When the war with Afghanistan and Iraq started we were all about going in and finishing what we started, well that’s what this article “Support for the troops” from NYT is about. Majority of the Americans wanted in to the war, but are we keeping our promise to the troops? Are we supporting our troops overseas? David Brooks and Bob Herbert the authors for this article are simply answering this two questions, No. They say that we are not putting in the time for our troops. “There is no support for a draft, so that’s not going to be a serious part of the national conversation”. (Brooks and Herbert).
The way I would answer this question is by saying, we promised, but we did not know that the duration would be this long. We did not know right away that this war would cause so much trouble for us here at home. After a while, we see that there are a lot of expenses that are associated with this. We see that are opponents are not backing down either. So are we simply just tired of the war? Yes. After all these years of fighting, we just simply gave up. We are lacking support for the troops and their families. Majority of the audiences now are not taking this seriously, they are not participating in events or taking any actions towards the war. If we act a little different towards our troops and show a little more pride about this war and raise money for the war, we might just turn around and finish what we started.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Mission Not Accomplished
Stocks are down, recession starts. Stocks are up, recession is over, right? Wrong. Well this is what the author, Paul Krugman of “Mission Not Accomplished” from New York Times says. We hear in the news that the country is doing better already that it only took a while for the United States to get back on our feet. We hear that the government is doing more to get Americans back to work. They’re trying to input extra jobs out there for their citizens. Unfortunately, when I look around, I still see a lot of people without jobs, unemployment is still high. Those that were laid off because of the economic reasons, many are still searching to find jobs, figuring out a way to pay their rent and put food on the table.
Sure the economy is doing better, and we know for sure that we are not going to end up in another Great Depression. This is where I come into an agreement with the author, “But while not having another depression is a good thing, all indications are that unless the government does much more than is currently planned to help the economy recover, the job market will remain terrible for years to come”. We have to remember that the recession brought a lot of depression to the people that were affected by it. Some had to leave their while collar jobs to move into a blue collar. They had to leave there offices and go flip burgers. When the economy goes down, one has to do much more to get what they once had.
We cannot jump into a conclusion and say ok, the stocks are up and running again, so the recession is over, at least that’s what Ben Bernanke says. The recession left behind a lot of unfinished work that needs time to recover. A report from the International Monetary Fund shows, “a recession caused by a financial crisis, often leads to long-term damage to a country’s growth prospects”. The audience that hear that the recession is over, are thinking twice about this, most are in a disagreement, because they are the ones that really know if the recession is over, they are the ones that are running around and sending resumes everywhere they can just so they can get the a job.
Sure the economy is doing better, and we know for sure that we are not going to end up in another Great Depression. This is where I come into an agreement with the author, “But while not having another depression is a good thing, all indications are that unless the government does much more than is currently planned to help the economy recover, the job market will remain terrible for years to come”. We have to remember that the recession brought a lot of depression to the people that were affected by it. Some had to leave their while collar jobs to move into a blue collar. They had to leave there offices and go flip burgers. When the economy goes down, one has to do much more to get what they once had.
We cannot jump into a conclusion and say ok, the stocks are up and running again, so the recession is over, at least that’s what Ben Bernanke says. The recession left behind a lot of unfinished work that needs time to recover. A report from the International Monetary Fund shows, “a recession caused by a financial crisis, often leads to long-term damage to a country’s growth prospects”. The audience that hear that the recession is over, are thinking twice about this, most are in a disagreement, because they are the ones that really know if the recession is over, they are the ones that are running around and sending resumes everywhere they can just so they can get the a job.
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