappy cars that no one wants to drive, the UAW is raping them, and their business model is set up for failure. I feel that if we don’t bail them out, we might end up having to bailout the entire state of Michigan. I don't think people quite realize how big of a shockwave to the economy it would be if the automakers went bankrupt. If you think the Job losses currently this year were bad, wait till GM files bankruptcy. To give a feel for how much jobs would be lost, here is an excerpt from one of my emails my friend sent me, “every job at GM accounts for approximately 8000-10000 jobs worldwide. According to Standard and Poors, GM currently has 266,000 employees worldwide. Do the math. Granted not everyone would lose their job unless chapter 7 bankruptcy is filed, but I will guarantee you a whole hell of a lot of people will be layed off in a chapter 11.”
These companies didn't just magically fail, they have been failing for a while. I think in order for them to receive a bailout they need to be totally restructured. Somewhere along the lines like Toyota who is the number one auto seller and is doing very successful despite a weak economy.