Bob Marley Mix Up

So many remember the song "Don't worry, be happy" and that it's from Bob Marley. Well it's not. I found out after I wrote my Facebook status as "Don't worry, be happy... by Bob Marley" that it wasn't him and that the song was recorded later in 1988. This was years after his death. The worst part about that is that this untrue info is found all over online. There is another song that we mistaken with Bob, "Red, red wine". This song also was released back in 88. This may be short but the whole point of this article is to warn us that a lot of the information found online is not true. Sorry Bob Marley I misunderstood you.

Is our society brainwashed?

Earlier last week my Contemporary World Class had to answer a question that our teacher proposed. His question was: "how do we pay our debt in Canada, do we cut our spending or do we tax more?" Everyone went for taxing. Which makes perfect sense, but when he asked how we should raise taxes that's when I saw how brainwashed our society was. In my beliefs, I would highly recommend to raise taxes for the rich by 2 to 5 percent. Yes, it is a chunk of their salary but this will barely affect their lifestyle. Let me remind you by the way that my definition of rich is a person that makes more than $100 000 a year. Not only will it barely affect them, but the income would be amazing for Canada. Think about it, 5% of $100 000 is $5000. This would be added each year excluding the taxes we already have. Now imagine a whole town of 5000 people making $100 000 a year. In total Canada would make $25 000 000 a year in that one town! Now yes, I agree this might anger the rich a little but in the long run they would contribute more to society thus contributing to services that can provide for them. This is what Barrack Obama supports, he wants to spread the wealth more, but not in such a way that everyone has the same amount of money. Going back to the class, everyone started defending the rich after I proposed this solution. After minutes of debating they came with a conclusion that they would tax the poor and leave the rich alone. Their reasons? Well "rich people give a lot to charity" and that "what if you become rich? how would you feel knowing you said all of this about the rich?" Looks like everyone is a pure capitalist, most of them don't even know that our health care system is a socialist idea. I know why they defended the rich though, most of them think they are rich, or at least think that they will become rich. This mindset is wrong, this is the mindset that most Americans have and this is the mindset that started America's declining society. Only time will tell if my idea will shine through our Canadian Parliament. Hopefully everyone will understand eventually.