China has proven over and over that they have no respect for us as a country or the citizens of their country. Currently China has 3 million Muslims in concentration camps. These Muslim people are being targeted by the Chinese Government. They are not allowed to speak their native language, practice their religion, and are being told that these things will make them normal citizens. Human rights lawerys have describes this as “a total transformation that is designed specifically to wipe the Muslim Uigurs of Xinjiang as a sperate cultural group off of the earth. These Muslims are also being tortured daily, from being forced to take injections and pills they are the human subjects of medical experiments. We as a country need to do more. We are just sitting by and letting all of this happen. It is 2020 and these muslims are being tracked by the Chinese government to make sure that they don't attend mosques. This is so inhumane of the Chinese government. They are people too. No matter what we want our diplomatic relation with China to be we first must recognize the human rights of these Muslims who are being tortured every single day. Whether leading an isolation of China is threatening to boycott the Olympics or cutting off all trade deals with them, something needs to be done. We have to stand up for the Muslim Uigurs who are being taken atvantaege them of China.
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Andrew Yang is most known for his universal basic income idea. This means that every US citizen above 18 could opt into a program where they would be given 1,000 dollars every month by the government. At first I was really skeptical about this idea mostly because I believed that this would drive the price of almost everything up and cost the government about 3 trillion dollars. After learning more about this topic I've realized that this isn't the case. Giving everyone 1,000 dollars a month could benefit our nation's economy tremendously. For example giving an ex inmate who was just released from jail 1000 dollars a month could get them off of their feet and keep them from committing a crime just to have food and a roof over their head. Independent studies have shown that this could drop the incarcerated population by 10-20 percent. This would save our government billions of dollars every single year. The next way that universal basic income could help us is in regards to the emergence of AI. The top 5 jobs in the US right now are call center workers, retail and sales, food service and food prep, truck driving and transportation. People who work these jobs make up half of the country's workforce and it is estimated that in the next 10 years AI will be able to do all of these jobs. In order for us to survive as a country when AI is doing these jobs we need to re invest in our country. Giving someone an extra 12,000 dollars a year can be life changing.
Living in America is truly a gift. Even though this is definitely one of the low points in our country's history, I am still so truly grateful to live here. Freedom of Speech, The Right to a Fair and Public Trial, The Right to Due Process, The Right to Vote Freely, and The Right to Worship are things that should truly never be taken for granted and our founding fathers have worked so hard for. With that being said no country is perfect, and no country will ever be perfect. We still have a long way to go in order to better ourselves, but this truly is an amazing country and I am truly blessed to live in America. Stay safe everyone.
The Electoral College has been in place since the birth of our nation, but does it truly represent everyone fairly? The electoral college was originally put in place by the founding fathers to give small states equal representation to the larger states. This system is outdated and actually gives the smaller and less populated states more power. An example of this is the relation between Wyoming and California. Wyoming voters have 3 times the power than California voters. It is unfair for your vote to be more or less because of the place that you live. Another unfair part of the electoral college is that if you live in a republican state and vote democrat or vice versa it is like your vote doesn't even matter because of the winner take all system. Let's also not forget all of the power that swing states are given. Swing states have so much power that in recent elections up to 80 percent of votes had no real impact on the election (fairvote.org). Since the year 2000, 40 percent of the time the winner of the election hasn't won the popular vote. As we grow as a nation and become more educated we must adapt and update, just like we do with everything else. Whether adapting means abolishing the electoral college as a whole or changing it in some way like abolishing the winner take all system. At a certain point the question needs to be asked, Does the electoral college truly reflect and represent the american people and their needs?
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