The new decade

As I wrap up this blog as the year ends and a new decade begins, I pause to take a look at what the world looks like in the future. Poverty across the globe has reduced considerably. It can be quite fun to travel in comfort no matter which corner of the earth you are in. Some countries who were at the top for a long time are not sure how they long they will retain their standing and feel threatened. And they try to stop others from going ahead. And some countries who are trying to progress are feeling a push back. There is major strife. But it feels like a flower waiting to bloom and the new decade will see a better world. The vision for the new decade should be let us all together work for a better world rather than only let me prosper. Cheers and a happy new year!

The Ivory coast stand off

Before military action the United Nations must resort to recounting of votes in the Ivory coast. Stability is denied for Africa and international communities are behind it. A stable Africa would be a prosperous one but unfortunately a distant dream.

The dream act

It is not good for America to have millions of people especially children living here who are not allowed to dream because of their immigration status. Stealing dreams from children is criminal. The demand for labor is the reason illegal immigration was turned a blind eye to. This demand will always be there. A country benefits from having access to labor not necessarily cheap. Many times money will not induce people to labor. So temporary visas may help solve this problem. But if it is skilled labor temporary visas will not solve the problem because the employer will want to retain people he trained. So it is best to train people who the country really wants. But to steal dreams from children is a strict no no. We do need a world where a child wherever he is can dream to become president.

Smear campaign against Julian Assange

The smear campaign against Julian Assange is an embarrassment to civilization. People should not be treated like that. Now WikiLeaks may have questionable methods to getting to information but then that is called investigative journalism. If there is a story then the news guys need to go after it. But the media goons these days will report more about the smear campaign than what caused such a campaign. The things WikiLeaks have revealed should not be happening. We need to believe that this world can be a fair and decent place and work towards it.

Julian Assange wants to rein in America. America is a dangerous huge animal. It is best to appeal to its softer side namely the heart of the beast. This how most civil right issues are dealt with.

Uninsured by insurances

The word Insurance should have send alarm bells when introduced. Most of my life, life insurance agents were the biggest jokers you must avoid as much as possible. But in the US we insure ourselves from everything. It forms the crutches of false security. Only if we could insure ourselves from stupid ideas! How wonderful that would have been. Having said that making buying a health insurance mandatory is just like making car insurance mandatory. If one is fair the other is too.

Tax cuts for the rich

We all know that the rich will invest only if there are tax benefits. Show them some tax benefits and they will invest in small businesses or even expand their operations. Even charity by rich corporations is directly related to tax cuts. Tax benefits more than patriotism is what will induce corporations to invest in America again.

Of course there is this problem that small businesses will become dependent on the big companies. But with monopoly laws rarely used (except to trouble Microsoft) this is already the situation in America. It is worth studying the role big companies have played in stifling creativity and innovation in America in recent times. I suppose in the long term creating a situation where middle sized businesses can thrive is the best. But for now if there are no jobs out there, the country will slide in to an abyss of gloom.

Obama is trying.

We must grant that Obama as president is trying. He even brings in Bill Clinton to help him with an agenda. To share spot light like that is difficult but spells the need of the hour. Partition politics is fatal in times like these. Every one must do the part else the ship sinks.

Politics of the book.

When this wonderful concept of democracy came along it came with a book like religion. Thus evolution of the idea has been slow. People think that they reached the ideal and hence change is blasphemy. This is true for communism as well. Communism became an ideology when people were being subjected to immense exploitation by a class system. But once countries became communists, conditions changed, and they were quite lost. Karl Marx had made a perfect system that works already so changing or evolving was unthinkable. But most philosophies or ideologies need to evolve else they stagnate.

London fee hike protests by students

Students rioting in London streets reminds you of the protests of students in Tinanmen square, China many years ago. Time for powers that be to listen. Something has horribly gone wrong. Raising fees in this economy is almost like denying education to children. At least it would seem so. I would say make public how the tuition fees that are currently paid by students spend and let expenses come for vote by students.