Proposition 31

Proposition 31 creates a two-year budget cycle, twice the length of the current one-year budget cycle. As well as an extended budget cycle, Proposition 31 also requires mandatory performace reviews and assessments of California programs. Furthermore, expenditures of $25 million or more are prohibited, and the overall local government will gain more power.

Because the budget cycle increases from one year to two years, the likelihood that a high deficit will form unnoticed increases, since the budget is inspected every two years instead of every year. Proposition 31 will also result in high budget costs for education in order to fund experimental government projects. The adoption of Proposition 31 will make adaptation and improvement for education almost unaffordable and impossible to achieve.

If I was of legal age and I could vote, I would vote against Proposition 31 because it would result in budget cuts for education. Proposition 31 will also create a possibility for exceedingly high deficits due to lack of attention to the budget cycle. There is also the fact that this Propostion gives the Governor the power to cut the budget in the event of an emergency

Canterbury Tales: The Merchant

The merchant's life consists of selling goods to the rest of the population. The merchant lives a middle class life, and would live in a mediocre house (although in this time, a mediocre house could have been considered a luxury. Merchants face the challenge of preventing theft of his goods, as well as competing against other merchants. The merchant makes enough money to not only maintain his home, but his family. He cares not for the rest of the world, unless something would reduce his sales. The merchant lives to sell his goods. As someone who lives life on capitalism, the merchant has no military experience. The merchant values only himself, his family, and his business. The merchant cares not for his customers, but only for the what the customer buys, and if they have what it takes to purchase it. The merchant would sell a sword and shield to a pacifist if he desired such, and he would also sell jugs of rum to alcoholic peasants. Anyone can buy anything with no restrictions, as long as the merchant can provide. Any merchant of business hopes he can achieve higher levels of business, and merchants of the Middle Ages are no different. They all hope they can one day become huge successes in the world of business.