Health care and other things

With all this talk of changing health care I got to thinking what improvements are truly needed. First we need to rethink how much doctors charge for there services, it should be no more than cost plus six percent for any service they provide. All U.S. citizens should be entitled to full coverage health care at no out of pocket expense as long as they can prove they are U.S. citizens. The cost of this can be covered by existing taxes.
As for welfare or TANF it should be limited to U.S. citizens and be only for four months every five years, and records should be kept to watch for habitual “welfare moms”. So called anchor babies should no longer be allowed, unless you are a citizen your kids should not be citizens either.
If I come of as offensive to anyone I apologize, it just seems that there is no help for those that truly need it. I am all for legal immigration and I know that sometimes circumstances require federal aid but not constantly.

On Education

The education level in this country is at an all time low. Illiteracy levels are climbing on a daily basis. We need to stop teaching students what to think, instead teach them how to find answers for themselves. Stop peer-group promotions they do not help anyone learn. Standardized tests do no good all they tell you is that a student can at best memorize facts and at worst they are just really lucky. Illiteracy should have a zero-tolerance policy if you can not read by the end of elementary school then you should repeat it until you can. I hate to be harsh but we are 18th out of 24 countries in education maybe it’s time to fix that.

The Economy

As you know our economic situation is desperate. As such a drastic solution is needed. I have a proposal for such a solution outlined as follows.

1. Price stabilization, especially on everyday necessities such as food, gas, rent, and utilities.
2. A mandate that every company or business employ a certain number of employees at a certain wage based on the size of the company and the population served.
3. A small business equivalent to the homestead act of the 1800’s as follows. A subsidiary to anyone wanting to start a small business for startup and 1 year of operation.
4. All loans to businesses in the last 5-10 years shall be forgiven or put on hold until our economy stabilizes.
I realize that all this seems drastic, however at this point in time it is what is necessary. All that has been done in the past have been no more than band-aids on a gapping wound. F.D.R. was on the right track with the New Deal but came up short. I do not propose these things lightly, but I see them as a solution rather than a short term fix. I know that our country can bee good again, but it will take these actions to do so, half measures are no longer acceptable.

My thoughts on thought

Each individual in the human race is capable of reaching the same level of intelligence as anyone else. We are indoctrinated by society that certain conditions exist within individual minds, which prevent full realization of that potential. Individuals with so called learning disabilities or other mental disorders are not any less intelligent, they simply see the world differently or lack the process to communicate in a way that others recognize. The human brain is an amazing organ but yet we only use around ten percent of it. Could it be that some individuals use a different ten percent than most?

We all have the same brain mass to body ratio as everyone else on the planet, with the exception of a few rare physical anomalies that exist. That being the case then everyone starts with the same potential. How that potential develops is based on a couple of factors. First is communication, just because someone cannot process there thoughts into a recognizable form does not mean that they lack the ability to communicate there thoughts it just means they do it in a different way that may not be perceptible to the rest of us. Second environment plays a key role if someone is told on a daily basis that they have no potential then that individual will start to believe it.

Just like we learn how to behave in society from those around us, we also learn how to learn. Everything in or society is geared towards learning what to think rather than how to think. Our educational system that tends to worry more about test scores and what the right answers are instead of teaching how to find the reasons behind those answers. Or most parents that teach that there way of thinking is the only right way. We must teach future generations how to reason and encourage them to make there own mistakes and decisions or else or race is doomed. What sets us apart from most other species on this planet is our ability to learn, apply, and adapt. The last one is important as we are the only ones who can significantly adapt not only ourselves but our environment.

The fact that we only use ten percent of our brains means that there is a lot of untapped potential. Perhaps it is hardwired into our DNA that we only use that much, nut not necessarily the same ten percent for everyone. Maybe those with so called disabilities are tapping into a different part of there brain. Perhaps they could be communicating on another level with each other. The brain adapt its self quite well rerouting neural pathways as needed or even enhancing senses to compensate for the loss of others.