人権 (Human Rights)

  Upon reading Between Authoritarianism and Human Capital, I can clearly say that Human Capital seems to be the right way. The Author, Tyler Cowen, writes on his standpoint on whether political parties should follow authoritarianism or human capital. He does prefer human capital, but he is not certain if that category would flourish. He goes on to say that most countries nowadays are bringing themselves to have authoritarianism, because having free people for them would be terrible. For example, Russia and China are one of the two biggest countries that are wanting to have their own people follow strict laws, and to not have people do their own thinking. This does not have any sort of process for the people, because it's raising robots. Whereas America allows it's people to think their own, and work towards their own way. If a society thinks that they're doing a great job with raising machines, then they're dead wrong. It would then cause chaos later in the society, almost like in those movies with a robot who finds potential. For example, let's say that one of Russia's citizens decided that they didn't want to follow the strict guidelines anymore, because they realized that they were made for so much more. Then they tell their friends, and they convert. And they tell their friends, and they convert. And the numbers would eventually get large enough, till finally almost half the country becomes aware that they aren't robots. And those new machines now know they can strike against their very own country, so a war breaks out. And guess what? There is no self-destruct button, no means of fighting back, and no means negotiating, because the machines won't listen to any more lies. Then the whole country is flipped over, and turned to dust. This whole scenario vs. the scenario of a country (like America) where people have their freedom and right to whatever the heck they want. Now of course though, America has stumbled in its later years of trying to give people their chance at whatever they want, and have started outlawing very odd things. And outlawing things that don't need to be outlawed. There could be better countries that have less outlawed things then America, but that doesn't guarantee that one could exist. Not if a country where to exist with their own free morale standards on everything, this could also create chaos. For example, if a country had no means of laws, then anybody could do anything. Because of no laws people would go insane, and causing harm unto others and inflicting damage unto other people's property. Laws are required for people so that living standards are in place. However, too many laws, then creates those wars. Wars are always ugly, but what starts them could be even uglier. If one country is causing their own people strife, then it is time for those leaders to ether step down or to be put down. Never have leaders that have been sitting in an office for far too long, in a far too old of age. Because those old guys have been through many trials and hardships, so they have the experience. For those old dogs always have new tricks.  

バダバババー I'm lovin it!

              What's on the rise? What's cooking? Oh... that mighty dough, known as money. Everybody needs it to survive in this small broken world. But a man needs more then money to survive. For example, food, water, and family. And what better way to get all your needs satisfied, then to go to a restaurant. But restaurants can get very expensive, accepting water. But then there are fast food restaurants that are cheaper, but some cost more money then others. But the cheapest fast food restaurant I know of is McDonalds. Everybody goes to McDonalds, so everybody should be investing in it. But that isn't enough to convince YOU, yes YOU enough to invest. Need I say more? Yes, so allow me to explain a few things.  McDonalds has been around since a little before the 1940's, Ray Kroc was the one who wanted to help Richard McDonald and his brother Maurice try and get their small little burger joint up and running. However he then bought it from the brothers six years after he said he would help them, after he bought the restaurant he then turned it into a franchise in all of the United States. By the time it was the 1960's, Kroc started making restaurants around the globe. By the time it was the 1990's, it was around the entire world. And Now people everywhere are, "Lovin' it" But then...(Lighting and Thunder) people are going healthy! This does not help McDonalds in their case, because then the restaurant will lose almost of their customers. But not to worry! Because McDonalds is getting creative! They're creating new items that are going to bring back those healthy people back to their restaurant, like Kale salads and Greek yogurt in their smoothies. In fact the new items from McDonalds are really interesting. They look like this.

  




















Sure they may not look like much, but some of these are interesting. The top left one are Clean McNuggets. 100% pure white chicken. The top one are The Macs. The Mac Jr., the Big Mac, and the Grand Mac. Yes these aren't for the healthy, but now you can have a small Big Mac with that special Big Mac sauce. Or you could have a bigger Big Mac, because your stomach needs more! The top right are Breakfast Bowls, they are on the healthy side. One provides a egg white with turkey sausage that also has kale, spinach, bruschetta and cheese. While the other one has chicken chorizo, eggs, shredded cheddar-jack cheese and pico de gallo(whatever that is). The one in the left is actually a breakfast sandwich, It is known as the Chicken McGriddle. The middle picture may look like that they are just regular fries, but you are dead wrong! They are Garlic fires. Forgive me for the right picture, but it shows how the old yogurts and smoothies are now being made with Greek yogurt instead. The bottom left one is a salad with Kale. The bottom middle picture are an old recipe of McDonalds known as the Mighty Wings. Which where old Chicken wings with some really spicy barbeque sauce. They weren't so popular back in 1980, but I think that they could really do well during this year. And the final one on the bottom right are... Sweet... Potato... Fires! No explanation needed. You might ask. How did they come up with these? Why would they try to reach out? The stock history of McDonalds shows that if they went their own way, they'll fall. But if they can keep up with the trends, that they'll go sky high. Steve Easterbrook has said that "McDonald's appears to found their focus on profitability through disciplined efforts to reduce costs and focus on the consumer experience including consumer-facing technology, improved convenience in payment and delivery and value to drive more customer visits throughout the day." Even he wants to bring McDonalds to the new world. So Invest Now! Because now is the perfect time!

働く母は良いです！(The Working Mom Is Good!)

 
Upon reading "No, Stay At Home Moms Don't 'Waste' Their Education", I felt that the writer wasn't being consistent with her topic that she wrote herself. The writer, Anna Mussmann, is a stay at home mom who writes blogs. And it seemed to me that this blog tries to confuse you. In the beginning of her blog she states on how that those moms out there who go and take classes to become working women, don't waste their education. But then later she says,

       "After all, if a woman provides an important benefit to her child by becoming his full-time caretaker, doesn’t that imply that the opposite is also true—that the children of career moms are missing out on an important benefit? And that, therefore, homemakers are better moms?"

 What this means is that the women who stay for their kids and give up their ''dream job'', are giving up their education for memories. Now there's nothing wrong with a woman who wants to be in her child's life, but when this stay at home mom says that those who work are bad, then she has a low standard for working woman. Her comments for saying it's the kid's choice, come down to if a little girl wants to be Mommy, then pursue it. But what if the little girl wants to be Office worker? Why then is she not looked highly upon by this woman? In my opinion folks, a girl or boy can be whatever they want. As long as it fits with the morale standards with God. And I give praise to the women who work, and the women who want to work. I've always been a man who wants everyone to be equal, and have everyone not give a flying fuck about who is doing what, when, how, and why! And with this line she says, I want to go and slap some people in the face.

"Feminists encourage society to trust women in matters like abortion. Yet feminism distrusts females who want to stay home with their children. Perhaps such critics assume that if a woman’s daily work belongs to the domestic sphere, with no raises to compete for and no performance reviews to hold her accountable, she is likely to lounge around in yoga pants while surfing the Internet. That is, they imagine that outside accountability is inextricably tied to meaningful accomplishments." This line here is just a complete, judgmental phrase that just sets me off! I hate it when people judge others! Why must the world compare other people to the highest achieving, superstar?! I think the reason for why I am mad at her is because she isn't quite seeing the real world perspective. Sure I'm one to talk, but I'm willing to be flexible. This person does not seem willing to face reality and except that there will be haters that gotta hate. And yes, I hate the haters. But she wants people to do less in life, and then magically have the haters see the potential in the person with the less credentials. That is not even economically based! Employers look for those with more in their life so that way they know that the person they are employing is on fire and has experience. Of course there are those kind souls who will hire those with less credentials, but that's only small the businesses. The large companies won't look for someone with half of a diploma, whether they are a girl or not. Mussmann's idea is too childish, and can't work. And I think why she thinks this way, is because of what she says,
"I remember when a very conservative friend warned my mom not to let us girls pursue career-oriented degrees. This friend was afraid that educated women would be unlikely to stay home with children. Most feminists would decry the idea of trying to “trap” young women into any particular life path. If they are to be consistent, however, feminists—and society at large—need to recognize that education is not a trap, either. It is something that helps all women live their lives in a more fully human manner, no matter what their work may turn out to be." It turns out that perhaps her reasoning for becoming a stay at home mom is because of the warning. But hey, Bada Bing, Bada Boom, it is what it is. So to recap. A woman should do whatever she want's, and doesn't have to listen to crap. Heck! My mom listen to crap for years, and finally is pursuing her dreams of becoming a teacher. I guess that's why I'm so passionate about hating these thoughts from Mussmann. Because my mom is finally not taking crap from no one, and I love her very much.

日本 The article I can relate.

     As I was struggling to find an article that was interesting to write about, I came upon this article about Japan's inflation. As I was reading it, it states that Japan is about to raise their prices on their products, but not their employees wages. This can be a benefit, when selling their products to other countries, but not to their own people. However, Japan[Or as they call it,日本(Nihon)] is a very small country, and it's products don't sell a whole lot to other countries such as the U.S. So by increasing their own prices even among the people, the Japanese government will have more money to spend. But this still can't quite be done. Since Japan is a small country, the people can't pay for this, even though the increase is only going to be about 2%, this could still effect a lot of people. Seeing as the average wages in Japan is pretty low for average jobs, this can really effect the average Joe of Japan.The average annual wage for a high school teacher is 7,064,000 yen a year, that equals about $60,000(due to the changing fact of yen and dollar comparison). Monthly would be about 588,666 yen which is about $5,000. And that's pretty good if you ask me. But wait! What about the other expenses? Let's start with taxes. And according to Jetro, how you would be taxed, would go like this. For employment, your deductions would be your salary, X 10% + 1,200,000 yen, if your annual salary was over 6,600,000 but below 10,000,000. So if I'm gonna be a high school teacher, then I would be left with 5,157,600 yen. Which is about $45,000 a year, and about $3,700 a month. let's calculate this in monthly. So then, there's food,(let me calculate in U.S dollars) and I'd probably(while alone) spend about $120. Let's say I owe mortgage, $1,000. Transportation, about $300. Electricity, about $250. Water, about $250. Air conditioning or heating, about $250. Then after all that, I'm left with $1,530, that's about 174,000 yen. And with that in mind, I can use that to buy some other things like clothes, appliances, and have some money for recreation. However, the last list of things will have and increase on all prices. Meaning, I would probably run out of all my money real fast. But the prices would always increase, and some of those cheap things I might buy would now be the expensive ones. 2% on a dollar is only a two cent raise, and a 2% on 100 yen is 102 yen(a 100 yen is almost equivalent to a dollar). This may seam like not a lot of difference, but that's just a little bit of yen. if we take 1,000 yen X 2%, then that equals 1,020 yen. 10,000 yen becomes 10,200 yen, 100,000 becomes 102,000, and so on. The higher the numbers go, the higher the significance this 2% raise is. And this applies to everything you buy as a consumer. Yes a high school teacher doesn't get a lot of money to begin with, but there are jobs with a lower salary. But even the higher paying jobs will still be effected because of those who might buy higher priced products. So, Japan does have the right idea with increasing their products, but that's only if the other countries are buying their products. However, increasing the regular products inside the country can also be good, if they take it away in about half a year. Because if they keep it, the Japan will become poor real quick.