How To Decrease The Nations Debt

          
               Its no mystery that this nation is in some serious debt. The question is what are we going to do about this problem? Now we have all heard the angles of who's fault this problem is. "It's Bush's fault, no it's Obama's fault, it's the Republicans fault, no it's the Democrats fault." If you ask me, it is everyone's fault. This country has many bad policies in place. The American people are as much to blame for this as are our elected officials. The reason being we elect bad politicians who have no business running for public office in the first place. Some of us buy our politicians, some of us don't vote, most of us don't hold our politicians accountable when they are being corrupted by big business, big religious groups, or by any group that reap the benefits for themselves and not for the improvement of our great county.
               Now lets look at some things we can do as a county to start paying off the national debt. We could get a team of the top respected financial advisers in the country to come up with a budget for all national elections. We will use the presidential election as an example, since that is the election most of us (including me) are most familiar with. We are going to get this financial advisor to go through the last 5 elections and see how much each election cost for each candidate and average the total cost. This is not how much money each candidate raised, but actually spent on their campaign. This way they can see how much it went up each election. Then they are going to look at how the candidates spent their money. If there is any wasteful spending subtract that from the cost of the average election. Then the advisor can implement a budget of what they think the up coming election should cost based on the previous elections. Each candidate running for president will only be allowed to raise that amount of money that the advisor set forth. If the candidates raise more money than the budget proposed then that money only goes towards the national deficit. They could also put  some money towards a national disaster fund for disasters like hurricane Katrina.
               The next thing our country can do is get rid of the filibuster. As a country we will get more done if this policy is removed  This policy has been abused by a certain party and the country ends up paying for it in the long run. Tough policies are always going to be a close vote that's why they are tough. The majority of the house and senate should be enough to get policies past, we shouldn't need a super majority. If congress  spends most of their time using stall tactics like using the filibuster, then all they are doing is waisting taxpayers money.
              One of the biggest budget cuts we can make is defence spending. Do we still need troops in Japan and Germany still? There are almost 90,000 troops in those 2 counties alone. Last I heard Hitler was dead and I don't think he is coming back. Did you know the U.S. spent  663,255,000,000 on military expenditure's in 2009? That is almost 7 times more than the next closest which was China at 98,800,000,000. There has to be some significant areas that we can cutback on and still have the best military in the world.
             Another area is prisons, 1 out of every 18 men are behind bars, or being monitored. That's over 5 percent of the U.S. population. The reason we have so many people behind bars is the 3 strike rule. This law was primarily made for protecting the public from violent offenders. Instead, the law ended up working against the nonviolent offenders. This is mostly do to the war on drugs, which saw drug offender arrests increase twelve fold since 1980. If we spent more on rehabilitating the drug offenders instead of locking them up with violent offenders we could save ourselves some grief and money. Many times these nonviolent offenders are put into prison where they get caught up in prison politics, and become violent offenders.
             The final way to help draw down the national debt is to legalize marijuana. Many states have already legalized medical marijuana, and California actually put it on their ballot to legalize it for everyone 21 and over. It did not pass though do to many people thinking that it would drive up crime. I think keeping marijuana illegal is fighting the inevitable. Many people believe it is a far better drug than alcohol. People don't get angry and stupid off of to much marijuana the way they do when they drink to much alcohol.  We could benefit from legalizing marijuana in several ways. It would help out the economy because marijuana tends to make people hungry so that would help out the restaurant businesses. Just think how much each state would make in taxes. I bet the upcoming governor of California wished marijuana would of passed due to how much debt California is in.
            In conclusion that is some of my ways to start drawing down the national debt. Now I am not naive enough to think that there will be any major change to anything that I have suggested. People are to stuck in their ways, or to scared to think outside the box. Many people and the government are already talking about these ideas. In fact some ideas have already been put in place by the government. Ending the war on Iraq  is one. The government is also trying to close down Gitmo, but it is turning out to be more complicated than they thought. They are also hoping to withdraw the troops out of Afghanistan by mid to the end of 2011. California tried to to pass the nonviolent rehabilitation act for prisons, but again it failed like the marijuana bill. This is why we need to keep special interests and big money out of politics. This is also why we need to get rid of the filibuster so we can actually pass legitimate bills that do not have to keep bouncing back and forth between the house and senate. When the bill should of already passed because it had the majority of the vote. Then by the time the bill does pass its so water down that all they did was waste time, a whole lot of paper, and the tax payers hard earned money.

The Task At Hand

             Online side jobs, that’s what I call them. This is where people pay you to complete a task for them out of there own pocket. These jobs are not hard to find either. All you have to do is type in your web browser, “make money online for doing tasks.” Then it will bring up a list of various websites where people offer tasks.

             This is a great idea for when a person is really busy to be able to pay someone else online to get the task at hand done for them. It is also a great idea for the individual who needs to make some extra loot to help out with their bills, or possibly get a gift for their kids. This is also a bad deal because some people try to take advantage of other people by paying them very little for a lot of work.

 Here is an example of one of the tasks that I saw. This person was willing to pay 3 dollars if you signed up to there website. Once you signed up, they wanted you to go to the Hits4you website and surf for 1000 credits for there site. Let’s take a look at this more closely. One ad takes 20 seconds to watch at the Hits4you website, and you get one credit, so that’s three credits for every minute. Ten minutes equals 30 credits, one hour equals 180 credits. So you are looking at about six hours just to make 3 dollars. Talk about slave labor. Does the internet need a minimum wage law so people won’t take advantage of other people? 

Here is another example of  more common task offers where people pay on average 2 to 5 cents for you to sign up to a website thus making you their referral.. Even that is low, you can go to paid to click sites like Clicksia (pays 10 to 15 cents), and Scarlet Clicks which pays 15 cents for you to sign up for their offers. Sometimes people will tell you to click 25 ads if you want to get credit for the task or something to that effect. One should want to sign up for the offer to get credit. If you do not like the offer you should not sign up just to get a little money because you will just be waiting time in the long run. It is not worth the little amount of money for the time you have to put in, if you are never going to go back to that site the offer was for once completed.

All the tasks were not bad; some paid 4 to 5 dollars for you to write a 250 to 500 word article. If you are a good writer you could probably finish this in ten to twenty minutes. The only thing is if they don’t like the article they don’t have to pay you. Most likely if you are a good writer you are not going to be wasting your time in sites like this unless you are bored or just want to help someone out. If you are an average writer you can go to sites like text broker.com and they will pay you accordingly to how well your article is written. That way you know you are going to get paid something for your work.  

 Overall the people putting out these tasks can do other options to help out with the lack of pay they are giving for completing there tasks. They could pay some cash and also let the person who completed the task put a link on their website. Lots of people give out free e-books; this could be included in the deal along with some cash. They could also offer their services as a referral as well. The bottom line is there are lots of ways people can pay other people it doesn’t always have to be money.

Every one who is looking for a task to do needs to be careful too. Look around the website, and see if they have a forum. Check to see if there are any complaints about people not paying. Obviously if you find a bunch of complaints I would not use this website to do tasks. With any website that pays always check the Terms of Service and the FAQ’S that way you know what you are getting yourself into. Mostly just use common sense and everything should work out.  

Here We Go Again!

          You have seen these websites before. The ones that promise you the world for only a hour or two a day. These sites that say you need no experience and you will be making money with in 10 minutes all you have to do is sign up. Only if it was the way they said it was, wouldn't the world be a better place.
          Well there I was reviewing  three websites{all of them want some type of payment} who wanted to know what I thought about each one. I am not going to say there name because most  all sites guarantee they can  make you money. As I am going through these sites all of them tell me what I will not have to do. Why can't these sites figure out all people want to know is what they have to do to make money and how? They never give you the information that you really need to make an informed decision on whether its worth it to put up the money for their site.
         Normally this wouldn't be a problem, because one could go onto a forum or a social network and find out if that site is full of crap.You end up just loosing time for your efforts, but is better than getting ripped off. When its a brand new website you can't do this. You just have to make the best informed decision you can with the information given.  
         Now some sites are actually legit and will tell  you what you will be doing,  {for the most part}and might even be accredited  by The BBB. Some sites you can make money off, but they tell lies about what you will be doing, and  its near impossible to make money unless your are a expert. Data entry jobs come to mind on that. You are just finding spots to place ads not filling out forms like they tell you. It ends up costing you more money than you will make.
         Could you imagine applying for a job and they tell you, "we will hire you but you have to pay 50 dollars." After paying you get to the job site, and  instead of being the site foreman  they have you selling power tools. That company would not be able to get people to work for them and they would end up  going out of business
         I have no problem with mlm's or pyramid schemes because at least most of them tell you what they are about.. They should tell you that if you don't sign up this many people you are not going to make any money though. Most people know about those sites anyways, and its sign up at your own risk. Here are my 3 ways to help these sites out:
          *1-On your ad page have a window that you can sign into that will show people what exactly they will be doing.
          *2-Have a free trial period, just enough to give people the idea of what they will have to do to get paid. Then you can charge them accordingly of what you think is a fair amount for the work you put in making the program.
         *3-This might be the riskiest one for the owner of the program, but they are some websites out there who do it this way. Let your program be free so when people sign up all they have to do is read ways to be successful at your program. Then you can throw in some other type of programs or affiliate programs that people can buy to help them be successful at the overall program.
         Sometimes we all need to remember that these  websites are not jobs all though they feel like it at times. These are websites that make programs that say they can help you make money online, and if your successful at it you can turn it into your job. I just think some of these websites need to stop making false advertisements to get people to buy their programs. They may make some money off of people, but there site will not last in the long run If the people don't make money they are not going to make money.







       

        

Can You Hear Me Now?

         How come people believe everything they hear? Is it because they just want to believe what is convenient for them and their life style? Is it because they were brought up that way? Is it because they are just to lazy to find out if what they heard is true or not? Is it because they just want to stir up crap, because its going to piss people off?

         I do not have the answer to these questions, and I don't know if I ever will get the answer to these questions. I have heard many different reasons why this tends to happen. It just seems to me that it's a never ending cycle that you see on Television, radio, or just someone you know. Someone is always spreading some nonsense that is not true.
        One would think that in this day in age where you can get information on anything from anywhere at anytime by just moving your fingers that this would not happen. It just baffles me that some people still believe we walked with dinosaurs, rode on the back of dinosaurs, or just don't believe in dinosaurs. When every respected scientist, university, and museum can prove that they did exist over 65 million years ago. Since there is no mention of dinosaurs in the bible then they couldn't of existed, because you know that every single word in the bible is true. Even though it was written by man, and man is never mistaken about anything. Not only was it written by man, but prehistoric man. They must have been smarter than modern scientists to have written the bible.
        People also need to check more than one source not just the first one they find that talks bad or good about their point of view on a subject. Here is an example  a lady politician from the north part of the country {not going to mention no names Michele Bachmann} decided to help spread a rumor about the Presidents visit to India a couple weeks back. She stated that, "President Obama's trip to India was going to cost 200 million dollars per day." Then the some of the news channels started reporting what Bachmann said. Then people from my sister's work were all upset over the Report. It spreads like a wild fire and most people don't bother finding out the truth. Whats funny is that the war in Afghanistan doesn't even cost 200 million dollars a day.
         In conclusion I think it would behoove all of us to keep an open mind. This is my opinion, and mine only, but I think its fine if you want to be religious. Just don't deny the facts of  subjects like evolution. People start thinking, "I can't believe in evolution, because that would contradict what bible has to say." In the end all  it does is make you look ignorant. I know lots of people who are religious, and still will tell you evolution is a fact.
         Finally please do not believe in everything your congressmen or women have to say because they are a Republican or a Democrat. Just because they might be the same party as you doesn't mean they have your best interests at hand. Remember most of these people will say almost anything to get reelected.

Fun Way To Make Money

        Let me tell you what this blog is not going to be about. Its not going to be about those sites where you play games like poker, or bejeweled, where you can make some money off of them for playing games over and over again. You end up playing for hours at a time just for a little pocket change. Which is all fine and dandy if you are there just to have fun. Then that little amount of change is just a perk that comes with playing the game. 
        What I am going to tell you about is a site that gives you  10 cents to start off with after you sign up of course. What... Whats that? "You don't care its only 10 cent's". That is not very nice to the 10 cents which is going to help you triple the 10 cents to 30. Lets just say I don't condone betting, but when its not your money why not. Yes you heard me right I said "betting", but not on poker games. This is betting on sports games and it only takes 5 minutes a day. Plus when you bet on sports games you don't have to worry about the games being rigged like you do on internet sites.
         Now I am going to tell you how this site works and give you my opinion on how to make smart bets. "Wait a second shouldn't you tell you the name of the site first"? No, not this time, I will give it at the end, sorry you have to keep reading. After you sign up,  I would  recommend checking out the site till you are ready to place a bet.  When you are ready to make the bet  they will have all the featured sports such as football, basketball, fighting, tennis and so on. Once you determine what sport you want lets say its basketball you will notice 3 categories.
         This is the spread, moneyline, and totals. You will see these categories next to each basketball game. The spread is the first one, and you will see one team with a + sign next to it and one with a - sign. The team with the plus sign is the underdog, and the team with the minus sign is the favorite. This means that -3 is how many points the underdog can loose by and you can still win the bet. If They loose by 4 points then you will loose the bet. This is the same for the favorites if it says +3 then they have to win by at least 4 points. If they only win by 2 points then you loose the bet. 
         The money line is next and all this means is that you just pick the winner. So lets say Lakers are playing Celtics, and you pick the Celtics to win who are a 5 point underdog . The Lakers end up winning by only one point so you loose the bet because points don't matter its a straight up bet..
         Finally the last one which is the totals. All this basically is the total score over or under  the number  to the left.. Again we will take the line for Lakers  and Celtics. Lets say its 190 and you bet its going to be over the combined score. So the Lakers win 110 to 109 for a total of 219 points which means you win the bet.
         Yon can  bet on multiple games from multiple sports and it will distribute the money accordingly. If you bet 10 cents on two football games and one tennis match it will give 4 cents to your 1st pick then 3 cents to the other two. "What happens if I place my bet and I loose the 10 cents"? Do not fret about this people because you can fill out free offers such as a newsletter and get more money. You can also deposit your own money, but why spend your money when you can spend theirs. Also when you make a bet you have a option to watch a commercial and win your bet plus up to 100 percent more of your bet.
         You do not need to be a huge sports fan to have some fun with this site all you need to do is some research of who you are going to bet on. They have  some sports articles on their home page you do not need to read these articles,  but they will take you  the ESPN site, and there you can look up all the teams stats and their standings to help you make your decision.
         Here is my strategies that I use to help me win my bets. On the first bet I just bet on one team which will be the minimum 10 cent bet. The reason I do this is to double my money plus watch the commercial and I get like 3 times the money.  I did loose the first time I did this, but that's why the offers are there so you can get more money for your bets . Most of them are more than 10 cents too. Some of the offers want you to buy something too. I try to stay away from these and stick to the the lower paying ones where all you have to do is sign up and confirm.

          I usually only like betting on football games and basketball games. This is reason why because for the most part the better teams usually win more so in basketball than football. Hockey and baseball are to unpredictable. Keep an eye on the point spread if it is ridiculously high then that might be a red flag to bet on that game and the same thing with the total score. Remember just try to use common sense and if you are unsure do some research on the teams. If the Saints are 5 and 3, but lost to 3 teams with a win percentage over .500 and won all their game against teams .500 or below then you might not want to bet on them if they are playing a team over .500.
         Well that is all I have and now the moment you all have been waiting for. Here is the link to the sports betting site.http://www.centsports.com/ref/732029/Louis_R
I hope that wasn't to confusing, and that everyone has some fun, and makes some money. I forgot to mention one more thing when you place your bets. You will get more money for underdog bets than you will for favorites. obviously this is because underdog bets are more risky. You will also get better sponsor offers for underdogs up to 100 percent more, and favorites will get less depending on much they are favored.