Monday-
Gun Control
Statistics
- Regular citizens are only allowed to purchase semi-automatic rifles
- Military guns are completely automatic
- Gun control act of 1938
- Brady Bill- Background checks
- Assault weapons ban 1994-2004
- Difference
- Semi-automatic-> have to keep pressing trigger for each bullet
- Automatic-> can hold down trigger to keep shooting
- Difference
- There is a mass shooting almost everyday in America; at least four people
- Police are more likely to be killed in states with more guns
- Gun homicides are declining
- More gun suicides than gun homicides (Suicide is going up and homicide is going down)
- As of 2014, more people want to protect the right to own guns and less want to have more gun control
- Concealed Weapon Law- As long as you have permit, you can carry a gun as long as it can not be seen.
- Hand guns cause the most deaths
- What can be done to lessen gun violence?
- Tougher background checks for all gun purchase
- Prevent those with mental illnesses from obtaining guns
- Police in more schools/ More security in schools/ metal detectors?
- Teachers in possession of guns?
- Ban assault rifles
- OBAMA'S PLAN
- Require background checks for all gun sales
- Pass a new, stronger ban on assault weapons
- Limit ammunition magazines to 10 rounds
- End the freeze on gun violence research
- Make schools safer with new resource officers and counselors, better emergency response plans, and more nurturing school climates
- Ensure quality coverage of mental health treatment particularly for young people
- HIS BIGGEST FRUSTRATION AS PRESIDENT IS THAT HE HAS NOT GOTTEN GUN CONTROL PASSED
- NRA- Makes it difficult to pass stronger gun control
- Teaches people how to use guns properly
- People think that they are the organization that only is there to shut down gun control (This isn't necessarily true)
- NRA- Makes it difficult to pass stronger gun control
Republicans
- Against gun control
- Could prevent mass shootings
- The second amendment gives right to bear arms
- Have background checks - simple background check could go a long way
- NRA- National Riffle Association
- Most powerful gun association in the United States
- A lot of power in congress
Democrats
- For gun control
- Guns are dangerous
- Mass shootings are caused by legal weapons
- Limit who receives guns
Taxes
Republicans
- Tax reduction for everybody
- Trickle down theory- cutting rich people taxes so they have more money to help out their businesses and hire more people
- Budgeting surplus
- Limit top margin rate
Democrats
- Tax cuts for families and middle class
- Tax the rich more
General Issue-
- 16th amendment to constitution (1913)
- The government has the right to collect taxes
- Income tax- the money taken from your paycheck that goes to the government
- Graduated income tax- the more money you make; the more money you need to pay
- Why does the government need to impose taxes? So we are able to have programs and other things
- 2013 (for every dollar)
- $0.26.5- Military
- $0.20- Health Care
- $0.13.6- Interest of Federal Debt
- $0.12.2 Unemployment and labor
- (Skip a few)
- $0.01- Science
Tuesday-
Text Breakups
1 in 3 breakups with teens are through text messages
Right-To-Die Law
What is it? If you are terminally ill and are in a lot of pain, you can choose when to die.
Then, we continued on with presentations
Wednesday-
We took the South East Asian Map class quiz.
Thursday-
Syria
We have a bad relationship with Syria.
Arab Spring: young people rose up to overthrow the leaders of their countries (Some governments, like Egypt, stepped down willingly)
Leader of Syria was using, what we think, gas attacks to kill the up-risers. We, obviously, supported the rebels.
Somehow, we kind of teamed up with the leader of Syria to attack ISIS.
Us, Russia, and Syria are fighting against ISIS. Russia is using missiles to hit ISIS. Hitting 11 targets yesterday. They are supposedly only hitting ISIS, but others believe that they are attacking the rebels (anti-Asad (the leader of Syria)). US had to divert one of it's fighter jets because it was in the path of the missiles. We need to have communication, although we don't want to, with Russia because of dangerous path crossings.
N.A.T.O. (set up in the late 1940's) - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- What is it? US, most of Europe, and Canada. It is our alliance with most of Europe. A defensive alliance - only if you get attacked, the others will help you; not if you attack others, necessarily
Rand Paul (Republican)
Personal-
- Born January 7, 1963 (age 52)
- Raised as Episcopalian (a prodestant christian religion)
- Attended Baylor university and Duke University Medical School
- Recieved a medic al degree
- became a surgeion
Political-
- involved in 1994
- Became interested because of father
- Rand Paul ran for a seat for the U.S senate
- Gained his seat in senate (Kentucky)
Major Platforms-
- Balance budget by only spending what comes in
- Federal Reserve (extremely important organization)- let the people know what the federal reserve is doing with the our money
- Against abortion unless it puts women's health in danger
- Education- supports returning the control of education to the locals and parents
- Immigration- supports immigration reform (to change the speed of becoming a citizen) with strong emphasis on boarder security
- Marijuana- the medical marijuana should be left to the state
Hillary Clinton (Democrat)
Personal-
- Born in Chicago
- Parents- Hugh Clinton (a small bussiness owner and WII veteran) Dorothy (abandoned by her parents - raised herself from the age of 14 (waitress and babysitting))
- Girl Scouts and a Brownie
- Middle school - attended speech by Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago
- One of the 27 women in her class at Wesley and went to Yale
- Law school - met Bill Clinton (future spouse)
- went to Massachusetts - asking schools and parents how their children were raised - focused on child defense funds
- moved to Arkansas- to fight for child defense
- Bill elected from 1992-2000
- As first lady
- Fought for good health care
- one of the first first ladies to be college educated before husband's election
- 1995- gave speech in Beijing that went very well and inspired many women because said, "Women's right are human's rights and human's rights are women's rights
Political-
- 2000- U.S. Senator for New York
- 2008- ran for president (was close, but not enough)
Major Platforms-
- Gun violence- supports action to curb gun violence but should be harder on it
- stronger background checks
- keeping out of stalkers and domestic abusers
- Immigration- fair and just system because some people work hard and should be able to say
- Economy- wants it to grow to be more equal for everyone and wanted to reduce the debt and have people trust her
Friday- BE PRACTICING ALL OF THE MAPS!
Communism Theme Park
In China, there is a theme park on all things communism. Youngsters can become full-fledged communists. During learning tours, they can dress up as the red army.
Gun Insurance
What is it? If anything ever happens with your gun, whether accident or non-accident, you have to pay and the money goes to help the families with the killed or injured loved one.
Would it work? Might keep people from buying guns because of the expense. People wouldn't be too happy, but it only impacts if something happens. It benefits those who are affected by the gun, not the owner.
Minimum Wage
Statistics
- 1960s were the best years for minimum wage- if you put it into today's money, almost $11 dollars an hour
- Not only teens working for minimum wage - most are women and in there 40s and over
- Most are single mothers
- In U.S. dollars (top minimum wages)
- 1. Australia
- 2. Luxembourg
- 3. Belgium
- 4. Ireland
- 12. U.S.
- (At the bottom) Mexico- $1 an hour in U.S. dollars- no wonder there are so many immigrants
- Yearly Salary: $7.25 per hour= about $15,000 $10.10 per hour= about $21,000 $15 per hour= about $31,20
- July 2015
- Seattle raised to $15
- Upset because they could loose well fare benefits
- Discouraging tips in a restaurant
- Restaurants closing because prices went up and the businesses cannot afford to pay for employees
- Obama's Plan
- benefit more than 28 million workers
- Most help unmarried without kids
- Raise families out of poverty
- Raising minimum wage is bad for businesses? GAP ceo says it will help, not hurt, businesses
- benefit more than 28 million workers
Democrats
- propose that the minimum wage should go up to $10.10
- favor/increase the minimum wage to help workers
Republicans
- Oppose/Do not raise the minimum wage because it hurts businesses
- Business prices will rise
- May have to lay people off in order to pay the right amount
Health Care
General Issue/Statistics
- Late 1800s and early 1900s Pennsylvania was an unsafe place to work
- Group insurance 1918 provided the first insurance for health
- need it because of $1,000 to $1,000,000 to medical bills
- some if they don't have health care just go to ER because the ER has to treat you - then they don't pay
- Obamacare- US federal way of giving everyone access to cheap health care
- $95 per adult and $47.50 per child
- family max is $285
- Fee increases every year
Republican
- patient centered
- American Health Care Reform Act would repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act completely lower costs more options available
Democrat
- For Obamacare
- Can stay on parent's insurance until age 26
- Affordable health care (16.4 million people)
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