Remember Blackberrys?

What was the name of that phone that did everything that everyone wanted years ago before the Droid and the iPhone came out? Oh yeah thats the name, Blackberrys! Blackberrys use to be the top phone on the line but sadly not anymore. The sales of Blackberrys dropped ever since the releases of the Android phones and the iPhones. Blackberry has recently released a new line of phones and software to try to gain back some of its profits that they had lost. To their surprise it somewhat worked. Blackberry saw a slight profit after the release of the new phones and software the other day. In their latest quarter Blackberry lost a total of 18 million dollars from their operations but gained a total of 98 million from their income taxes. I wonder if Blackberry might be able to make it to the top again and beat the Androids and iPhones.

Cars

Today cars aren't just cars anymore, well at least not for some. Some consumers want fast sports cars, some want safe reliable sedans and some want big noisy trucks, but now a days theres a new style consumers want. This new want by consumers is luxury. People in todays world want a car that is not only slick and attractive on the outside, but shiny, new and advanced on the inside. People want touch screen radios, digital sped-ometers, heated seats, voice command/bluetooth calling and a whole bunch of other high tech stuff. This is what people want and automakers are listening! The majority of automakers are rushing to fill their showrooms with the latest and most advanced luxurious vehicles. The total sales of vehicles has risen eight percent in the past year, while sales for advanced luxurious vehicles has gone up 11 percent.

Oh wal-mart

Today I read an article about how Wal-Mart plans to step it up in their competition with Amazon. The new policy is basically a new form of pre-ordering or picking up a already purchased item. The new policy will allow customers to order and pay for a product online and pick it up in the stores in a locker. Yes Wal-Mart is now adding lockers to their stores but for the customers instead of the employees. This lockers idea is part of Wal-Marts goal to become a superstore online and even on your cell phones. While Wal-Mart still dominates Amazon in total sales, Amazon destroys Wal-Mart when it comes to online sales. The lockers should be ready for Wal-Mart shoppers by the summer but only for a few dozen stores to see how fond the customers are before they make the lockers nationwide.

Gay Marriage and the Economy

The United States supreme Court is currently making decisions on whether or not Gay or Same Sex Marriage is constitutional or unconstitutional. Most people in America have no problem with same sex marriage but many people don't. Heres a thing you might not have known, and this goes out to all of those nay sayers. Legalizing Same Sex Marriage could actually be a possible aid to our economy. When someone gets married they must pay something known as a marriage tax. Yes you actually get taxed by the government for getting married. So by allowing Gays or Lesbians to get married could give the United States a possible new form of tax dollars. Also these same sex couples will need to hire planners and books locations for the wedding which could improve businesses.

Iraq and Afghanistan

Even after 11 years or so, the United States government is still providing both financial and military aid to the middle eastern countries of Iraq and Afghanistan. Today we are actually still fighting terrorism over in Afghanistan which means we still have troops stationed over there. In Iraq however, we are no longer fighting a war at all, our soldiers stationed over there are currently acting more like a police force than anything else. This is actually bad for our economy. We have to pay those soldiers that are over in Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq no longer needs a police force, we should not have to enforce their laws for them, thats a total waste of our money. We are also providing economic aid to Iraq to rebuild their nation. Originally this was a nice idea but after 11 years of funding them its about time to cut them off and leave them on their own.

War and the Economy

Even though it might sound crazy it is 100% true that war is actually a good thing for the economy. How is this possible you might ask? It's actually a very simple answer. During times of war our soldiers need money for food, ammunition and other necessary supplies. To help pay for these needs, the government offers us little pieces of paper known as War Bonds. When you purchase a war bond you are just basically lending money to the government to help support the troops. An example of when this type of situation has occurred was back in World War Two. During World War Two everyone was purchasing War Bonds and this boosted our economy. So this is how war can actually be a huge form or economic aid.

Clean U.S.A

To this very day car and truck fuel economy performance has been some of the worst in the world. Also, only seven percent of our nations energy comes from renewable energy sources, this is much less compared to most other technology advanced nations. According to president Obama, since the year 2007 American CO2 emission levels has fallen almost 13 percent. This decrease is one of the biggest declines among most industrialized countries and much steeper than in Europe. This is because in the past few years European nations have focused more on climate control rather than CO2 emission levels. This is also the biggest decline in CO2 emissions for the United States ever!