Obamacare, More Like ObamaDoesn'tCare

During the past few days in Economics class, I and one other student researched why Obamacare should be repealed, and boy did we find many reasons. When the bill was introduced, it said it would lower the prices of health care and medical services, but that promise seems to be broken. It turns out that giving everyone, actually forcing everyone to buy healthcare will increase costs as more people now need to be covered. Businesses are also hurting. The rapidly changing policies are confusing and distracting, and smaller business simply cannot afford all of the requirements. Besides the fact that the bill doesn't seem to work, it is plainly unconstitutional. We're supposed to be free here in America, and being forced to buy health care, something people might not want to pay for, is stripping us of our rights. Obamacare is an expensive law that should be repealed.

Would You Rather...

On last night's homework, a "would you rather" question was brought up. It asked, to meet current spending, would you rather cut Medicare and Social Security benefits or raise taxes? I was really stumped at first, because neither option would provide more or less benefits than the other, and that's when I decided on my answer: neither! That may not technically be an option, but it wouldn't be fair to choose either of those. Instead, the government should stop wasting so much money, and maybe cut some of the useless programs they spend so much on. I feel that option should be taken into consideration first before any hardworking citizen gets punished for the government's decisions.

Fair Taxation

Today in class, we took a poll of which type of taxation was more fair: proportional or progressive. I was really confused with the results, though, as many students chose the progressive tax. In an environment where we are taught "hard work pays off" it really took me back when the majority chose the method that taxes those who earn more a larger amount. In my opinion, a proportional tax is the most fair, as everyone is treated equally. Having those who earn higher incomes (key word "earn") get charged more isn't right. Those people, who work extremely hard and provide most for the economy, should not be punished. This is America, a place where people are supposed to have economic freedom, and the progressive tax takes away that freedom.