On October 22, 1986, lawmakers from both parties gathered on the South Lawn of the White House and applauded as President Ronald Reagan signed into law the most comprehensive revision of the federal tax code in a half century. When I first started reading this sentence I thought it was going to be talking about another reform. The immigration reform. This was a huge reform as well and this affected everyone. So why not start with the immigration reform instead of the tax reform?

Once again here is proof that we as humans are much more emotional than logical. Even in the courtroom where everything should be decided based completely on the logical aspect this doesn't happen. Lawyers spend years in law school trying to figure out the correct ways to make the most logically correct arguments but in a way it might be that they are wasting their time. We are much more emotional than logically. Maybe this will change the curriculum at law schools around the nation sometime soon.

I think this analogy of Jay-Z and The Game can be applied not only to the United States of America but to Barack Obama. As the first African American president Barack Obama has had to endure so much more disrespect than past presidents. Ex. Governor Brewer pointing her finger in his face, people questioning his religion, and Donald Trump and many other asking him to show his birth certificate to prove that he really is American? this is crazy, no other president has ever had to go through so much trash talking, yet Obama has handled with poise by not responding to the attacks and that is one of the reason why he is in his second term.

After reading this I believe that almost every policy can be passed as long as it is presented to the correct group. In order to be presented to the correct group however the people must be placed in the more favorable group. If we place drug users in the dependents group we are more likely to pass a law that legalizes marijuana instead of if we tried to do teh same but we had them on the deviants group.

Only certain states matter to super pacs and special interest groups. I can see why they matter and why so much money goes into them. These states are the states that basically determine the winner. This is in the short term, however if these groups really want to see a change they should start thinking long term. If little by little the states that are continuously won by a party, we contested slowly but steadily by the opposition over a period of time these states would be states that might be won by the opposition, but only after a while.

I think that we are all afraid of terrorism and the things around us. However we have to realize that no matter how hard we try there will always be danger around us. There will always be things that are out of our control. This is exactly why i found the ending to this TED Talk so important, it sums up all the main points by saying there will always be danger, however its up to us to develop immunity.

While the information being presented is important, sometimes the way information is presented is more important. Not only that but when information is presented it is always important to remember who you are trying to present the information to. If your message is intended for someone with conservative thinking, you want to be careful of not presenting your information in a way that is too extreme.

Yes, it is true, we are very bad at predicting statistics and that is why we believe things that aren't true and also don't want to believe things that are true. I think there is another reason to this as well. The reason why we believe lies is because when we want them to be true.. The reason why we don't want to believe the truth is because we are in denial and don't want to believe the truth.

Economic growth drives the growth of a country. However "money is not important" were the words of Rosling. When we all think of economic growth we all immediately begin thinking about money. But, this really isn't the key for a country to be successful. Money is needed but money is not everything. Economic growth is what will allow a country to grow, not money.

After reading the entire article I believe that the last sentence in the article is perhaps the most important. This make the clear point that people no longer care about what political scientist have to say and nothing is being done about them. Politicial scientist should not be proud that no one cares what they have to say, on the other hand, they should ashamed that no one cares what they have to say. Political Scientist are there to get the information that not all of us have the mental capacity to obtain. Once they present to us and government officials they have to present it in a way that they will be heard, because at the end of the day, they are the ones most educated about the topics.

This article makes a clear point which lead me to think of the success of movies. Most movies we see try to mirror real life but in reality can never really happen. Maybe the reason why we are attracted to fiction so much is because fiction allows us to be more free and more in control.

I believe the TED Talk was a lot more specific and get able to get the point across better than the article. I believe this is because the 5 foundations were explained better. I agree that in order for real change to happen all five of the foundations must be used. This makes the point clear that it is not about being republican or democrat, or who is right or wrong, instead the bigger picture is that we must all come together in order to really make a progressive change and bring equality and overall benefit everyone. As long as we continue to fight each other we will not be able to make this country what we want and need it to be.

According to the article their are two different sets of morals. One which relies mainly on reason, which would be considered the liberal side, and one that relies mainly on emotions, which would be considered the democratic. I understand the point of the article and agree that democrats should better look at ways to make their party more appealing to others, but at the same time I don't believe they should change their party. As the end of the article says Americans are being sold on a false hope when they vote republican. I also agree that traditions and purity are important but I don't believe they are more important than progressive change

"Both men, as challengers, associated themselves with hope." This is what helped Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan win the presidency. Right away when I read that it reminded me of our current president, Obama. President Obama focused his entire campaign on hope and was successful at winning the presidency. This year it seems as if he is having a harder time obtaining the key votes he won past elections. It seems as if he doesn't have a set direction for his campaign. I wonder if he will use strategies used by other presidents in the past to win this election this election

I think this interview makes a very important point. Most us know about politics but are not 100% correctly informed. We don't always look for the facts, instead we look for the newspaper or news provider that will provide the information we like to hear. If we continue like this we will never be able to see the two sides to the story.

"That is why those who put their faith in some immense, world-transforming phenomenon, like the final triumph of reason or the proletarian revolution, must believe that all political and moral problems can thereby be turned into technological ones." This is crazy too believe. If every problem could be solved using technology there would be no need for people. Technology is not capable of reason or emotion.

I found it interesting how the study only followed men from Harvard. There are a couple of things that come to mind with this. One of the things is that the researches probably thought that men from Harvard were mos likely to be success. Yet at the same time they had problems that non Harvard graduates have, so what do we expects the life of non Harvard graduates to be like. Also the sample size is so small that we don't get the entire picture.

In the article of the invisible hand what stood out to me the most was the final sentence. Other parts of it got my attention as well such as when parents began picking up their children even later once fines were imposed. I would've thought that parents would pick up their children earlier to avoid the fine but in fact they did the opposite. But back to the last sentence, I believe it is both right and wrong. It is right because their are people that will give back once they have achieved what they wanted but at the sane time there are people who will only want more and will continue trying to get more even if it comes at a cost to others. I believe that as a human species we are all too different and for this reason the last sentence does not apply to everyone.