Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Boosting Minimum Wage...



So some workers are a little upset because they think that minimum wage is to low. They proposed that it should be raised to $7.25 an hour. That way, workers who recive this payment would rise above the poverty line. Some however think that this would hurt the economy and creating wealth, because it would increase prices and job loss. And they think the better solution is to expand the EITC; rewarding work without interfering with the market.


I don't think we should raise minimum wage after reading that article. Job loss is bad enough already, and the last thing we need higher prices on stuff like gas and food. According to George F. Will says that the main problem is that prices are to elastic and keep chainging way to much. But all in all, he says that raising minimum wage seems a little bit counterproductive.


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Friday, April 23, 2010

Could 3-D Media Lead To Sickness?

As you guys are aware, 3-D media's popularity is growing thanks to many block buster films, but can wearing those 3-D glasses cause problems for the brain? Some doctors say that to much of these might cause disorientations or, worst case scenario, seizures. Of course they say that that the percentage of people that should worry is small, and the usual side effects would be something like dizzyness.

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Sorcerer on Death Row?

A Lebanese man in Saudi Arabia is charged with sorcery and is sentenced to be beheaded. The man known as Sibet was a former TV show host, who could predict the future to give out advice to his audiance, accourding to his lawyer. Then when in Arabia he performed an Islamic religious pilrgimage known as Umra.

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US captures pirate mothership...

Today the USS Nicholas had managed to capture a pirate mothership after pirates opened fire and the warship chased after them.

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