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Model United Nations has provided me with an abundance of information that i can carry into many field of work, i have used the very same insight and ideals that i gained from debating issues into analyzing economics, access to hospitals, and the endless cycle that we follow in America. These are not issues that only pertain to Americans, but also have to do with many individuals, we look at these issues and realize that there was more that had to be done. With Model United Nations i learned that something can be done.

These are articles that i had to analyze and connect to the united states today.

“Where’s the bank bailout money?”
updated 8:02 a.m. EST, Tue December 23, 2008

The most well know banks in America, had to bailed out, using federal funds. The real question of the article is where the money is going. For the fact that most of the banks involved like Citigroup, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo have stated they cannot let out sufficient information because they are still waiting on the results of their fourth quarter. Yet it is also focusing on the “stimulation of our economy”, but the results are not being seen. It is been brought to question the amount of freedom these companies are given with the federal funds. So they question why the people weren’t responsible for the crisis on Wall Street brought to court. Overall it seems that many financial planners believe congress needs to hold more control and have more restriction on the money they give to the banks. In one hand the banks are trying to ensure the value of their customer’s loans, while the government’s wants stabilize the economy.
The stabilization and ground work of our economy can truly be connected to the state of our banks today. The institution of the first national bank was meant as a structure for the regulation of federal funds, taxes, and other means of cash flow. But it was anything but structured; it was completely disorganized, like the bailout money that was given to the banks today. The money was given with no rules or regulations to follow, therefore where the money went was all left in the hands of the bank. Much like the people who ran the first national bank, it was only the wealthy that had the means to be a part of it, so they maintain most of the control. It is very similar to the way the banks are using the federal resources to maintain the value of their most important loans. Instead of doing what they set out to do, stabilize the economy, their doing what they think is right not necessarily for the nation, but for their customers. Like the first national bank the banks today represent a flawed system that is not working towards the stabilization of the government’s economy. The national bank and the bailout plan are two ideas still developing, with good intentions to help the nation’s economy as a whole.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/22/bailout.accountability/index.html


“Hospitals Hit Hard By Recession”
Monday, December 29, 2008 –updated: 6:43 am PST December 29, 2008

The hospitals all around the country, especially in rural areas are suffering with the recession. It has to do with their access to supplies, workers and patients. Some hospitals have had to put a “freeze” on hiring and salaries, in places like Cleveland clinic in Ohio. They have had to find any means to make cuts in spending, especially when it comes to their own employees. Many hospitals have had to borrow more while losing investments and it has not been helped by the employment rate, that has plummeted, which makes the amount of patients who can actually pay their bills dwindle with time. Many investors are not finding the hope in financing these hospitals because their status, which many have changed from “stable” to ‘negative”. All do to the recession, and the rate of people who are not capable of paying their bills.
The article in question makes a deep connection to the tariffs placed on the south after the war, it created great difficulty and tension between the north and the south. The same has happened with investors and hospital officials, they are so dependent on the economy to maintain their business that they are suffering by the circumstance in which are economy is in. They have lost their ability to hire as many doctors and nurses, therefore leading to a depletion in healthcare, and the well being of the American common people because this is mainly affecting rural areas right now. This can relate to the south because they had lost their ability to grow as many crops as they could, since they depend on foreign resources to grow their goods. In turn the economy was affecting the south, which was considered the rural; common people, and therefore their short comings can also affect many other Americans because they are such a large group and entity. This is why both of these events had to be discussed and dealt with because both have the significance of affecting a larger group of people, and creating great devastation for the United States.

http://www.ktvu.com/money/18373537/detail.html?taf=fran


Gilded Age: Making a comeback?

updated 4:23 p.m. EST, Sun December 28, 2008
“Panel investigating Blagojevich won't subpoena Obama advisers” is a through article contemplating whether or not these government representatives should be subpoena. It gives the frame work of Rob Blagojevich’s actions, and how he attempted to sell Barack Obama’s senate seat. This is completely illegal, and that was why he was brought in with the charge of “Facing federal corruption charges”, that was not the only thing he tried to do. There was not only Blagojevich but many other government representatives that were brought to question, concerning the situation and how others may be doing the same. It represents a flaw in our government that has yet to be dealt with, and can have a greater impact on the people. It is the main focus of the government because they do not know whether just to charge Blagojevich or others as well who may have been involve. It represented how Blagojevich was trying to gain, while playing with the notion of our government representatives, which could have had serious consequences on the state of our government.

Rod Blagojevich is only showing the corruption within our government, and how the system has its own flaws. That even today government officials are trying to sell a senate seat, for a quick "buck". As if the people could not be any more concern with their government, and with the new found hope of president Barrack Obama, we see a startling twist, and reversion to a time of chaos and confusion. Where politicians paid their way into senate seats, and won the people over with their conniving charm. The gilded age is the very time in question, where people like Tweed, flourished in the trickery of it all. There did their deals in secrecy, so that they may get the most benefit. But just when we thought those days were gone, we see Blagojevich trying to sell a senate seat, but doing it without remorse or embarrassment. But the real question is why is it only being brought to the people’s and governments attention now? When there have been many witnesses which say it has been going on for some time. It is much like the gilded age of America because everything seemed to be sugar coated until the truth was revealed. Until the government felt they had enough reason to go in and take action. The very charge was “Facing federal corruption charges”, which is what our government once was, corrupt. The very definition of corruption is dishonesty for personal gain; politicians during the gilded age only cared about the money. The elections were controlled by people like Tweed, who were involved in the very affairs of the people. And this is what our government was in danger of having one person manipulate who our government representatives will be. For the fact that would mean the people will have no voice and therefore the extinction of our democracy. The two points in American history, both now and in the late 19th century, represent the evolution and progression of our government. Where they no longer condone political corruption, for they are actions that affect all the people of the United States.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/28/blagojevich/index.html?iref=werecommend