September 27th.

[6Ashlee]

Today in the beginning of class we went over the Europe map. The computers were down making it difficult to recapture what we talked about. The one main thing we talked about was Obama signing the 42 billion bill which is intended to help small business. We discussed the economy cycle. Companies’ profits down leads to layoff which leads too people don’t spend money at the businesses so the businesses’ profits go down and the cycle keeps repeating itself. The measure is supposed to create about 500,000 jobs. Mr. Bruns showed us a PowerPoint. Elephants are republicans and Donkeys are democrats. The goal of elections is to get one democrat and one republican running against each other. There are micro parties and minor parties. We discussed the different types of parties. Some of the minor parties are Constitution Party, Green Party, and Libertarian Party. These parties most likely won’t win an election, but have a chance of a state election. Later in class we discussed the Tea Party. After the bailout of the US’s financial institutions it emerged in 2009. (President Bush) This tends to be very conservative and libertarian in nature. Tea party feels the government is spending way to much money. The name is taken from the Boston Tea Party as they protested against the British King at the time. There symbol was a snake with the quote “Don’t tread on me.” The reasoning is they feel like the government shouldn’t overpower. Some of the core beliefs of the Tea Party are stronger military, gun ownership is sacred, government must be downsized, and special interests are eliminated.