Hello everyone! We’re back with another blog and we’re actually going to go back to the past and talk further about the deficit. The same deficit mentioned in my blog on National Debt. I was actually supposed to write on this topic further yesterday, but I had my hands full so today is Deficit day! So, right now during this time, the U.S, debt right now. I am not entirely sure why because we are in quarantine mode. So, we should have been at least cutting down on the spending of traveling, maybe some on schools- because no one is going to school right now, and even in the military. Even without quarantine, military spending is a lot. They should cut down because, well, the U.S. is doing amazing and high with military and supplies. That will lowermost of the debt. This all relates to the deficit a lot. If you have less money than your expenses, you should spend less. This is exactly what I’ve mentioned here. Let’s say your expenses are $600 but you only get paid $500. You should cut down on spending a lot of thongs, like buy clothes or decorative items rarely and only when you need it. Maybe start walking to work to save on gasoline. Don’t buy too many items-food items- and buy the least expensive things. These can help you save A LOT and maybe you might even have a little more money at the end. Also, if you earn less than you can spend, then maybe look for another job. Get a degree in something else and graduate so you can get a new job and earn more. That way you’ll have enough money to spend and not have to spend less. You’ll have a better life. So, I guess that’s all I have to say about this. I believe that this will actually help everyone’s lives. If people earn less than they spend, I advise them to get out there and get another degree, and do the very best they can to become better, live better, and earn better.
Tag: Economy
Life of 12 year old- Coronavirus Lockdown- Part 43
Today is the day of the Heroes Act, Cares act, and the jobless claims. Let’s start with jobless claims. A lot of the claims are from plane jobs, our tour jobs. because nobody is traveling anymore, the flight attendants, pilots, companies who supply the airplanes- build them, supply food, blankets, earphone, etc.- lose their jobs. Not to forget about airport workers, people who work at airports. These include custodians, people who sell food at the airports, people who load the luggage, people who check you onto your flight, and more. If people aren’t traveling, tourist destinations also lose workers. Tour guides, security guards- for places such as the Mona Lisa, or maybe they are still working- food vendors, etc. People are also not going to any games. Ticket sellers lose jobs. Food vendors, some people who support the teams may also lose their jobs because fewer people are paying to come to see the games. Restaurant workers also lose their jobs. If nobody is going to sit in the restaurant then what are waitresses and waiters going to do, cashiers, cleaners, chefs? Some restraints may be open, but there may be very few people working. This picture represents the number of jobless claims in the 50 U.S. states. You can see that there are a few states with 30k and Utah is the only state with up to 5 ( Per 100K).
Moving onto the Heroes and Cares act. The Heroes act is so beneficial. I had no idea about how much went into this bill. I found the full bill right here, and it is amazingly long. There are Divisions up to N, and that is in alphabetical order. So, A,B,C, etc. The different divisions are dedicated to one topic each. Ex: One division is all about Medical care, and the next is on agriculture and food. This is such a huge and amazing package, that I am sure will help thousands or hundreds of thousands of Americans. Though, there is some news about how this may not get through the Republican-controlled Senate. The act will be voted on May 25th. The Senate Republican representatives have dismissed the package as a non-starter. What does that mean? Does that mean that it won’t be helpful? Though they do not like the HEROES act, they want to release a Cares Act 2. It is very similar to the original, but, “… could see Americans sent $2,000…”. I cannot wait until the 25th. I really hope that the package is signed in approval. Then, we come to the Cares act.
So, in the Cares act, immigrants wouldn’t get the $1,200 payment that everyone else got. However, this is all changed in the Heroes act. They will get, “…receive $1,200 ( $2,400 in the case of a joint return) plus another $1,200 for every other dependant with a maximum of $3,600 and immigrants would retroactively receive the $1,200 payment they were denied under the Cares act…”. This was from this link. The same article says that there will be no changes to the original act for people who earn over $75,000. It also says that it reduces by 5% above the amount of the stimulus check. I have no clue about what they are reduced by 5%, but I think it may be about the payment- if there is some payment. Though these two packages are very different, they have been made for only one goal in mind. To help the Americans during this time. Because of the pandemic people are losing jobs. People are getting ill. They are dying. They have set aside billions or millions of dollars for specific parts to help those in need. For food, nutrition, healthcare, safety, etc. These are set for those who have lost jobs, lost money, businesses who have lost money, workers, everyone.
I feel that the government is trying their hardest with all the power they have to help us in this time of need. If they have sent out one package with almost $2 trillion dollars for us, and are trying to pass another with
more assistance and provisions then, I know they are really trying to help us no matter what.
Life of a 12 year old- Coronavirus Lockdown- Part 41
Soooo, remember what I wrote yesterday as my ending- the question? Well, it seems like I have my own answer, and I did not realize that the articles were like dirty politics. I had no idea, I am truly sorry. President Trump actually made a Cares act during this time to help the small business owners, preserves jobs for American industries and provides fast and direct economic assistance for American workers. The Cares Act is a $2 Trillion package. ( The further info is used from here) It lays out economic aid payments to U.S. citizens. According to this article. However, this act did not include provisions or made few provisions for immigrants and their families. Wait, why?? Is that because they are not citizens? But they still should get the same. What if they were an employee at a small business and were trying to support their family, and had a young child? One question. Does this act go to the small business employees as well, or just the owners? My next research question. Anyway, there is also a Heroes act. This act is a $3 trillion package meant to attack the coronavirus and the economic effects in the U.S. To be very honest and very clear, I have very little knowledge and facts on this act, as well as many. This one is the most recent and is one of the things that are trying to help us during the pandemic, so I should know at least 2x as much as I know right now about this. By the way, as a side note, it is 6:39 P.M. so I really need to work faster. I admit I am not the best typer in the world for a middle-schooler. I may have to cut some thoughts and stuff short, making this sound pretty mediocre and half-written so, apologies for that. I’m going to continue on this tomorrow when I have actually a better planned out schedule.
Ok, so today I have a new addition to my overly excited garden. An Avacado plant. Technically, an Avacado seed hanging in the water and supported by three toothpicks. My cucumber and okra plants have started sprouting. Yaaay!!!!!!!! My strawberry will take some time though, as well as my watermelon. No sign of growing from my bell peppers and beans, or the mangoes, though that will takes years. Next, we picked up my stuff from school. Sooo much stuff!!! It is still in Mumma’s car, just in case, and we will open the bag tomorrow. Hopefully, all my stuff is there, including my awards and stuff. I am so excited!! MS Orchestra Audition results come out tomorrow!!!!! Tomorrow, I’ll know if I got into Chamber or not. I mean, it’s fine if I’m not. I’ll just know that I needed to work on a few things and that will get me well prepared and better for the next audition. What else??????????????? Oh, dad sent this blog site to me. It’s his friend’s daughter’s site, and it’s pretty cool. Her site is well structured, and her thoughts are more simple yet strong and persuasive. I think you should read the posts. Here’s the link. I enjoyed reading her posts and how much care and determination she has to make sure people stay safe and healthy during COVID-19!
Life of 12 year old- Coronavirus lockdown- Part 40
Headlines of an opinionated article written on, TheWashingtonPost. Written by Mr. Paul Waldman, this article describes Mr. Waldman’s thoughts on how little President Trump is and how small his presidency is as well. Mr. Waldman says, ” …faced with a death toll from COVID-19 of 90,000 Americans and counting, Trump has pretty much decided that he’s done all he can and managing the pandemic will have to be left to somebody else…” To back up his thoughts, Mr. Waldman explained that Mr. President had said to Reuters, a news organization company, in April 2017, a few months into his presidency, “… I loved my previous life. I had so many things going on. This is more work than in my previous life. I thought this would be easier…” Mr. Wladman talks about how President trump must have sawn the public parts of being a President on TV and assumed that being the leader of the United States government, the, “…largest organization on Planet Earth- dealing with foreign and domestic policy, confronting natural and man-made disasters, trying to solve short- and long-term problems…”, would be easy. Here’s my question about this. If President Trump really thought this was harder than his previous life, and actually stated this to a news organization, then why does he want to run again for the presidency? Maybe he changed his mind and wanted to do this again, run the country again. I mean, that’s fine. But a president needs to know well. ( Sorry Mr. President, I didn’t know the right word.) Another news article –> What our leaders can do now. If you remember, in part 10 I wrote about a blog from Mr. Bill Gates. This is the blog. Now, if you remember, I mentioned/ Mr. Gates talked about hydroxychloroquine, which is a drug that can treat and prevent malaria, as well as treat lupus and arthritis. Mr. Gates wrote that people started hoarding the drug and made it difficult for lupus patients who need it to survive, find it. He mentioned this drug when talking about not stoking rumors. It was said that this was approved as an emergency treatment. I think that we shouldn’t be taking this drug. It is only meant to be used for lupus, arthritis, and malaria. Yes, it may be approved, but you shouldn’t. More people may die because of not having the drug- those who actually need it- rather than Corona. ( Though a lot more people would be sick from Corona.) Just announced recently that Mr. Presidnet has been taking this drug, has caused many stories to inch forward on this topic. From Fox News, President Trump defends the drug. Not only does he defend it, but he also hits back at the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi saying that she is a waste of time, a sick woman, and has a lot of mental problems after she stated, “Trump shouldn’t take the unproven drug, especially given his age and weight…” Ok, both of them went too far, Mr. Presidnet went a bit more. Yes, Ms. Pelosi was giving a point on how the President should not have been taking the drug, but maybe she shouldn’t have added anything about his weight and age. I’m not sure in what way she was trying to say this. I understand that after this being said, Mr. President would be upset about someone talking about him like that, but he went too far. Calling someone sick, other than in a slang way and if that person is ill, is not very nice or appropriate. As well as saying they have mental problems. Maybe he was just upset, but still, it was not very appropriate to say. Mr. president defends the drug saying that it gives an additional safety level. First, it is not proven that it is. Second, you shouldn’t take anything that is not meant to be used. Meaning, you shouldn’t take the hydroxychloroquine drug because it is more important for people who really need it, with lupus, and without consent. ( Now I sound like I’m repeating myself) President Trump should have asked his doctor or someone is the scientific or medical field or at least someone who knows and studies medicine and vaccines about taking this drug. I now understand, why Mr. Waldman wrote about Mr. President’s presidency. Mr. President took a drug that is unproven, which he believes is an additional safety level, and is meant for people who have lupus and need it to survive; and people have been hoarding it, making it difficult for the lupus patients to find. This may be leading to some deaths- I am not very sure if it is, and Mr. President isn’t making enough decisions or maybe the best ones to help us during the pandemic. We have over 1 million cases, and though we have the most number of tests, it isn’t the best. Thousand of Americans are dying and hospital staff and researches are trying their hardest to get the virus under control. The real question is, What is President Trump doing for our country during this pandemic?
Life of 12 year old- Coronavirus Lockdown- Part 39
Ok, so this is my update from the last two days I didn’t write. Today is currently Monday, May 18, 2020. On Saturday, I finally posted my audition recording with the help of my private lesson teacher, and it sounded incredible!!!!!!! Now, I have to wait until the 22nd for my results. I really hope I get into Chamber!! Today, we went to Kroger and Mumma’s center. She will now be doing only one student at a table, which are all 6 feet apart, and only a few at a time. At Kroger, we went shopping and I went shopping for the first time in a very long time. To be very honest, I don’t know how to wear a mask. seriously, I don’t. I have trouble making sure it covers my nose and mouth, and it’s a bit uncomfortable. anyway, it’s been a fun day today. We reviewed Marathi, which was fun because exams and Shala are over. I filled out my survey, my very last HW assignment for this year, so I am officially finished with the Medlin 2019-2020 school year. I have decided to make my own fruit and vegetable garden. It will benefit us so we can have our own fresh-food so we don’t have to wait and buy them. My okras started sprouting wildly, cucumbers are bursting a bit, and my pineapple is now it’s water cup, slowly growing its roots. My Strawberries are still growing, no sign of growing yet, so I have to wait, and I have also planted some Sweet Bell peppers and beans today. Ok, moving on. The topic I was supposed to write on Thursday and Friday is on the many many job losses in the U.S. I did not get to do that, so I guess this is my topic for today.
So, according to this chart below, most job losses were in the ending week of March 28. I tried researching what happened that week, and I have only found these few things. Gov. Abbot launched 5-minute tests, March 28th was Italy’s deadliest day with 900 deaths, and President Trump was considering short-term quarantine. I honestly don’t remember what happened that week. How can the filing for jobless claims be that high and almost reaching 7M in maybe 2 weeks? After that, there were fewer and fewer. Did we get more cases that week? I don’t know. I really don’t remember. All I can say is that I understand how the people who lost their jobs feel. Earlier in the 2019 year, my dad lost his job- before Coronavirus. I know how they are different, but also the same. It was hard, hearing that. Hearing that you will no longer be paid, you are not working for this job. But then again, the jobless now are still working, until Corona is over, then they can still work their job and earn like they used to. Still, it was hard. Incredibly hard. We had hope, I knew that my dad could get a job, and he did. It’ll change. Hopefully and hopefully soon the doctors will crack the coded for the vaccine and it will work. Those who are disease will be cured, and they will get better. We will slowly get back to our regular lifestyles, go to school, work, interaction, late shopping when you realize that you forgot to buy the milk, and more. Now, I have got to go. It is already 6:36, and dad just created y new schedule for me. It is my last week of school, next week is summer, and I have a new schedule. Yaaay. Soo fun. I know you are reading this dad. I’ve said it. You know it. It’s done. Your only answer is, Sure. Ugh, now after this is over I have to play a chess match with dad. I know how to play chess, but I don’t like to. I will write more on this tomorrow when I am less in a mood and actually feel like writing.
Life of 12 year old- Coronavirus Lockdown- Part 37
May 12th, 2020:
Well, today isn’t much like yesterday. More just about the news. Not very exciting. One article, in particular, is interesting. It says, ” Fauci enters Quarantine as the US Coronavirus death toll nears 80,000.” Well, after reading a few lines of this, I thought that they were saying that Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, tested positive. That would be very bad. Incredibly bad. Not that it isn’t bad already, but it would be bad. I’m not entirely sure about what he is doing to stop corona, but I have a guess that he is taking the data from the vaccine tests and results to find out a cure or studying the disease further. He will be quarantined for 2 weeks. I’ll post the link at the bottom. I wonder what he will be doing. Actually, I wonder what everyone else is doing, at the White House and such. There are hundreds of people who work at the White house. I wonder what everyone is doing at this time. Do they still go to work, or are they at home like everyone else? Do the Senior Staff still meet with the President every morning? What is the President doing? Is his work slowing down? Is he having fewer briefings in the Situation Room? Does the Press Secretary still brief the press? So many questions. I also want to know where Dr. Fauci works. I mean, he’s mentioned/ shown a lot with President Trump and with the White House. Does he work in the White House, or does he have his own office at the Capitol, or somewhere else? are there more people like Dr. Fauci in the US, or anywhere else. Well, duh, but like what he does. Around the world are there people like him? Are the White House workers tested more if they go to work? How often is the President tested? Who tests the citizens, like are there designated people in each state, or something else? Also, how extreme is quarantine versus staying at home. I can list some reasons, but how extreme?
I know that Quarantined people can not go outside and come in direct contact with others. I don’t really do that, I stay at home and go out only for exercise. My parents go out for groceries and shopping every once in a while. I guess that’s also restricted. Who delivers the groceries for the quarantined people? Like there is at Walmart, do they order online from stores for delivery at home? Ahh! So many questions! Maybe after this is all over I can write a letter to the President/ White House and ask them. Ooh, that will be nice. I can finally get some real answers that the strange ones that Google gives me that are unrelated to my question. That sounds like a good plan. I should really start wrapping this up, so to end I’ll just brief you with some of the cool things I’ve decided to do. Probably the tiniest bit mediocre, but I really need a good closing. Well, today I have decided to start learning Latin on Duolingo. this will be as well as Japanese and Marathi. I’ve learned/ started to learn two Asian languages, so I want to learn an old language. An originating language. There’s a lot of different things than our present-day language. ( English) I’ve already started learning some and here’s what I’ve learned. Girl means Puella. Boy means Puer. Man means Vir. Woman means Femina. ” Ego sum Femina,” means, I am a woman. I’m pretty excited to get further at learning this. Anyway, I just got commented by dad a few seconds ago about how good my last blog was. Wow. He’sd just being too nice. something’s wrong with him today. Hmmm, I should “investigate” this further. Bye. Bye, my only friend at home. My lonely swarmed thought written blog. Bye. I’ll write again tomorrow. And Thursday. And maybe for at least another 3 months. Bye.
Life of 12 year old- Cornavirus lockdown- Part 22
April 20, 2020:
Let’s talk about reopening the economy. To reopen, they mean, opening up small businesses again, restaurants, airports, etc. As I said in the last post, President Trump is giving the decision to open each states’ economy to the Governors. I know for certain that New York will take longer to open, most likely longer than a month, I think. From Fox News, they say North Dakota is looking to open up before New York. I think everyone is, to be honest, and I think it is a good idea, by looking at their numbers. They have 627 total cases, 42 new ones today and 3 new deaths. Those numbers aren’t that good, 627, but they have fewer cases and deaths. They will definitely open up. A lot of the states are opening up the economy at this point. Around April 22-30 and May. Same with self-quarantines and stay-at-home orders, which will be ended around those times. Some states don’t feel that ready, and they, like the Governor of Indiana, are opening up in early May or sometime later. Here’s what I think.
I think we should re-open the economy in the states which have fewer cases ( not that few) such as ND or Wyoming. New York will stay closed until the numbers will go down. Until then, nope. Those states who are re-opening will keep testing, just in case. If the numbers are higher and there are more cases, then that state will shut down the economy once again. Their economy will stay shut, and possibly have a few more self-quarantine and stay-at-home lockdowns. The states that are doing better, and don’t have that many cases, will keep it going. The cycle will continue. Eventually, NY will have fewer cases, so they can start to re-open, and then we will issue the plan there like we did for the other states. Not only NY but also NJ, California, Massachusets, and a lot more. We will repeatedly, keep testing. just because we are re-opening the economy and letting go of lockdowns doesn’t mean doctors should take it easy, or anyone in fact. Keep doing what you were doing while in lockdown, and continue testing. Corona isn’t taking a break, neither should we. There also is another thing. Some people still aren’t taking this seriously. A few days ago my parents were commenting on a family who was walking at Walmart and had no gloves or mask on. They had a small child, about 5 or maybe 6 and she was running down the aisle and back. The dad was pushing the cart and the mom was eating something. Just, just, WHY? Why are you even taking a small child unprotected without any mask to Walmart, and why are yi=ou even taking her in the first place? Plus, why did the two of them have to go? Can’t one stay in the car with their child, or one not go at all? This is what makes the decision more difficult. If this keeps happening, then how can they re-open the economy. Yet, re-opening the economy will help a lot, and be one step closer to “recovering.” These were my thoughts on re-opening the economy and what we should so. I hope good things come soon, and re-opening the economy will make a better impact.
Life of 11 year old- Coronavirus lockdown – Part 14
April 8, 2020:
This blog post will be really short because I have a lot to do and I need to write this s, let’s start with numbers. OK, so there are 1,504,665 total coronavirus cases in the world. The US has 425,469 cases. There are 1,749 new deaths today. I’m not sure but I think that the number of deaths is only staying in the mid 1,000-2,000 range. Not exactly good, but still. They’re not big ones like 5,000. My dad was reading this article and it talks about how Bill Gates is making 7 new factories for the 7 companies working on a vaccine for COVID. He knows only one or two will be successful and will destroy them at the end. I’ll tell you more about it tomorrow when I actually read the article. Hehe. China has peaked in like February and now they are doing so much better. I feel like the US will ( not hopefully because it will peak and deaths will be larger) peak soon so the numbers can go down. I just wish they can peak with fewer numbers. I was talking about this to my dad and I said that Earth is a mom, well no other reason Earth is Mother Nature. I explained that people take Earth for granted like chopping down her hair, trees, and littering and altering her skin, grass and dirt. This is Earth’s way of saying, “I have let you build your civilization nad home and life on me and I have expected kindness and respect for the one planet who could create life and let it breed out of your solar system. You think you can take me for granted??? I can create this one small thing that is not living at all and can tear down everything you have accomplished and built. I am still in charge here and you will remember that.” ( Maybe not as mean as it may sound in another perspective.)
Today I am actually missing going out to restaurants for the first time. I like home-cooked meals but now I really, really, REALLY want a Bubble tea right now. They are soooo good, and we only have white tapioca pearls, not black, and don’t have some of the ingredients for making the milk tea. I love original Bubble tea, milk tea with boba and it is the best. I am craving one so bad right now. I have almost finished my Marathi HW and finished my Kumon. I have passed math for this week, and am waiting for my other grades. My parents got me a surprise for my Birthday, which I found out today. It was, BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!11 Too bad I can only read them on my Birthday. AWWWWWWWWW. At least I get new books. YAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!