Obama is NOT Magic, and A Dream of a Better Bailout

I hope that all of you who are reading this are smart enough to realize one simple thing. Obama is not magical. He will not magically cure the economy, end the war, or fix any of the problems we have. However wonderful he is, he is not this country’s messiah. Worst of all, his bailout plan will not work. Its going to be another trillion dollars added to the nation’s debt.

I have a plan though. I doubt its feasible, but I’ve been thinking about it for a while, and this will work better than the proposed one. I think… First lets examine the main problem behind most of the proposed bailouts that we will see in the future. The main problem with them is that they rely on the assumption that people will be going out and spending the money that they’re getting. Will this happen? Let’s put ourselves in the shoes of lower America, the ones who have the worst of this crisis. “I’ve just lost a large amount of money. The government is giving me money. Whatever will I do? Invest in something? Buy lots of stuff? Hell no. I’m going to save the money so that I have something to depend on when this happens again.”

How can this be fixed? The thing is, there is no way the government can do it without losing money. It’s simply the amount of money lost that matters. There are two groups of people that need help the most right now, small business owners and the unemployed. Giving out money to buy stuff seems to help the unemployed, but small business owners are still plagued with difficulties. My solution? Give them a tax break! How? I'm so glad you asked.

Give out, instead of checks, bills. Government guaranteed money that can be spent at stores that are classified (by tax bracket) as small businesses. SBO’s can put up signs advertising that they take those bills. When tax season comes around, SBO’s can use those bills to pay their taxes. The thing is that these bills must be inexchangeable for cash, only goods and services provided by SBOs. This way, the government gets the vast majority of the money that they gave out back, small businesses get a consumer surge, and people are forced to spend. Unless they really are idiots.

What do you guys think?

I Swerved, It Was All in My Head!

A Note to anyone who got tagged on FB. Or anyone here for that matter. I rarely update my blog. Usually if i see a show or movie or something. If I tagged you, or directed you here, it's because I care about your opinion, or at least, I think that you're cool.

This was a great concert, and it was really fun to be there. I got to see a bunch of new South bands, and listened to some great music. Here’s the review:

North Station/Zach Hausle and the Dangling Modifiers:
I wasn’t completely happy with them. They started out with a rap/rock song after the intro, which didn't really work, at least for me. The solo songs were great musically, but it was a bit hard to hear Zach sing because of the position of the mic. I loved when they did their other songs at the end. I suggest they just stick to the rock. Very good sound.

SuperFluid:
This time I will give a legitimate review of them. They were really good, and I definitely didn’t feel that they stole the show this time. We got a mosh pit going eventually, and it was really fun. They didn’t play any new songs though. Still loved their set.

Pajammin’:
I liked their music a lot. Did a couple covers and some original material. Kinda ska sound, but it wasn’t too chill, and wasn’t too hyper. A nice follow up for SuperFluid. It was unfortunate that they were having mic problems. Good for my first time seeing them.

Downtown Collective:
I really really liked them this time. They were much less chill, playing faster music, someone commented on their ska-ness. They were a lot better. They played their two signature songs, and did their thing. I still stand by my opinion that, although they are great musicians, I'm not really there for their sound usually.

Band St. Cool:
They were great as usual. Slightly more chill than they usually are at shows, but I was much more in the mood for it this time around. I really liked the new Bel-Air cover they did, and some of their songs which I didn’t like at earlier shows are starting to grow on me. I really want to get an album by them now.

Last Train Out:
I’ve decided not to review these guys because of some things that happened at the show.

Sometimes Why:
As Will’s mic was working, I loved them. Great end, even though Cowboy Will got cut short. I can’t wait to see them perform again. Not much to say because the set was so short, but thankfully they played.

All in all, I had fun, and it seemed like most of the other people did too. Great start to the new year. 09!