Does the United States need more tanks?

This could cause some problems if we have incorporate this tanks, because we would be spending an extra half billion tax payer dollars on the tanks. Experts are also saying that these tanks aren't actually worth building. Even the army's chief of staff says that if they had their own choice they would be using this money in a different way. The reason that congress is pushing for these tanks to be built is so that we can keep up all the jobs in the congressional area where the tanks are being built. This probably won't happen because the army is pushing for it not to happen. If the army didn't say anything we would probably have spent $500 million dollars on things that aren't going to make an impact on our country's freedom.

http://news.yahoo.com/army-says-no-more-tanks-congress-insists-115422396.html

Is more surveillance necessary?

Recently there were bombings near the area of the finish line of the Boston Marathon. After a 102 hour search for the suspects many people have been saying that there needs to be more cameras in public places in order to catch felons. They ended up finding the suspects using surveillance cameras, there are already of number of conspiracy theories on this, some more believable than others. Bigger cities have a larger number of cameras, but Boston only has about 300 cameras throughout the city, which seems extremely low seeing as Chicago has around 10,000. I personally feel that there does need to be more cameras around, they are very helpful in solving crimes whether they be large or small the cameras can help.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/20/17830619-lawmakers-want-more-surveillance-on-the-ground-and-in-the-sky?lite

Antartic ice problems

Antarctica's ice is melting at a fairly alarming rate, actually it is at its highest rate in 1,000 years! The ice has been melting more intensely over the last 50 years, that is compared to the last 600 years. Australian and British scientist are the ones that have discovered that the temperatures are getting pretty large and might cause problems. temperatures have been increasing at a rates of 1.6 degrees Celsius for the last 600 years. The ice might start melting amazingly fast if the temperature increases, the only place that will still have ice in a few years will be Wisconsin.  

http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-antarctic-ice-melting-faster-064418343.html

Cyprus banking crisis

Recently in Europe there has been a huge banking crisis in Cyprus that is causing a major uproar from Mr. Putin. He is mad because Russia has billions of dollars put into different places in Europe, and a lot in Cyprus's banks. Some of the European leaders decided to raid the Cyprus bank accounts and steal money to try to keep them afloat. This commotion is most likely going to make some countries stop using the Euro as their currency and people are going to begin investing their money in Asia and U.S. stock markets, because their money isn't safe in Europe right now. Putin also has so much control in Europe that if he wanted to he could shut the whole continent down because Russia's money is making everything run. Europe is going to have some big things to talk about in the coming months.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/33967/cyprus-bank-crisis-is-europe-s-poison-pill-going-to-cause-a-rush-for-the-dollar

Brittney Griner is invited to the NBA

Brittney Griner has obviously proved herself to be NBA worthy. She has averaged 22 points per game throughout her college career, that's pretty high she is averages about 9 rebounds per game. With her size Griner is a beast on the court and something that most NBA men would have trouble guarding. Griner led her team to a NCAA tournament trophy in 2012. The last 2 years she has also earned 1st team AP All-American all-star. The only downfall that I could see with her going to the NBA would be that it is a pretty physical game out there, and in the Louisville vs. Baylor game, Griner took a beating and couldn't put the team on her back. Griner also has taken a lot of low blows when it comes to social media, this mostl likely won't help it, but Griner doesn't seem to care too much about what people think. There have been reports that she has talked to multiple NBA teams, including the Buck, and will be attending a training camps. I give her 10 points a game with a solid 7 boards a game this season. Could this be the door women have been looking for?

Housing prices are rising

Since 2006 housing prices have been raised a lot. Something is actually coming out of our recession, maybe we can find a way to get out of debt before North Korea decides to nuke is. Many different states are seeing their housing markets go up. In the last 12 months the average price has gone up about 8%, Phoenix has gone up over 20%! Prices in 11 of the 20 monitored cites rose. The prices are still pretty low compared to what they were in 2006, 29% to be correct. With the pretty steady increase we have been seeing there is a good chance that we can make a come back, USA!

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505145_162-57576298/home-prices-rise-8.1-percent-most-since-mid-2006/

Will their be an increase in minimum wage?

A democratic senator from Iowa wants to raise minimum wage to $10.10, that's from $7.25. This would bring in about $6,000 a year. More than 70% of all Americans would like to make this happen. The main things holding this back is that the republican party is most likely not going to go for this. Most of the people working for minimum wage haven't graduated from high school, and about half are 25 and older. So I propose this question, is the problem really the money that they are making or is it that the people not making good choices at a younger age? Either way I believe that increasing the minimum wage is not going to help in the long run.

http://inplainsight.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/18/17325972-looking-for-a-big-increase-in-the-minimum-wage-dont-bank-on-it?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=1