I dont really remember what I was going to write here at first, but seeing as im procrastinating lets start with how i found a roach (or roach like bug) in my bathroom....it was a terrifying experience, especially for it being so late at night. I freaked out for like 30 seconds and then spent another minute grabbing a vacuum and gradually fumbling around until i was able to finally suck it up. That wasn't very fun. How does something that big get into my apartment anyway? Ugh...I hate bugs
Anyway, through my bits of distraction i came across this internetocracy thing on facebook. Everyone on there says something along the lines of the government is filled with a bunch of corrupt people and that we should just restart the system....maybe if I was still in high school I would agree with them. I realize there is inequality in our income distribution. I also realize that politicians are usually trying to get votes out of people during the elections so they can be president. But it makes sense to me for it to be that way. In my eyes it's all human nature.
First with the income inequality; not all people in the top 1% are bad people. I'm sure there are lots of them who worked hard for their money, and they want to keep it. The other issue is the fact that some people pay less taxes than others. This, from what I've gathered mostly from my undergraduate course on taxes, is usually because of how many deductions the more wealthy can get to make their taxable income much lower. A lot of those deductions I feel are coming from donating to charities. Most people think that people trying to get by the tax system to not have to pay as much is just plain greedy, but let's face it. Those people who have all of that money and have worked hard to get it probably want to save as much as they can, just like anyone else. The only difference is that with that money they've gained a higher standard of living. And nothing is wrong with that. I dont think if anyone received a million dollars right now, they would distribute it all to their fellow 99. Everyone has their own stuff they want to pay off, stuff they would want to invest in, and other things. Why should we get mad at them for not sharing when most of us would probably do the exact same thing.
I'm tired of hearing that politicians are corrupt. Everyone complains so much on the internet about how the president is messing everything up. Presidents are human, just like the rest of us. The main difference is that they have/had the command over the armed forces, and are pretty much representative of our country because we asked them to be. Well...maybe that isnt the main difference, it's just my take on it. But the thing is that when politicians campaign, they need to get votes somehow to win. In order to do that they have to appeal to the people as someone they want to vote for. Sometimes they make promises they wish to uphold, but realize they can't keep. It happens to all of us. I dont think there's one person out there who has fulfilled all of their promises to anyone. The reason we bash on the president is because he has a somewhat higher standing, and he shouldn't be messing up because he's the leader/representative of our country. But before he was president, he was just any other person like you and me. I'm just gonna go ahead and say it. Barack Obama will probably be the coolest president of my lifetime. Why? Because he remains a regular person, regardless of his status. And for me, all policies and measures aside, that really makes me want to vote for him again. I can't say I'm the most educated voter, but I mean seriously who am I supposed to believe when either side will tell me to just read up and find "the truth about what's really going on"? Ugh i dunno where I'm going with this anymore to be honest. I'm just sorta sick of these people. I end up losing a lot of time looking at propaganda telling me to not listen to propaganda. It's really tiring.
Anyway theres someone I'd like to see yada yada....I hope my Dad is alright since he went into surgery today. I texted him good luck, whichi hope he was able to read. Actually theres someone else i want to see but for completely different reasons. I hope everyone else is doing okay. I miss all my xanga friends from back in the day. It just goes to show how much change people go through...and how little I change for the most part haha...There was moree i wanted to say but it's alright because i get on these wild tangents for no reason
