"We Need a High Wall With a Big Gate" Critique (Blog Stage 3)

On Novermber 27 of 2018, Thomas Friedman, American Journalist of the NY Times, wrote a "thought sparking" article regarding the state of the US-Mexican border in the immidieate future. While Friedman dose a good job in analyzing the borders condition from both a democratic and republican point of view, he critisices both parties solution to the problem. Personally, i agree with the fact he mentioned about how Democrats need to be the adults in the situation and offer a more realistic and comprehensive approach to handeling the problem instead of only being in oppose to the republicans dream of building the big wall. After stating both sides solutions and possibilities for the countries issue of national border security, Friedman tends to keep on mentioning how despite your political view, this problem must be resolved as soon as possible and that he believes democrats are going to have to be the "adults" and work together to make an impactful solution. I really like his claim and idea as I am one who believes this issue must be resolved quickly, no matter how dificult it will really be.

Lastly, Friedman does a great job of listing the major pros and cons that illigal immigrants provide for our nation. This article is a must read for anyone intereseted in the current state of our homelands national security, and goes on to mention the authors personal prediciton for our near future regarding the topic.

Critique Towards Classmates Blog Post (BLOG 6)

After reading about my fellow classmate, Katy Huynh's standpoint on the topic birthright citizen, many contradicting thoughts came to my mind that might make more sense for current America. To begin, she quoted that "Immigration is a topic of concern, but should not be a top priority topic". Although we can all agree there are more serious cases, this topic of immigration plays an enormous role in the future of America. A common claim people who are for not focusing on keep illegal immigrants out of our country is that they do the "dirty jobs" that Americans "don't want to do". Although I am totally on board with that claim and do realize that illegal immigrants work many of the jobs that keep major establishments running, but in order for us to make America great again, we must be able to offer these jobs to legal American citizens. If we begin to enforce stricter laws against illegal immigration, it will open many jobs for legal unemployed citizens. Even if they're not making a killer salary, it is better than being homeless and it can keep the economy running. Lastly, if we enforce stricter laws on illegal immigration, it will encourage illegal citizens to apply for citizenship and become a citizen legally.

Although my beliefs and claims are for the very longterm future of America, the "revolution" must begin eventually...if ever.

Legal Marijuana Might Just Be a Economical Boom

It seems to have been no shock to the nation that the few states permitting the use of recreational marijuana have seen enormous amounts of statewide benefits. With our current national debt in the united states, an instant question that comes to mind is what are we going to do to get rid of it? According to LiveScience.com, legal marijuana sales can potentially federally generate $131.8 Billion dollars in aggregate federal tax revenue by 2025. To back up the claim, Colorado in the year 2016 alone has generated $996 dollars in taxes and fees. Also helping the national debt is the amount of "criminals" in jail for the usage of marijuana that would no longer need to be in jail cells. Keeping more guys out of jail will drastically lower the amount of national funds that we spend on prisons around the nation potentially pushing the nation out of a big amount of debt. With these facts mentioned proving in favor of legal marijuana, it is clear to the nation that whether a fan of the plant or not, it might just be the economical answer the U.S. has been looking for.