Updated with an Informative Video! Some interesting USA Income Graphs for People at $250,000 and Below: Tax Cuts?

As a child who was born and raised in American poverty, I know what it is like to be "poor". Although my mother could not give me a quarter for video games, she did give me lots of love, a roof over my head, and an ethical thought process. In addition, we didn't die of malnutrition because the US Government supplied much of our nutritious meals and provided food stamps as well.

As you will discover, there is a huge disparity between our poor and middle class, but we cannot forget the World! I saw this video and cried. Ever seen what it is like to beg for hope? I say hope because I believe most of the adults have lost hope, while most children still believe anything is possible! Sadly, many have been murdered and raped by men that are worse than animals. I say worse than animals because, according to Immanuel Kant, those humans who stay outside the perforated box of laws and ethics are worse than animals because they have rational thought. Although "killing" must occur for survival in some cases, many wartime, dictator, and tribal lords murder and cause suffering because they enjoy witnessing the evil!

I am happy the video was recommended for a Webby Award because I couldn't find the video in the past. If you don't mind, I ask that you watch the video before reading the material on taxes.

 

 

Also, you may want to visit the following: "At the End of Slavery" page as well (Page). It is a video about the fight against human trafficking and slavery, which is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the World.

 

What About the Poor? Taxes?

I decided to investigate some of the Republican and Democrat Tax claims. Should the "Tax-Cuts be extended? Who should be Taxed? Lower, Second, Middle, Fourth, Highest, Top 10%-1%? I don't know since it is a complicated issue but I have an opinion! :•)

Household Number:

Since 1979, the number of Households has increased linearly and all categories appear to follow the same trend. Interestingly, there seems to be some exchange between Lowest and Second quintiles. During 1999-2000,  "internet bubble",  the number in the Lowest quintile increased and there seemed to be an exchange between the Second and Middle quintile. In 1993, all quintiles except the highest meet at the same household number but the rate of household numbers increase for "Lowest" quintile is fastest, the rate of second, third, and fourth quintile are fairly constant but there is some variations. At 2001, the number of households in the lowest quintile exceeds the number in highest, which is similar to the "position of quintiles" in 1987. The Highest quintile approaches the Second, Middle, and Fourth quintiles and the rate of households in the Second quintile decreases while the Middle quintile has the greatest movement.

Pre-Tax and Post-Tax Income, 1979 - 2007:

As one can see, there is an "increase" in taxation between the $100,000 to $264,000 range. The trend lines diverge, "spread", while other Incomes remain fairly constant. In other words, the difference between the pre and post is fairly constant, while the difference between the higher income is greater in the later years. Also, one can see that the highest quintile has the greatest divergence after the internet bubble, but that quintile also has the greatest rate of recovery. Interestingly, the highest quintile had a fairly stable rate between 1990, but became more erratic between 1990 and 2007. Sadly, the lowest quintile is pretty stagnant, while the second, middle, fourth, and highest have a "positive rate" of change, and the highest has the fastest rate of all with the greatest variability.

Finally:

The highest quintile of the middle class is taxed pretty heavily and data seems to imply the internet bubble negatively impacted this quintile the most. Was the top 10% to 1% affected as severely?

Also, I did not graph other taxes. The Republicans claim the lower income populations "taxes" have increased due to excise taxes-cigaret  taxes, which may be true. Also, the Republicans are not happy with the costs of the "health bill".

My Personal Opinion:

I believe Corporations can be taxed more (5), the top 10% can afford more taxes, and the middle class should experience a negative "change" in taxation, but I believe the change should be minimized.

1979-2010: Number of Households, Millions; Average Pre-Tax Income; Average Post-Tax Income, and Combined Pre and Post-Tax Income Comparison.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

Congressional Budget Office. Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates, 1979-2006. CBO[online]. Available from: Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates.

Congressional Budget Office. Average Federal Taxes by Income Group. CBO[online]. 2010. Available from: Average Federal Taxes by Income Group.

Additional Information:

 

1. House, Christopher L.; Shapiro, Matthew D. Temporary Investment Tax Incentives: Theory with Evidence from Bonus Depreciation. University of Michigan and NBER. 2004. Available from:

[http://www.econ.yale.edu/seminars/macro/mac04/house-041026.pdf].

 

2.  House, Christopher L.; Shapiro, Matthew D. Phased-in Tax Cuts and Economic Activity. University of Michigan and NBER. 2006. Available from:

[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~shapiro/phased-01-31-2006-NBERformat.pdf]

 

3. CBO. The Economic Effects of Comprehensive Tax Reform. Appendix B: Simulation Models and the Saving Response, A Key Factor in the Simulation Models: The Intertemporal Elasticity of Substitution. 1997.

[http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=36&type=0&sequence=8]

 

4. Carlson, Curtis P. The Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax Aggregate Historical Trends. US Department of Treasury[online}. Available from:

[http://www.treas.gov/offices/tax-policy/library/ota93.pdf]

 

5. Winship, Michael. But half of all Americans don't pay taxes!, How the right justifies its crusade to shield massive corporations and rich citizens from paying their fair share. Salon.com[online]. 2011. Available from:

[http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/05/09/winsip_taxes_rich/index.html]

 

In addition to My Gather Network: Quidnunc Simcha, I am a Guest-Editor and "Conversation Starter" at Conversations for a Better World, Chris Harding, which is a shared blog on population, gender and health, and provided by United Nations Population Fund Website.

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A Needed Discussion!

You are NOT ALONE!

With that said, I would like to add the following links to all of my posts. I hope others will copy and paste the same into their posts as well. The best way to end corruption is to discuss corruption. At the root of most criminal enterprises are corrupt police, citizens, and politicians. The latter are grandmas, grandpas, fathers, mothers, police, church deacons, etc. Be warned, the corrupt people in your environment could begin harassing you.

Some Information and Brief References about Whistleblowers:

• Wikileaks and "What is a Whistleblower?"

Much of the "legal" debate about "whistleblower laws", which includes lobbyist, is the balance between organizational leadership responsibility, who should receive the first report, and the role of a whistleblower. As Mr. Gayl, who is a whistleblower that saved soldier's lives, mentions, GAP is an "outsider", and he shows frustration with his "organizations" ability to handle the complaint effectively. In some instances, a whistleblower may be "blowing the whistle" for unethical reasons. If their "complaint", after proper investigation, is deemed inappropriate, the organization should have an authority to "reprimand" or "retaliate" against the employee. Sadly, many organizations and criminals take advantage of big hearts, balanced people, and ethical beliefs. We see this in regular crime, which includes corporate crime as well. On many occasions, corporations work to create "loopholes" that make a law ineffective. Many people have died because of corporate irresponsibility. Although I am an advocate for corporations, I believe in ethical processes.

I love my country, but we have a problem. Spoiled Americans will kill for sport and bullying is an example. Another term for bullying is "gang stalking", which may be more appropriate, but the legal term may be the defined term of "bullying". Some corporate employees and "friends of organizations" use harassment, "bullying or stalking", and believe it is not that bad, but, in truth, it is considered emotional torture-adults and children should refrain. If an adult "bullies", a child will follow their example.

References:

1. United States Department of Justice. Report to Congress on the Activities and Operations of the Public Integrity Section for 2009. Office of Public Integrity [online]. 2009. Available from: Report.

2. Harding, Chris. Please take about 30 seconds and sign this petition for Mr. Gayl, a man who saved our troops! Gather[online]. 2010. Available from: Chris Harding's Gather Network.

3. Marshall, Clinard B.; Yeager, Peter C. Corporate Crime. Transaction Publishers[online]. 2006. Available from: Google Books. ISBN: 1-4128-0493-0.

4. Kesselheim, Aaron S., MD, JD, MPH; Studdert, David M., LL.B., Sc.D., MPH; Mello, Michelle M., JD, PhD, M.Phil. Whistle-Blowers' Experiences in Fraud Litigation against Pharmaceutical Companies. The New England Journal of Medicine[online]. 2010. vol. 362, pp. 1832-1839. Available from: New England Journal of Medicine: Article.

5. Harding, Chris. Should an honest whistleblower be forced homeless? Many, including pharmaceutical whistleblowers, are forced homeless. Gather[online]. 2010. Available from: Chris Harding's Gather Network.

Government, Whistleblowing, and the Law

6. Elsea, Jennifer K., Legislative Attorney. Criminal Prohibitions on the Publication of Classified Defense Information. US State Department[online]. 2010. Available from: Document.

Additional Information and References:

As many know, a Multi-national Study by World Health Organization (1) reports that abused women and men believe "emotional abuse" is worse than physical abuse because it causes life-long psychological trauma and is virtually impossible to prove. The inability to "prove" is why many "pillars" will engage. In fact, corrupt societies are breeding grounds for such activity.

STOP SEX Trafficking! and Meth!

Support Senator Ron Wyden in his fight against sex-trafficking. Although the Pacific Northwest is the worse US location, it is an American problem and probably associated with the Meth network. Tell me corrupt police do not know about this activity.

Corruption Resources

United States Department of Justice. Report to Congress on the Activities and Operations of the Public Integrity Section for 2009. Office of Public Integrity [online]. 2009. Available from: Report.

Buscaglia, Edgardo, & van Dijk, Jan. (2005). UC Berkley: Berkley Program in Law and Economics. Controlling Organized Crime and Corruption in the Public Sector. University of California eScholarship[online]. Jan 2005. Available from: eScholarship. University of California About the New eScholarship.

Oregon

Schwartz, Susan P. State of Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. Lane County Criminal Justice Report. Oregon.gov[online]. May 2009. Available from: Report. Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.

Indiana

Long, Billy; Yerington, Courtney. Police Administrators in Indiana: A Descriptive Study of Attitudes, Perceptions, and Stressors. Internet Journal of Criminology[online]. 2006. Available from: Internet Journal of Criminology: Article.

Bullying, Harassment, and Gang Stalking Resources

Bochenek, Michael; Brown, Widney, A.; Breen, Melanie; Campbell, Rook; David, Sam; Henkle, Derek R.; Jesrani, Tejal; Lnzertti,Rachel; McArthur, Kerry; Rozario, Shalu; Zea, Sadie. Hatred in the Hallways, Violence and Discrmination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bsexual, and Transgender Students in U.S. Schools. Human Rights Watch [online].2001. Available from: HRW, Article Database.

Can sarcasm be a form of bullying? These documents say yes if sarcasm is included in a certain contextual relationship to other activity.

• http://family.samhsa.gov/teach/middleschool_bullies.aspx?printid=1
• http://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/schools/bullypack.pdf
• http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ss/se/documents/bullyingatschool.pdf

Cook, Dane. bullying. Dane Cook's Youtube Channel. 2010. Available from: Youtube

Suicide Resources

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Are you in a crisis? Please call 1-800-273-8255 (TALK). Suicide Prevention.

Suicide Awareness Voices Education. SAVE "Doctors, Firefighters and Others SAVE Lives, You Can Too!"

The Trevor Project is a great example of "realizing" the need to remind ourselves of the beauty around us! The World is beautiful! That blade of grass is amazing! The butterfly is magical! If needed, take a walk! If you cannot walk, visit Trevor! In my experiences, Pandora Internet Radio is a life savior as well.

itgetsbetterproject.com,
• "For too long, LGBT youth have been forced to struggle through their formative years suffering from bullies in their schools, churches and homes — and with no support system to provide them any help."
• "Justin Aeberg. Billy Lucas. Cody Barker. Asher Brown. Seth Walsh. Raymond Chase. Tyler Clementi. All the names of American teenagers who in recent months have taken their own lives after being bullied in school."

“As a nation we’re founded on the belief that all of us are equal and each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness; to make the most of our talents; to speak our minds; to not fit in; most of all, to be true to ourselves. That’s the freedom that enriches all of us. That’s what America is all about. And every day, it gets better.”
– President Obama in a video message for the nationwide campaign focused on young people who are being bullied because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation. Video Resources: http://wh.gov/3nn.

Department of Defense. Restoring Hope, You Can Help Save A Life. Restoring Hope. "More Focus Needed to End Suicides", Mullens.

Wise, Terry L. Waking Up: Climbing Through the Darkness. Available from: Amazon.

Wise, Terry. terrywise.com. A National Mental Health Award Winner. Available from: Terry Wise.

Harding, Chris. Suicide: What is your keyword? Gather.com [online]. Available from: Chris Harding's Gather Network.

Dumais, A., B.Sc.; Lesage, A.D., M.D, M.Phil.; Alda, M., M.D; Rouleau, G., M.D., PhD; Dumont, M., R.N.; Chawky, N., M.Ps.; Roy, M., M.D; Mann, J.J., M.D; Benekelfat, C. M.D; Turecki, Gustavo, Turecki, M.D., PhD. Risk Factors for Suicide Completion in Major Depression: A Case-Control Study of Impulsive and Aggressive Behaviors in Men. The American Journal of Psychiatry [online]. 2005, vol.162(11) pp. 2116-2124. Avialable from: Am. J Psychiatry. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.11.2116.

Goldsmith, SK; Pellmar, TC; Kleinman, AM; Bunney, WE; Editors. Committeee on Pathophysiology and Prevention of Adolescent and Adult Suicide Reducing Suicide, A National Imperative. National Academies Press[online]. 2002. pp. xvi, 512. Available from: National Academies Press. ISBN-10: 0-309-08321-4. ISBN-13: 978-0-309-08321-8.

Abuse

World Health Organization, Department of Gender and Women's Health. WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women: summary report of initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women's responses.(Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Japan, Namibia, Peru, Samoa, Serbia and Montenegro, Thailand, and United Republic of Tanzania). WHOLIS. 2005. Available from: WHOLIS. ISBN: 9241593512.

Rape and Sexual Assault: Rape and sexual assault,WHO 1997

Wong Fo Lo, Sylvie; Wester, Fred; Mol, Saskia; Romkens, Renee; Hezemans, Door; Lagro-Janssen, Toine. Talking matters: Abused women's views on disclosure of partner abuse to the family doctor and its role in handling the abuse situation. Patient Educ and Couns. 2008, vol.70(3), pp.386-394. Available from: Author's personal copy ISSN 0738-3991

Office of the US Global AIDS Coordinator. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Report on Gender-Based Violence and HIV/AIDS. PEPFAR[online].2006. pp.16. Available from: PEPFAR: Reports. PEPFAR Reports: Report on Gender-Based Violence and HIV/AIDS PDF.

Harassment and Bullying (i.e "emotional abuse") can lead to:

National Institute of Health.NIMH. The Numbers Count: Mental Disorders in America. 2010. Available from: Article.

Why engage in activity that can increase the numbers? By the way, the numbers cause increased "disability" claims in the USA and Canada. Does the average individual in society truly want the human race to environmentally evolve to "the greatest emotional abuser" wins the prize? As we know, women have a tendency to lust after the "bad boy" mentality, but most don't want to marry the "bad boy".

References:

1. World Health Organization, Department of Gender and Women's Health. WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women: summary report of initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women's responses.(Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Japan, Namibia, Peru, Samoa, Serbia and Montenegro, Thailand, and United Republic of Tanzania). WHOLIS. 2005, pp.viii, 28 p. Available from: WHOLIS. ISBN: 9241593512.

The Horrific Problem with Trafficking:

2. Moran, Jack. Beating victims seek witnesses. Registerguard [online]. 2010. Available from: Eugene Couple Beaten.

3. Hannah-Jones, Nikole. The Oregonian. Human trafficking industry thrives in Portland metro area. OregonLive [online]. Available from: Article.

3b. Relph, Azriel James. The Sex Slaves next door: New form of trafficking invades US; Latino residential brothels adopt sophisticated camouflage to elude authorities. msnbc.com[online]. 2011. Available from: MSNBC.

3c. Interlandi, Jeneen. Not Just Urban Legend, Organ trafficking was long considered a myth. But now mounting evidence suggests it is a real and growing problem, even in America. Newsweek [online]. 2009. Available from: Article.

4. Polaris Project Action Center. Human Trafficking 101. Polaris Project [online]. 2010. Available from: Action Center.

5. Greene, Jody M., MS; Ennett, Susan T., PhD; Ringwalt, Christopher L., DrPH. Briefs: Prevalence and Correlates of Survival Sex Among Runaway and Homeless Youth. American Journal of Public Health [online]. 1999. vol. 89(9). Available from: Article.

6. Senator Lugar. 111th Congress, S.RES 72. Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding drug trafficking in Mexico. US Congress. [2009]. Available from: Library of Congress, Article

7. Senator Wyden. 111th Congress. S. 2925. Trafficking Deterence and Victims Support Act of 2009. US Congress. Available from: Library of Congress, LOC.

Corruption:

8. Buscaglia, Edgardo, & van Dijk, Jan. (2005). UC Berkley: Berkley Program in Law and Economics. Controlling Organized Crime and Corruption in the Public Sector. University of California eScholarship[online]. Jan. 2005. Available from: eScholarship. University of California About the New eScholarship.

8a. Buscaglia, Edgardo. (1999). Judicial Corruption in Developing Countries: Its Causes and Economic Consequences. University of California eScholarship[online]. 1999. Available from: eScholarship.

8b. Garoupa, Nuno; Cooter, Robert. The Virtuous Circle of Distrust: A Mechanism to Deter Bribes And Other Cooperative Crimes. University of Califorinia eScholarship[online]. 2000. Available from: eScholarship.

8c. Lanza, Steven P. The Economics of Ethics: The Cost of Political Corruption. University of Connecticut [online]. 2004. Available from: Article

8d. United States Department of Justice. Report to Congress on the Activities and Operations of the Public Integrity Section for 2009. Office of Public Integrity [online]. 2009. Available from: Report.

8e. Ermakova, Maria; Spillane, Chris. Corruption Rises Over 3 Years, More People Paid Bribes. Bloomberg[online]. 2010. Available from: Article.

Abbott Laboratories Whistleblower Experience, Directional Audio, and other Whistleblower Experiences:

9. Harding, Chris. Please take about 30 seconds and sign this petition for Mr. Gayl, a man who saved our troops! Gather[online]. 2010. Available from: Chris Harding's Gather Network. Article.

10. Marshall, Clinard B.; Yeager, Peter C. Corporate Crime. Transaction Publishers[online]. 2006. Available from: Google Books. ISBN: 1-4128-0493-0.

11. Kesselheim, Aaron S., MD, JD, MPH; Studdert, David M., LL.B., Sc.D., MPH; Mello, Michelle M., JD, PhD, M.Phil. Whistle-Blowers' Experiences in Fraud Litigation against Pharmaceutical Companies. The New England Journal of Medicine[online]. 2010. vol. 362, pp. 1832-1839. Available from: New England Journal of Medicine: Article.

12. Harding, Chris. Should an honest whistleblower be forced homeless? Many, including pharmaceutical whistleblowers, are forced homeless. Gather[online]. 2010. Available from: Chris Harding's Gather Network Article.

13. Holosonics. Weird Connections: Audio Spotlight. Holosonics.com[online]. 2010. Available from: Focused Loudspeaker Technology: Imagine the worse criminal on the face of the earth reverse engineering this device and speaking to your loved one. Remember, even BTK was a church deacon and "pillar" in society.

14. National Whistleblowers Center: NWC. • Government Accountability Project: GAP. º National Security Whistleblowers Coalition: NSWBC.

15. Corporate and Government Negligence, Inappropriate use of Information, Endangerment of life, and Homicidal Negligence:

15a. When Does a Worker's Death Become Murder?

• Rosner, David, PhD. Am J Public Health. When Does a Worker's Death Become Murder?. American Journal of Public Health[online]. 2000. vol. 90. pp. 535-540. Available from: Am J Public Health. American Journal of Public Health: Search. Search: Entrez, The Life Sciences Search Engine.

15b. Hydrofracked? One Man's Mystery Leads to a Backlash Against Natural Gas Drilling.

• Lustgarten, Abrahm. Hydrofracked? One Man's Mystery Leads to a Backlash Against Natural Gas Drilling. ProPublica[online]. 2011. Available from: Article.

15c. Harm Reduction and Inappropriate Use of Information:

• Shelley, Donna, MD, MPH; Meier, Benjamin Mason, JD, LLM. The Fourth Pillar of the Framework Convention on tobacco Control: Harm Reduction and International Human Right to Health. Public Health Rep.[online].2006. vol.121(5), pp. 494-500. Available from: Article. The Life Sciences Search Engine. PMCID: 1564445.

• Harding, Chris. Harm Reduction, Governments, and Corporations. Gather.com[online]. 2010. Available from: Article.

15d. Inappropriate Use of Psychology ,"Marketing", and Auditory Induced Hallucinations:

• Hastings, Michael. Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators. RollingStone[online]. 2011. Available from: Article.

• From the Archive. Brainwash killers 'still in use'. hearldscotland[online]. 2011. Available from: Article

• Szechtman, Henry; Woody, Erik; Bowers, Kenneth S.; Nahmias, Claude. Where the imaginal appears real: A positron emission tomography of auditory hallucinations. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA[online]. 1998. vol. 95, pp. 1956-1960. Available from: Procedure of National Academy of Sciences: PNAS. Can be accomplished with a susceptible person with "directional audio" (13).

• Vance, Darcie. Virtual reality helps vets. centralfloridafuture.com[online]. 2011. Available from: Article. An example: Any psychology or technology that is used for "good" can be used in "evil" situations.

16. A New York Times article on negligence, OHSA, and workers death:

• Barstow, David. The New York Times. Times Topics. David Barstow. New York Times [online]. 2010. Available from: New York Times, Topics People.

• Barstow, David. The New York Times. National. U.S. Rarely Seeks Charges for Deaths in Workplace. New York Times[online]. 2003. Available from: Article.

17. A "loop hole" in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing:

• United States Food and Drug Administration, "FDA". Compliance Policy Guide. Compliance Policy Guidance for FDA Staff and Industry. Pharmacy Compounding, Chapter 4, Subchapter 460. FDA[online]. 2010. Available from: Section 460.200, Pharmacy Compounding. Search FDA: US FDA.

18. Drugs. 2006 Limited FDA Survey of Compounded Drug Products; Includes description of quality problems and female hormone products, inhalation products, and local anesthetic products were sampled and evaluated:

• United States Food and Drug Administration, "FDA". Drugs. 2006 Limited FDA Survey of Compounded Drug Products. FDA[online]. 2010. Available from: Guidance, Compliance & Regulatory Information, Pharmacy Compounding. Search FDA: US FDA.

19. Bochenek, Michael; Brown, Widney, A.; Breen, Melanie; Campbell, Rook; David, Sam; Henkle, Derek R.; Jesrani, Tejal; Lnzertti,Rachel; McArthur, Kerry; Rozario, Shalu; Zea, Sadie. Hatred in the Hallways, Violence and Discrmination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bsexual, and Transgender Students in U.S. Schools. Human Rights Watch [online].2001. Available from: HRW, Database.

20. Elsea, Jennifer K., Legislative Attorney. Criminal Prohibitions on the Publication of Classified Defense Information. US State Department[online]. 2010. Available from: Document.

21. Whelan, David. Abbott Stenting scandal sounds like Tenet all over again. Forbes[online]. 2010. Available from: Article, Forbes.

22. Hancock, Jay. Threat betrays big medicine's profit obsession. Baltimore Sun[online]. 2010. Available from: Article, Baltimore Sun.

23. Jean-Pierre, Kariane. White House Staff: It Gets Better. Whitehouse[online]. 2010. Available from: Whitehouse, Article

24.Stop Bulling. Youth Topics. Bullying Prevention and Response. StopBullying[online]. 2010. Stop Bullying

25. Wiener-Bronner, Danielle. Rutgers Student Believed To Have Committed Suicide After Classmates Allegedly Recorded Him In Gay Sexual Encounter. The Huffington Post [online]. 2010. Available from: Article

"...And Then There was the Down Low": Introduction to Black and Latino Bisexualities"

26. InTheLife. Bullycides Part 1 and 2. YouTube[online]. Available from: Bullycides Part 1; Bullycides Part 2.

As a side point, I would like to provide the following article as well. Why? Although I am not a homosexual, I do have homosexual tendencies and believe our society should be more supportive of homosexuals. "Closet" activity can introduce dangers, and, in itself, can be a form of corruption as well because "non" homosexuals will take advantage of the "homosexual" desire.

27. Sandfort, Theo G.M; Dodge, Brian. ...And Then There was the Down Low": Introduction to Black and Latino Male Bisexualities. Arch Sex Behav[online].2008.vol.37(5), pp.675-682. Available from: Entrez, The Life Sciences Search Engine. Search Entrez.

"Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not divided into sheep and goats. Not all things are black nor all things white. It is a fundamental of human taxonomy that nature rarely deals with discrete categories. Only the human mind invents categories and tries to force facts into separated pigeon-holes. The living world is a continuum in each and every one of its aspects. The sooner we learn this concerning human sexual behavior the sooner we shall reach a sound understanding of the realities of sex. (p. 639)"-Kinsey, Pomeroy, & Martin, 1948

28. Harding, Chris. Depravity Scale: Forensic Psychologists need your help! Gather.com[online]. 2010. Available from: Gather Network.

29. Stone, Dr. Most Evil. Discovery[online]. 2010. Available from: Discovery. Psychopaths who do not kill their victims, but do subject them to extreme torture. The most evil is "21 of 22"-Psychopaths who do not kill their victims, but do subject them to extreme torture is ranked 21 on a max of 22.

In addition to My Gather Network: Quidnunc Simcha, I am a Guest-Editor and "Conversation Starter" at Conversations for a Better World, Chris Harding, which is a shared blog on population, gender and health, and provided by United Nations Population Fund Website.

Your Gather

Conversations for a Better World

You should consider contribution to Conversations for a Better World as well! The more diverse the discussions the better the results in most instances. Although time to a solution will increase significantly, the final result is usually better for humanity.

As a child who was born and raised in American poverty, I know what it is like to be "poor". Although my mother could not give me a quarter for video games, she did give me lots of love, a roof over my head, and an ethical thought process. In addition, we didn't die of malnutrition because the US Government supplied much of our nutritious meals and provided food stamps as well.

We cannot forget the poor of the World! I saw this video and cried. Ever seen what it is like to beg for hope? I say hope because I believe most of the adults have lost hope, while most children still believe anything is possible! Sadly, many have been murdered and raped by men that are worse than animals. I say worse than animals because, according to Immanuel Kant, those humans who stay outside the perforated box of laws and ethics are worse than animals because they have rational thought. Although "killing" must occur for survival in some cases, many wartime, dictator, and tribal lords murder and cause suffering because they enjoy witnessing the evil!