Who should the Government help out?

One of the biggest topics that people are discussing right now is the stimulus plan. Who should the Government help out? I find it funny that so many people are complaining about the Government helping people to keep their homes when they should be more upset about them pouring more of our money into bailing out Wall Street bankers. While reading articles I came across this one. Read. It’s by Maureen Dowd a columnist on The New York Times Op-Ed page since 1995 and winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary.
It’s hard to believe that we are giving Wall Street bankers more money after they have shown that they don’t know how to manage it. In her column Maureen Dowd reveals some of the irresponsible ways that they used the money from the first bailout. For example, when A.I.G. executives were caught taking an expensive retreat right after receiving money from the Government.
Maureen quotes Rudy Giuliani defending the bonuses, “telling CNN that cutting them would mean less spending in restaurants and stores.” Then she says, “Even without bonuses, these gazillionaires can still eat out.” I completely agree with her. It’s not like they aren’t going to still be living well without the bonuses. They shouldn’t have used our money to give out ridiculous bonuses. Shouldn’t companies give bonuses for a job well done, not for running a company into the ground?
I think Maureen Dowd is trying to speak to an audience that may be resentful towards these companies that are mismanaging our money. It’s kind of like trying to help out a drug addict by giving them rent money and being disappointed by them when they use it to buy more drugs and then being stupid enough to give them more money. They haven’t changed any of the habits that got them in trouble in the first place.

Should abortion be illegal?

One of the arguments that pro choice supporters make is that a woman should have the right to abort an unwanted baby because, “it’s there body”. This is just ridiculous. No one has the right to do whatever they want with their body. For example, you can’t have unprotected sex with people when you have tested positive for aids. Even though, “it’s you body”, you are putting someone else at risk of contracting aids. We don’t even have the right to end our own life, why do we think we should have the right to end a life just because it’s in our body? Some people say that a young person should not have to raise a child and ruin their chances at a decent future if they accidentally get pregnant. There is the option of adoption and if you accidentally get pregnant you should have to take some of the responsibility. If you accidentally hit someone with your car you are still held accountable.

There are people that think a teenager should be able to get an abortion without their parent’s knowledge. Any teenage girl would rather do anything then tell their parents that they are pregnant. How are you supposed to parent your child when you don’t have the right to know what is going on in their life. I hear all the time that women have emotional and physical consequences from abortions and the thought of having a teenage girl go through this alone is horrible. There is also the argument that it’s for the teen’s protection. They may not be able to go to their parents because they are afraid that their parents will act out violently or it could be a case of incest. I think if they can just go get an abortion then these problems that should be addressed will just be swept under the rug.

Then there is the argument that if abortion is illegal then women will seek out unlicensed doctors or abandoned their baby’s. Women still abandon their baby’s and there are still issues with licensed doctors. Please read attached article. While this article seems absolutely horrible and I am sure this sort of thing doesn’t happen all the time, one thing that made me stop for a second is when the article said, "She came face to face with a human being," Pennekamp said. "And that changed everything." The reason this article reads so ghoulish is because they threw away a baby that had been born alive. A minute earlier it would have been perfectly ok to kill and throw away the same baby.

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