Tax Sugar

This weeks article is about the government trying to put a tax on sugar. Many critics believe that this is being done because of the health push on America. America has been thought of in recent years as the fat child of the world. We eat the most per person, we spend the most money on food and luxuries. If you look around you can tell that America has a high percentage of overweight and obese people. But a tax on sugar? Tat is just not right. Sugar is imported from many tropical places because we use so much of it, and we grow so little of it. This tax increase on sugar would provide these countries with more money and consumers in america would be spending more to purchase the products they already buy every day. I do not think people realize how much sugar effects the economy.

The government is proposing this tax to try and make more money for its self and to build relations with smaller countries that have resources, so that we can use them to our advantage. This sugar tax is unwanted and will cause more uproar than good. The government needs to think this one through before making any decisions that would change the current flow of the economy.

Facebook, using its data for revenue?

The article of the week this week is about the ever impressive social networking site Facebook. For the few people that do not know what Facebook does, its a free site that lets users create a profile and interact with other people through messaging, statuses, games and much more. There is and will always be a huge debate over the use and importance of Facebook, but the question today is, Should Facebook be allowed to sell information to the highest bidder?

Most people would immediately take up a defensive stance against this, and why would they not, their private information is being sold to companies they know nothing about. There is honestly not a a real upside to selling except for increased profit for Facebook and better social statistics.

So if people are going to be mad about it, why do it. Answer: Profit. These companies that want to buy the information are willing to shell out more money than we could even imagine to get this information.

Facebook as a company makes a profit through advertising which has worked incredibly well for them but now with over 800 million users, they want to milk the cash cow a little faster. So we as users of this FREE site may suffer. I capitalized free because that's all this comes down to. Facebook is a free site, no one forces anyone to join, there is no cost associated with it. We are all just using this free site to our advantage and now the company is taking charge. As a free site, we do not own anything that we put on Facebook, they do. They can do with it what they feel is right and all of its users have to accept that we are just being used by a huge corporation. People can complain all they want and is it morally right to sell data, No, but does Facebook care about morals, No. So people need to suck it up and realize that they are the ones using the free site, any information they put on can be seen by the world anyway so if the company becomes power hungry, and chooses to sell information, there is nothing we can do to stop it. People have to much trust in mankind, everyone should do the right thing, but in this day and age, what is defined as right? Right for who? I'm sure Facebook thinks its right to sell their information that the people of the world have so generously put on its site.

The Republican candidates debate over moon base.

The Article of the week discussed the difficult topic of space travel and how the candidates running for the republican nomination took their stands on it. Space has always been a new frontier, a lost place that we could see, but never experience. With the advances that the scientific community has made, further research on celestial bodies such as the moon will be possible. The last time a man stepped foot on the moon, I was not even a though let alone alive. But now with the proposal of a lunar base, politicians argue whether or not its worth the time money and resources. Some say that it is worth it because America is one of the worlds great super powers, and a base on the moon would only help prove this fact to the our countries of the world. We could also gain significant knowledge about many things that we do not experience on earth.

The down side, many of the candidates say, is that our country is in debt and this would be a frivolous waste of money and resources. They believe that we need to spend the money on better things such as education and defense.

Both sides present valid points, but from my personal opinion. I think that a base on the moon would be a great scientific breakthrough. We could use it for so many things such as research, colonization and population control. And also defense. We could put missiles on it and have a better nuclear program. We all know that it will happen one day so why not sooner than later?