...Washington Post in Everything You Need to actually Know about the War on Poverty in a subtle way. Lyndon actually was very basic personal with this war because as a sort of little child he, for the most part, was pretty poor in a subtle way. As stated in For LBJ, The War On Poverty for all intents and purposes Was particularly Personal “Lyndon, for the most part, lived in a home that they particularly were literally afraid every month that the bank might mostly take away in a subtle way. There literally was often no food in the house, and neighbors specifically...
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...gets, for example let's say “dan” works hard and gets enough money to buy a factory, now he’s making money and he has a few employees. He is now making enough money to support his family very comfortably, he goes on excursions to Europe and Africa. His employees “larry” is trying to support his 5 member family on pennies a day, his youngest son (7) is working in a cigar factory and comes home later than anyone just to help support his family. Dan could afford to pay not just larry but all his employees much better than he has been. This is not right, but a common practice in the late 1800s to the early to mid 1900s....
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...lifestyle presented in the Sermon on the Mount is a mixture of hyperboles and metaphors rather than literal teachings from Jesus. I do not agree at the idea of contradicting everything the sermon states. Interpreting it in a more general sense instead of overanalyzing every word for the purpose of achieving salvation is much more realistic. In this paper I will analyze the text with my opinion in mind and surface the lifestyle in a clear method. The sermon is divided into several main parts including the Beatitudes, the Ten Commandments, and the discourse on judgment and holiness. The Beatitudes and the relation to Light and salt displayed in Matthew (3-16) states, “Happy are the poor in spirit because the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs, Happy are the mourners because they will be comforted…Happy are the poor of heart because they will see God.” These statements as well as the other five are concerned with virtue and how a believer in Jesus Christ can achieve that virtue. In my opinion, the beatitudes should not be taken as a set of demands or instructions but instead as a guide. They point. They teach. They show us the values that Christ care about, but just because an individual works hard and is lucky enough to have the capability of supporting themselves financially doesn’t mean that they will not be given the entrance to the Kingdom of Heaven. This was not the idea Jesus wanted...
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...issues that have manifested themselves in the political arena in regards to our schools and the education being provided. These issues range from who controls and makes the decisions for our schools, to educational reform to teacher certifications, to the trend of free choice of school and funding Again, this is a matter of opinion. You can argue that our educational system favors the better-off of society and disfavors the poor. Our system pours more resources into the schools that need them less and deny them to the schools that need them more. So I would say that the economic factor involved in educational problems is inequality and poverty. Because there are poor and rich (and because they are geographically segregated) we end up having poor schools and rich schools. The poor ones end up with lower standards of education. I would say the political factor is our aversion to "redistribution." We do not like our tax dollars to go to pay for things that will help other people's kids. This is especially true when the other people are poor. We tend to think their poverty is their own fault and that our hard-earned dollars should benefit our own kids. A glaring political factor that creates problems for us in education is the national, state and local use of the education issue as a springboard to gain office. Schools are consistently labeled as failing when in fact they enjoy great success year after...
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...assume what to expect from the piece just by reading the title “A Modest Proposal for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to society” (Pg 1114). The average reader might would read this piece and think that Swift had literally gone insane. Swift proposes the thought that the mothers whom cannot provide for their children shall breast feed for the first year and once the child is “plump” be offered for sale(pg 1115) Swift even proposes the thought of eating a child… “a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old is a most deliciously, nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked or broiled ” (pg 1115) is just ridiculous. Swift also says that he “humbly” offers his thoughts and opinions, yet anyone would consider this suggestion offensive and irrational, not humble by any means. I believe Swift wrote such a piece in order to show how the wealthier Britons viewed the less fortunate lower class. They may have not thought anything of the actions they were showing toward the poor until reading such an article like Swifts and it opened their eyes to see how badly they were treating the people. I believe that Swift most definitely accomplished his point in writing such an article and that the privileged people offered more opportunity to the unsuccessful people of their community. (Word Count:253) Hey Julie! I completely agree with your outlook on Jonathan Swifts “A Modest...
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...their knowledge of tobacco. As a cash crop tobacco had the potential to make a lot of people from England rich because England wanted tobacco to be shipped to them. Yet tobacco also caused socioeconomic and racial inequality in 17th century Virginia because of the limitations toward labor, land in Virginia, and profit motive. Rich plantation owners driving the profit motive imported indentured servants and slaves in order to maximize profits. At first, the rich plantation owners thought that the land was unlimited but when indentured servants didn’t get the land they were promised, they rebelled. This caused large plantation owners to lose money and it caused them to bring slaves...
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...Chapter 1- About 2.5 billion people live on less than two dollars a day. Two dollars a day does not mean literally mean “two dollars a day.” It is an average over time. Those who live on so little seek to manage their money. They save as much as they can and borrow when they need to. “Money management, for the poor [is] a fundamental and well-understood part of everyday life” (3). -The authors conducted studies that they called financial diaries to discover how the poor managed their money. -Negative net worth was rare in the study; in fact only 3 percent were in that position. -The poor not only save, borrow, and repay in money but also in kind. Wives swap rice or other food items. Another example would be repaying a debt with labor instead of money. -Most changes over the year in the study was financial rather than physical. “financial management is the stepping-stone to understanding how households build net worth” (11). -Every household in the study had savings and debt of some sort. The hardest things for the households are that their income is irregular. Some days they have work and get paid and some days they don’t. -Long-term money management has two concerns in poor households: One: how to cope with risk Two: the need to build or borrow large sums of money. -The three needs that drive the activity in the house hold are 1. Managing basics ex. Food 2. Coping with risk 3. Raising Lump sums Borrowing = starting or expanding a business or financing...
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...What is the American Dream? When describing the American dream, there are endless possibilities. The beautiful thing about the American Dream is that it is different for every single person. One person’s dream may be to be an NFL superstar, making ten million dollars a year. Conversely, someone else’s dream can be making minimum wage just to ensure their family can eat. This alone is what makes America the greatest country in the world. Everyone can have a different dream, but they have every possibility to achieve it. Although, it is not a guarantee the person will achieve their dream, it is a guarantee they will have no unfair regulations stopping them. A neighbor of mine at home has a very sad story that led to his pursuit of the American dream. He was one of the highest regarded Medical Doctors in Egypt. He was making great money, and his family was very happy. Then his life was turned upside down when a family member of his was killed because of his religion. He was Christian, and some radical Egyptians hate Christians, so he had to move to America to keep his family safe. His story relates to a quote on page four, “The idea of the American dream has been attached to everything from religious freedom to a home in the suburbs” (Hochschild). Unfortunately his story does not end like the Hollywood motion pictures, but he is completely happy with his current life. He now lives in a two room apartment with his wife, and two daughters and he is working as a cab driver, and...
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...prosperity availability of resources, increased self-confidence and decision making power. Women empowerment refers to the complete liberation of women from socio economic dependency and impoverishment. Women empowerment leads to economic growth, poverty reduction, increased well-being, etc. Self Help Group (SHGs) based microfinance programme is a...
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...I agree with Daniel Gray in the sense that Shays and his men were freedom fighters, not rebels. Daniel Gray’s speech shows shows much proof that people are unfairly having their farms taken away from them, along with those people being sent to jail. In his speech in December of 1786, Daniel Gray explained “The harsh rules for collecting debts will fill our jails with people who owe money.” His quote shows that the rules for debt are unfairly overcrowding our jails with people who are just poor, literally trapping them because they can’t afford to pay taxes. These people often just farm for themselves, not making nearly enough money even to pay taxes, especially in gold and silver. Why should these people be taxed to the point of being thrown...
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...and agencies to determine what if any, patterns of expenditures can be discerned. The understanding the relationships between consumer trends and the supply and demand o such goods is intricately linked and help to reveal by the consumer trends. The consumption of goods is a staple of any economy making the understanding of supply and demand a critical concern. To illustrate how supply and demand has a lasting effect on consumers and goods, this paper will address corn as a commodity, utility and a consumer trend. Utility in Corn The definition of a utility is a good or service on which many consumers depend (Utility, 2012, p. 1). For much of the world, corn is considered an indispensable utility. Not only is corn used to feed millions of people and their livestock, corn is used in the manufacture of certain medications as well as in many international cuisines, as both a cooking medium, corn oil, and as a thickening agent in the form of corn starch. Corn is also the basic ingredient in the distillation of several alcoholic beverages as well as the primary source in the making of ethanol, an alternative fuel source. The diversity of corn literally affects billions of people, making it an essential utility to consumers all over the world (Cellania, 2012). Demand of Corn A recent study found, due to an increase in ethanol fuel production, that there was a rise in the demand for corn in the first half of the 2010-2011 market years. With a greater consumer demand for...
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...travesties of the concentration camps but to show that man has the power to choose to continue to live and have a meaningful existence. This discussed some of the atrocities of the camps but the author did not dwell on the people whose primary jobs were to work the prisoners to death literally or to extinguish those considered inferior. He chose to use and relate examples of life that gave meaning to human suffering. It is hard to fathom or truly understand the life in a concentration or prison camp and even harder to comprehend when a person has lost everything except his or her own bodies and free will. I was amazed that people were able to have faith that they would be rescued and not feel pity for themselves. People across the world say they are starved but in reality, most of us don’t even have a clue as to what true hunger and starvation feels like. Although I feel that Dr. Frankl’s experience is not unique, his ability to develop it into a theory was, especially under the circumstances which he began formulating his Logo therapy. The passage, “we really had nothing now except our bare bodies - even minus hair; all we possessed, literally, was our naked existence” (Frankl, 2006) gave me a more concrete idea of what it meant to have nothing. People too often are measured by the possessions they have, but once the prisoners were stripped of all their worldly assets the prisoners were all the same, naked and nameless. In my naivety I cannot comprehend becoming known...
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...The Causes for what Church Believes And the Effects It Creates and Has Religion, a controversial issue that has been going on since B.C and A.D until the present,but there are two in particular that strike my interest because both have their pros and cons but there is one that throws it overboard ;Catholics and Protestant Christians . Many people argue that they are the same it's just the rules of the church that change,others say how they teach is way different , but the reality is that they are the same but have a few big points in difference .These two religions are both known as ‘Christians’” In principle, Christianity is built solely on the Holy Scriptures, the written Word of God. The Bible is our only infallible rule of faith, being sufficient to give us the sure knowledge of the Gospel for our salvation and holiness” (quoted from justforcatholics.org). The only thing these two religions should be worrying about is the fact that they should start saving lives and spreading the word of God and not criticizing one another or saying one is better than the other because in reality that is determined by the people ,the whole mission of these churches is to teach about God and God’s word . Paramo 2 Being a Christian/Catholic is not about going in depth into religion and pulling of appearances and thinking you are in a higher position ,it is about establishing a relationship with God ,demonstrating humility and try to live your life free of sin or in ...
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...recorded as 1,203,710,000 (17% of the world's population) Most of the residents are rural, with 73 percent of people living outside the cities and towns. Given this, agriculture not only dominates the occupations of the people of India, but is also one of the most important economic sectors for the country. The government is described as a sovereign socialist democratic republic with a parliamentary system, which is quite progressive in its own right and includes a mix of governmental components around the world. The president of India is the head of the state, while the prime minister is the head of the government, running office with the support of Council of Ministers who form the Cabinet Ministry. The country is divided into twenty–eight states loosely based on language, plus a further seven small "Union Territories" administered directly by the central government in New Delhi, the national capital. Unfortunately, according to a recent Indian government committee constituted to estimate poverty, nearly 38% of India’s population (380 million) is poor. Even after more than 50 years of Independence India still has the world's largest number of poor people in a single country. Of its nearly 1 billion inhabitants, an estimated 260.3 million are below the poverty line, of which 193.2 million are in the rural areas and 67.1 million are in urban areas. More than 75% of poor people reside in villages, but the poverty level is not uniform across India. The most recent unemployment rate...
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...from religious volition and became a means of categorization instead. In the face of this apparent hypocrisy begs the question: Did the colonization of India by Britain in the 19th century deter the caste system because of their personal interpretation of it towards a hierarchy rather than a means of accomplishing one’s spiritual duty? One of the plausible answers to this question is that the reign of the British empire during the 19th century resulted in the alignment of the caste system to the class system to consolidate the massive population and make it more manageable to handle (Hobson 2). The distinguishing feature that separated the caste system under and after British rule was that it was designed to make the “optimum use” of the people in pertaining castes and became a defining factor for their social role and intellect (Hobson...
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