Economics is my college major and a topic that I still like to think about and especially include in my political discussions. My approach is to take facts and logically analyze them to conclusions in order to prove my point. I expect those that respond to me to do the same or I notify them that I accept their obvious concession of defeat if they don't take that approach. Let's get started on the issue of disparity between Black and White household income levels and its main cause. Who knows the percentage of married households with children that live in poverty? Answer 10%. Now, what is the percentage of single parent households with children that live in poverty? Answer, an astronomical 50% or five times greater than married households with children!! Easy to understand - two potential income earners and two potential baby sitters have a lot more potential for earning income than a single income earner and babysitter. In politics, we often hear about the discrepancy in income between Whites and Blacks. What we don't hear is the critically important fact that 3 out of 4 Black children are born to SINGLE parent households while 3 out of 4 White children are born to MARRIED parents households. This stark difference between Blacks and Whites accounts for the majority of the income difference between Black and White households. Also the children of single parent households, on average, have much lower educational achievements and much higher criminal activity. Fathers in the household are very meaningful to a child's development, especially boys. Most single parent households don't have fathers. Government can never fix this free choice of citizens to have children without being married (yes, some single parent households were the result of death or divorce, but the majority of new births into single parent households were the result of personal choices made). If Blacks want to achieve the financial success of Whites, then they need to reverse course and not have children until they are married (go back to 1964 before the massive Great Society Welfare programs were introduced and 3 out of 4 Black births were to married parent households - Welfare has destroyed what had been the strong Black family married parents unit). Otherwise, stop your complaining about your low income situation. It's your own fault!! Both political parties need to incorporate this knowledge into their thinking and their legislation activities.
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Election Fraud and How to Minimize It Through New Constitutional Amendments
There is always some level of voter fraud in each election. Some say it is very small and insignificant; some say it is significant. Without voter ID required to vote in all states, plus other issues, it is currently impossible to measure voter fraud accurately. That must change to insure election integrity in the future.
To accomplish that, pass each of these new Constitutional Amendments separately (because packaging them all together in one Amendment makes it harder to pass due to potentially one change with less support):
Each ballot has a unique national bar code to make it easier to check for duplicate vote counts of the same ballot, with such checks being a national requirement.
All paper ballots, no computers. Paper ballots must be counted by non-computer machines that read and record the unique bar codes of each ballot, giving a count and a printout of each ballot cast. After each 1,000 local votes counted or when finished if less than 1,000 ballots, then 10 paper ballots must be retrieved manually and randomly by each poll watcher and checked against the machine results. If even one discrepancy occurs, those votes must be recounted manually in front of the poll watchers.
All voter registration cards will be required to have a unique, national identification number and must be shown at the time of the vote.
Voter government photo ID required to vote that must be checked against the unique voter ID card by election officials.
National check, using the unique voter ballots and the unique voter registration cards of all states and territories to make sure that no voter votes more than once. No state certifications of the vote are allowable without this check at all local levels.
All local voter rolls must be continuously verified to eliminate voters who have moved, or have died. Use state driver's licenses and Social Security death notices to help make this accurate.
No mail in ballots allowed except in the case of military personnel. Wherever mail in ballots are allowed they must be postmarked at least 14 days prior to election day, Otherwise, they will not be counted.
A representative from each major political party must witness the vote and the vote count at each local election place. If for any reason, that doesn't occur for the entire time of the vote and the vote count, then all votes will be impounded and recounted in front of a panel of at least three judges, who when over, must unanimously approve the vote.
Anyone found guilty of intentional voter fraud whether by a voter or vote counter will be executed – No exceptions.