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JC Garcia

Father, husband, musician, woodworker, outdoor enthusiast, employee benefits broker, and last but not least... American thinker and renegade optimist. I am both inspired and disgusted at the present state of the human condition as a result of social engineering and the advent of modern technology. My aim is to promote self-sufficienc...

Why All Americans Are to Blame For High Gas Prices
Why All Americans Are to Blame For High Gas Prices

Until the country wakes up and starts to demand a new sustainable energy policy that will make America the leaders of tomorrow, we should start getting used to paying $5 a gallon.

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JC Garcia It's simple really. We Americans are to blame for every wrong our politicians have inflicted among us. We put them there, or let them hang on afterall. But consider what is going on here: http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/IEDindex3.cfm?...

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Kony 2012 is No Scam: Understand the Facts Before You Criticize Invisible Children
Kony 2012 is No Scam: Understand the Facts Before You Criticize Invisible Children

I worked with Invisible Children, and the criticisms of the group over Kony 2012 are unfounded.

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JC Garcia I just saw the video today and I have to admit that I had no idea who this guy was. I will also admit to being outraged and saddened at what these poor kids have to go through. Yes, something must be done and I'm glad to see a mostly private mov...

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How Debt Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis and Why It Matters
How Debt Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis and Why It Matters

Flawed federal housing policy, Wall Street excess, and lack of bank regulation may have all contributed to the mess, but the 2008 financial crisis was caused by America's debt.

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JC Garcia Exactly David! It's a dog eat dog world out there and for someone to NOT do their homework on their biggest purchase is ludicrous and irresponsible. It's much tougher to get duped if you've done your research. The car industry is learn...

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Ron Paul and GOP Candidates Have it Wrong on Education Reform: We Need a Bottom-Up Approach
Ron Paul and GOP Candidates Have it Wrong on Education Reform: We Need a Bottom-Up Approach

By calling for less federal government and more localized control in the Republican Debate, Ron Paul and the other candidates highlighted their inability to solve the U.S. education woes.

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JC Garcia Bingo. More federal intrusion means more red tape and slower progress. While some areas may need more help than others, a broad umbrella policy does not address those specific needs. Every district has their own problems but only they have the insigh...

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How Smart Phones Are Impacting Your Friendships
How Smart Phones Are Impacting Your Friendships

How are cell phones affecting our social relations? Does our heightened reliance reflect a greater desire to stay more connected to even more people?

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JC Garcia That's a great point. Smartphones are a great way to connect across the distances. As far as Facebook goes, I find myself communicating more with those far away, ie. other states, countries, timezones. Local friends, those I can drive to and see...

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Worker Abuse in Chinese Factories Means It's Time for Apple to Bring Factories to the U.S.
Worker Abuse in Chinese Factories Means It's Time for Apple to Bring Factories to the U.S.

Apple products are the hottest electronic devices sold in the U.S. and the Chinese factories in which these products are made mistreat their workers. So, why can't they be produced in the U.S.?

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JC Garcia I dont know Dillon. While I support your sentiment of bringing back manufacturing jobs state-side, the inherrent costs of labor and doing business domestically means a major price shift to the consumers and Apple's bottom line. While it seems li...

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This Week at PolicyMic: Matty Carville @ NYT, Matthew Swift on Fox, & Peter Thiel
This Week at PolicyMic: Matty Carville @ NYT, Matthew Swift on Fox, & Peter Thiel

Every Friday, the PolicyMic team highlights three cool things that happened on PolicyMic that week and outlines a few major questions that we need your help answering.

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JC Garcia Well, to reach a general consensus, or close to it, of what makes a successful article or opinion piece, perhaps we can consider a rating system for the articles being published? Something simple which rates things like: factual with documented sourc...

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Your Feedback: Features, Content, and Community
Your Feedback: Features, Content, and Community

Please use this forum to give feedback, ask questions, and share ideas how to make PolicyMic better.

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JC Garcia Can we see an updated page on all the badges? I just got a competitor badge and I'm not quite sure what that means or how I earned it. Also, I still continue to get error messages while clicking on links to recently awarded mics, and repsons...

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Is a Job In Finance Still the Right Career Choice for Millennials?
Is a Job In Finance Still the Right Career Choice for Millennials?

With shrinking compensation pools, attrition and a negative public opinion of the financial industry; is going into finance the right career choice? That depends on what you want out of it.

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JC Garcia I sure hope you are correct in that view. It would be encouraging to see that the demonization of greed and absurd wealth has had an impact on today's youth. Perhaps the 90's push towards political correctness and ethical behavior (as a res...

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Mitt Romney's Self-Deportation Plan for Illegal Immigrants is Harmful
Mitt Romney's Self-Deportation Plan for Illegal Immigrants is Harmful

As a solution to illegal immigration, self-deportation creates more problems than it solves.

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JC Garcia Allow me to add that I do not support simply passing complete amnesty to all undocumented immigrants. That would cause a bigger mess and certainly would be unfair to those of us who abide by the law. My point is that while we do have specific laws in...

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Do Politicians Need to Know English? Spanish-Speaking Politician in Arizona Barred From Ballot
Do Politicians Need to Know English? Spanish-Speaking Politician in Arizona Barred From Ballot

The decision to disqualify an Arizona city council candidate for lack of sufficient English skills is an unprecedented development which highlights the growing challenge of bilingualism.

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JC Garcia While I agree that the local community, especially in this case, can be well served by a Spanish speaking representative, it also sets a certain precedent. I would not like this to be construed as an authoritative and racially slanted argument. But c...

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U.S. Wrongly Demonizes Iran, But Ignores Nuclear Weapons Countries India, Pakistan, and Israel
U.S. Wrongly Demonizes Iran, But Ignores Nuclear Weapons Countries India, Pakistan, and Israel

Despite the U.S. government's obsession with demonizing Iran, there are other countries that pose a much greater threat to international peace.

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JC Garcia As we have pulled out of Afghanistan and are now shifting our focus towards the Pacific, it seems North Korea may be getting our attention after all. My libertarian views tells me that Iran has every right as their own sovereign nation to protect the...

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With its New Privacy Policy, Is Google Going Evil?
With its New Privacy Policy, Is Google Going Evil?

The public outrage over Google's new privacy policy is unwarranted.

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JC Garcia I certainly agree. But you know, even before the internet, I've always been very keen to what others think of me. It's a gift and a curse, but as you say, social networking may not be the best way to judge character, but it's a new way...

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Are Too Many Rights With Too Few Responsibilities Creating Our Nation's Problems?
Are Too Many Rights With Too Few Responsibilities Creating Our Nation's Problems?

Do you see the integrity regarding rights and responsibilities of this nation in balance or imbalanced?

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JC Garcia That movie was Wil Smith's finest performance in my honest opinion. Such a moving and inspiring story, especially since it was based on a true story. Most of the occupy protesters have no clue what these Wall Street jockeys have to go through ju...

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Facebook IPO Summary of Terms – Everything You Need To Know About FB
Facebook IPO Summary of Terms – Everything You Need To Know About FB

Here's the cheat sheet for those who don't want to read the whole S-1.

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JC Garcia You know, I think FB has social networking in the bag as long as they maintain a strong team and not pull a "Netflix." By that I mean completely disenfranchise your entire clientele with poor policy choices. The time will come when they...

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We Should Legalize Marijuana — And All Other Drugs
We Should Legalize Marijuana — And All Other Drugs

The strongest argument for the legalization of Marijuana is the damage it would do to cartels. One step won't do it, legalize them all.

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JC Garcia If minimum wage is $8/hr, then a full time worker would earn $16,640/yr. The average cost to keep an inmate locked up is $35,000/yr. What the hell is wrong with this math? It takes the gross revenue of 2 minimum wage workers to lock up one no...

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How the Government Can Save the Middle Class and Reverse Income Inequality
How the Government Can Save the Middle Class and Reverse Income Inequality

Income inequality has grown dramatically over the last 30 years to the detriment of many Americans and the overall U.S. economy. We must correct this trend to recapture the American Dream.

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JC Garcia While I did not use the term, "lazy" in my argument, I suppose that one could say that one without a "fire inside" is then dubbed lazy. But that detracts from my point that if someone wants something bad enough, or more importantl...

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Both Democrats and Republicans Fail to Fulfill Promises on Immigration Reform
Both Democrats and Republicans Fail to Fulfill Promises on Immigration Reform

What does "immigration reform" mean to you? Do you have faith that policymakers can achieve it?

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JC Garcia And why is it again that we are sending factory jobs to China instead of Mexico? I'm sure there is a political answer to this but I'm in the dark. It has just occurred to me that we can nail 2 birds with one stone. Let's build up Mexic...

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Why the U.S. Should Allow Iran to Become a Nuclear Power
Why the U.S. Should Allow Iran to Become a Nuclear Power

Here's why the U.S. should accept Iran in the nuclear club without reservation.

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JC Garcia Oh Georgi, this is gonna be good. Excellent intro and looking forward to the rest. There is the argument, recently proven in India and Pakistan, that once both warring nations acquire military nuclear capability, a certain plateau is reached, if ...

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