Daily Archives: April 15, 2013

Everyone in America Needs to watch this video

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I don’t care if you read this blog or not, just watch the video. If you have done that, my goal is accomplished.

Everyone at some time or another has heard about the issue of wealth inequality in America. Constantly inn the news, in the papers, on the internet, the issue of equality in America floods our everyday lives. However, people still neglect to see the large issue at hand. People are too concerned about remaining loyal to their political parties and always skeptical about the data presented by the conflicting party because their data HAS to be skewed in some way. We need to find some way to address the inequality issue with unarguable facts separate from a distinct political part. Well my friends, we just did…

This 6 minute video emphasizes the ideal wealth distribution and the reality. With distinct graphs, images and video motions, this video presents FACTS. It puts into perspective how the wealth is really divided.  It shows that the top 1% has more of the country’s wealth that 9 out 10 people believe the top 20% should have in three different ways.  Facts like these are astounding and people need to see this. If people can see this video, they can see the problem with our current system. People do not understand the extent of the wealth distribution in America. Yes people have a ten minute debate at the dinner table, but they still have neglect to see the facts and only worry about winning the arguement. They need facts.  Watching this video  can reveal important details to everyone. Everyone needs to see this video because it shows the distribution of wealth in american in an easy to comprehend way.

“Are You Kidding Me? Lines

“The top 1% has more of the America’s wealth than 9 out 10 people believe the entire top 20% should have.”

“The Top 40% barely have any of the wealth… It’s hard to even see them on the chart”

“The Middle Class is barely distinguishable from the poor”

“The top 1%’s money stack stretches 10 times higher than we can show.”

“1% of America has 40% of allthe nation’s wealth”

“The bottom 80% only has 7% of the Nation’s wealth”

“Top 1% income has nearly tripled in the last thirty years”

“The 1% holds half the countries stocks, bonds and mutual funds”

“Do you really believe the CEO is working 380 times harder than their average earner in their company?”

“The average worker needs to work a month to earn what the average CEO makes in an hour”

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A small way to help

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It’s the little things that can help.

Over Christmas break I was at LaGuardia airport with my family.  While I was waiting to board, I decided I would use the restroom.  After washing my hands in the bathroom, I was surprised that there were no paper towels to dry my hands.  After searching the bathroom for some time, I finally discovered this machine:

I hesitantly put my hands inside and was shocked; it completely dried my hands in less than 10 seconds.  Even better, I didn’t waste paper, I didn’t spread germs (its automatic, so you never actually make contact with it), and best of all uses less energy than older hand dryer models.

My proposal to help the world is to add these hand driers in all the bathrooms at Bucknell.  Although they are a more expensive option, these would eliminate paper towels in all the bathrooms and therefore put an end to wasting paper.  Furthermore, these hand dryers are an upgrade from the previous ones that typically take longer and do not dry your hands completely.  Most bathrooms offer paper towels and the older model hand dryers so people can choose which ever they prefer, but with these new hand dryers people won’t have to make a choice.  It dries your hands almost instantly, you don’t spread germs, and there is no trash to clean.  I believe if we make this small adjustment, we would be helping the environment in a small but effective way.