My Opinion on The U.S National Government: Blog Stage 5

There are a number of things that I find absurd when it comes to the topic of the U.S national government. If I could have it my way, President Trump would have already been impeached...or better yet, never elected.

Jobs are scarce and incomes are falling out of everybody’s pockets. After the financial meltdown of the first depression, congress passed emergancy funding to save our nation from a financial meltdown. Recently, congress has not taken precautions. A bill regarding changing the US government's credit limit has turned to a mess of a downfall in our economy. Meanwhile, congress enjoys automatic pay raises every year. Their annual income totaling over three times the income of an average US citizen.

The United States possesses all resources in order to go greener and contribute less towards global warming. We are considered to be the most technologically advanced country in the world, yet the US government doesn’t concern themselves with recycling and investing in research for better energy use. Where fracking occurs, heads are turned. Where money is made, you’ll find our government.

Redistricting. The act of redrawing district lines in order to learn towards one political side rather than the other. This must stop. This system only works to the government and the political parties advantages. I believe that it completely goes against our rights of choice and opportunity. The national government is taking its citizens votes and manipulating them to best suit their needs.

The electoral process is a mess and must be redesigned. In 2016, after his election and loss in the popular vote President Trump tweeted; “In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” Trumps opponent, Clinton, won 2.9 million more popular votes than the elected president. Because of the way the U.S national government has structured the presidential elections and system of voting, the voice of the Nation's people seem to be ignored. The U.S would benefit from a second bill of rights as Bernie Sanders suggests.

Our nation is led by President Trump. The day of Trump’s election, I was spit on by an angry Irishman for being American in a foreign country. Rather than the U.S giving off a positive image of our advanced and prideful nation, the image of Trump and just the ring of him name offends and brings out hatred in other countries. Trump has chosen to propose to divide the US with walls, rather than to unite with and assist our surrounding neighbors. Although I am a prideful and patriotic American, I do not feel pride for any of the current work of the US national government.

Is Bernie Back? Blog Stage 4

Joe Cunningham discusses the possibility that Bernie Sanders will be running for Presidency in 2020 against President Donald Trump in his most recent restate article. I believe that Cunningham wrote this article to inform active members of our political system of our possible candidates in the upcoming election of 2020. Bernie seems to be wanting to make a comeback by polishing up his knowledge of foreign affairs and the outreach to the labor movement. 

In the 2016 presidential election, Bernie was out of commentary and answers regarding US foreign policies and even the names of the higher power executives of other countries. His lack of knowledge in foreign affairs and leaders left Sanders in the dust behind Trump and Clinton.   If Sanders has made the change to his foreign political knowledge, he would be a fantastic candidate to run again Trump.  Currently, Trump has a 38% approval rate slowly trickling down, not ready for reelection in 2020. Incumbency will not help him out here and a strong candidate like Sanders may be just what the U.S needs to “Make America Great Again.

I agree with Cunningham that this is a great time for Sanders to make his comeback. But I disagree with Cunningham when he says that “Democrats would be foolish to let the Sanders Left dictate the party’s direction.”  Recently, much of the US public has proposed to impeach President Trump to allow Mike Pence to replace him as president. Cunningham states “From an objective stance, this is smart of Sanders if 2020 is in his sights. He got some solid grassroots support and was thwarted only by his own aforementioned weaknesses and his party establishment lining up against him.” Sanders would be a very dramatic and perfect replacement in the executive branch. He proposes for a second bill of rights to be written. Given that the last bill of rights was written in 1791, with the US’s current advance in technology, a second bill of rights may be the answer to the US economy. Although in the 2016 elections I was not a huge fan of Bernie Sanders myself due to his lack of knowledge, a strong democratic and socialist movement seems to be what the US needs after Trump’s proposals for walls and military threats towards North Korea.

Paris Climate Agreement

In the New York Times article "The U.S is Tackling Global Warming, Even if Trump Isn't"  by Michael R. Bloomberg and Jerry Brown, how climate change should be handled by the United States is heavily debated and Trump’s actions are heavily bashed upon. Climate change is not a threat that will occur in the future, but rather a threat that is very real and very current that needs to be address as soon as possible by all governments around the globe. I agree with the opinions of both Bloomberg and Brown surrounding the fact that it was wrong of Trump to take the US US out of the Paris Climate agreement. The majority of the US population supports the Paris Climate agreement yet the president chose to withdraw the United States from the agreement. Now, because the US is no longer apart of this agreement, I believe that the United States will no longer be one of the most top ranking countries for efficient energy use, there will be an even larger shortage of jobs than ever and we will be an even larger contributor to global warming. Although I agree with the author’s opinions and ideas on how the government should monitor and approach global climate change, the factual information that was provided in this passage is false.   In this article Bloomberg and Brown state that “The United States has still reduced emissions faster and farther than any other large nation” yet the United States is tied in 8th place along with South Korea on an international list of countries that are considered to be the most energy efficient. The authors of this article included false information in this article in order to make the president’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate agreement look even more negative than it already does. I agree that “The Paris agreement succeeded where previous attempts failed” and that it would be beyond beneficial to be apart of the Paris climate agreement as a nation. As a reader I 100% agree with the opinions of Bloomberg and Brown. Often times I bash on Trump’s stupidity as well. In the end of the article Bloomberg and Brown state that “we will not wait for washington” to make our energy use decisions for us.  We shouldn’t wait for washington and its time for US citizens to take action and stand up for the planet.