Noah Lamaide is a 12 year old American Kid and lives in Wisconsin. Noah really does speak for America at his website called Noah's Dream Catcher Network. I really like Noah's website because it is not about him. This is a website where Noah takes up a cause to help other people which is something all of us should do. … [Read more...]
Trash is Cash
As kids, teenagers and even adults we often do not realize just how lucky we are to be raised in the United States. Way too many of us want more and more to be given to us. Some of us expect the government to take care of us. Even those of us that may think of ourselves as poor do not realize how rich we really are until we see how some kids in other parts of the world may … [Read more...]
Paying National Debt
As a kid that keeps getting put deeper in debt before I even get out of middle school I was wondering if the Presidents or Congress is the blame for our continuing increase in the national debt. Math is not my best subject but it looks to me like both are and both the Democrats and Republicans share in the blame. I tried to look at this in the simplest way I could and will … [Read more...]
A Trillion Dollar Explanation
I asked my dad, my grandpa and a couple of my teachers what a trillion dollars was. All they seemed to know is that it was a lot of money and a one with 12 zeroes behind it. $1,000,000,000,000. Wow that must be a lot of money but I was still confused. My allowance when I do my chores is $5 per week. Since I don't like cleaning my room I don't always get my $5. Now if I cleaned … [Read more...]
Should Presidents Stay Home?
Hearing $200,000,000 a day for the trip that President Obama took to Mumbai, India I did some more checking. I am certainly not an Obama fan but in all fairness I tried to look into it to see if it was possible for this to be the real amount. I learned that the $200 million per day figure came from the news agency Press Trust of India. This figure might be true or it might … [Read more...]