Democrats on Taxation

Taxation is major issue in the economic system of the United States of America. The Democratic party feel it is necessary to impose certain taxes to increase government funding and revenue. Currently, Obama has agreed to the deal presented by the Republicans to cut taxes for now in order to stabilize Congress. This also serves as a tool for Obama's next reelection. However, as part of the Democratic party, one must not forget that taxes need to be raised, and raised accordingly to each individual's income. This means that the rich obviously will get a high percentage of their income deducted, which the Republicans seem to current reject. By doing so and cutting spending by the government at the same time, we will be able to relieve part of our debt. The biggest problem is that taxation also takes a toil on the people, so it is very crucial that the Democrats conjure a very succulent tax policy that will gain the support of the people.

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Republicans

The Republican party has been stereotyped very thoroughly, especially in a democratic states, as anti-restriction, anti-taxes, and many other commonly said statements. While the Republican party indeed has some "history" of being rather hard to cooperate with, that is definitely in my viewpoint as a center-left Democrat.

Some good qualities that the Republican party do have are apparent as one. Without a doubt, the Republican party has never lacked conviction, pride, and active assertiveness in getting their ideal policies.Being too aggressive is certainly an adjective that can be attributed to their devotion. One can also argue that their social values are ones that give the most stability to the country such standing against illegal immigration.

The Republican party also has many flaws as well, if not more than it's good attributes. Some of the highly debated issues are about the Republicans wanting to withdraw from foreign policies and it's unstable standing about the economic issue. Lowering taxation is one of the points where they lack the most convincing evidence besides wanting to decrease taxation for the majority of rich republicans nationally.

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Democrats

The Democratic party is something that founded under very different ideals when compared to the Republican party. Of course, like any other political faction, the Democratic party has it's strengths and weaknesses.

One positive attribute to the Democratic party is that it stands firm for the idea of liberty. Freedom of religion, sexuality, and even abortion. In addition, the democratic party has no problem with separating "the church from state" such as in schools and without a doubt, in politics. The party as a whole also supports the idea of freedom of speech and press. Looking down upon censorship allows ideas to be challenged and an outlet for the people to rise up and share their beliefs.

On the other hand, the Democratic party still has a lot of flaws. While the party strives for more government involvement and fair taxes even for the rich, the party is sometimes being "pushed around" by the Republican party. One example of this is the new taboo word of the century conjured up by the Republicans, liberalism. Although the party still strive for health care, especially with Obama Care, most of those who call themselves Democrats do not have complete audacity and confidence to fully speak out about the need of policies such as national health care.

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New Kidney Transplant Policy

With the upcoming, newly proposed, policy discussed by Gardiner Harris in the New York Times, many medical physicians and surgeons are hoping that it will be put into action. By prioritizing better conditioned kidneys to those who are expected to live longer, many youths and even middle-aged men and women will be able to live a longer life with a better functioning transplant.

the United Network for Organ Sharing, would try to ensure that the age difference between kidney donors and recipients is no more than 15 years. 

In this manner, the older citizens of our country will still get a standard transplant but not a healthy 18-year-old kidney because they aren't expected to live longer than the 30-year-old who also needs a transplant. I believe system makes perfect sense, however there is still going to be debates. Debates that those who pay more should receive a higher grade kidney. However, this problem was also kept in mind. This new policy will stock up high-grade healthy kidneys in case there is an emergency that requires drastic measures. This plan will hopefully organize the priority list to get kidneys to new owners that actually need them for a longer period of time.

No information on our Hospitals?

Eric Nalder and Cathleen Crowley discuss in the Hearst Newspaper that even today, there are very few hospitals that are willing to release medical reports publicly. An example was a case that included a man who nearly died when he was injected with the wrong substance to cure his snoring. Although he was reprimanded after he complained with some help, the story has never been released until organizations such as Hearst revealed it to the public.

The health care industry has resisted public reporting of medical errors. It has spent more money lobbying Congress than any other industry — about $500 million a year — but it is unclear how much of that money was related to error reporting.

Although there have been cases when hospitals actually reflect and fix errors that are reported to them in order to increase their safety rank, many hospitals have fear that their reputation will drop. This pride that's keeping them from publicly releasing yearly medical reports is definitely not what people want. As consumers and customers of products from hospitals, we have the right to analyze by ourselves without the help of some crafty high-order organization.

My current Political Standing...

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Dwarfs have the cure for Diabetes and Cancer!

In an article in the Wall Street Journal, Gautam Naik describes how a small population of Ecuadoreans "dwarfs" have been studied that they possess a mutation in their body. Although this strange phenomenon stops their growth hormone, it also prevents the development of diabetic and cancerous cells.

Based on data collected over about 22 years, scientists found not a single case of diabetes and only one nonlethal case of cancer among the Laron individuals.

This is a very important find to the scientific and medical community because it provides a possible solution to curing patients induced with diabetes and/or cancer. Although earlier this year there has been a case where a man was cured of his cancer and HIV from using stem cells, only success most likely concludes that it all luck in the scientific world. However, this study of about 100 individuals proves promising in a statistical sense. Further research, mechanisms, and methods are obviously still required for this "cure" to be a viable option.

Lap-Band now available to MORE people

Brent Kendall wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal about Allergan's product Lap-Band being avaiable to more people. The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to lower the minimal age and weight index in order to qualify for this product. Lap-Band is used in eligible diabetic patients to lose weight. Although this is only a minor product of Allergan, this massive corporation expects a gain of $220 million this year because of the new regulation.

The Lap-Band is an inflatable silicone ring that is placed around the upper part of the stomach. It restricts how much a person can eat and makes one feel full more quickly.

Although this product will undoubtedly help thousands of Americans to counter and control their diabetic problem early in their life, one can not ignore the fact that the government has given another leeway to a  company, that is already making millions, to make more money. In this case, diabetes is a haunting problem especially all over America and this product has been proven to be used widely due to its success. A problem that might occur in the near future is that other health and beauty product related companies may use this as an example in order to gain favor for their demands as well.

Drugs are better than Lasers for the Eye?

Jennifer Corbett Dooren of the Wall Street Journal has recently wrote that there is a drug that has been discovered to help cure the eventual blindness of newborns. Although this drug, Avastin, is normally used to stop the tumors of cancerous cells and tissues, it can also stop the clotting of blood into the eyes that cause newborn blindness.

Dr. Mintz-Hittner estimates there are about 3,000 to 4,000 cases of retinopathy of prematurity in the U.S. each year. The numbers are increasing as more premature babies survive.

This new product has been tested to be successful and is estimated to be only around $40. On the other hand, the other method available is called Lucentis. Babies who have taken this procedure are predicted that there will be more operations in the future. There are relatively high risks such as the lost of an entire eye. However, not only does Lucentis require multiple manditory operations, but also costs around $2500 per injection. Studies have shown that Avastin requires only one procedure. While this new product may very well be in the experimental stage still, it offers a great deal for those who encounter this problem in their premature babies and are relatively poor. New biomedical appliances such as Avastin prove that although we may not have invented a new solution to many health problems out there, we are still able to apply what we do have in different ways.