The Wealth Distribution In America

Came across and amazing and informative video while researching my senior project; this video did a very good job at making the wealth distributions of this country completely graphic and easy to understand. I was completely baffled at what this man had to say about the wealth inequalities in this country; however, his statistics are all completely sound. I highly recommend spending the 7 minutes it takes to watch this video. It is worth the time and it makes one think about what is necessarily fair. One can watch the video by clicking here.

Google Glass Incident

1. A few months ago, Cecilia Abadie, a computer technician , got a citation for allegedly "using" a google glass while driving. She claimed that the google glass only turned on when she looked up at the officer.  At first the officer was suspicious of Abadie driving 80 mph on a 65 mph freeway. But the officer then saw she was wearing a google glass and decided to give her a citation for people who  are driving and watching a video at the same time.

Her case touched several hot-button issues that includes distracted driving, wearable technology that will someday become mainstream , and  how laws often lag technological development.

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The New American Center

Very relevant to the class discussion today, this article, which can be accessed here, reveals that the constant idea of great division in this country apparent through the 80s to now of 40% on the left 40% on the right and 20% in the middle is fundamentally incorrect. The recent survey reveals 21% on the left 28% on the right and 51% in the middle which is now being referred to as the new american center. They poll as mostly libertarian at 54% for the main idea of that the government should not legislate how people behave in their personal lives also they are war-weary polling at 76% in agreement along the lines of the US should no longer be the world's policeman; an isolationist streak within America. Lastly 59% strongly support higher taxes on people that rake in more than one million dollars a year but are also anti-regulation, they don't want government getting in the way of oil drilling, and against affirmative action, showing a conservative streak also; they are simply a meritocracy.