...Discrimination is still a very large issue in America, even today. Whether it is the color of your skin, what religion you practice, or whether you were born a male or female, many people are discriminated. I have been discriminated a lot. Whether they say something about my race or say I cannot do something because I am a girl, it happens very often. I remember being discriminated for my sex. The simple fact that I was born a female, and not a male. I have had someone tell me I was not going to work when I was older, and I was just going to marry someone rich that would take care of me. "Because I am pretty so I do not have to do anything." When I told him I wanted to get a job and provide for myself because I do not need someone to take care...
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...Macroeconomics Dr.Suhler 2-26-15 The economy is getting better in America right now, and with that comes the book called Economix: How the Economy Works(and Doesn't work) that really helped me understand more about our own economy and where it is heading. I feel that America takes a page out of this book because we are what this book describes, which is that of a capitalist country that relies on investment and then regain said investment to help grow the economy. In the book that we read for class, I feel that I have learned more about the history of economics more then anything. America is a country founded on the hard work of people who felt that England was not the right place to be at the current time period. Bring with them though was one of the most important aspects of our country that we still have today, and this is a capitalist economy. Another thing that I learned from the reading was that France and England both based their economies around the same aspect, which is that of a capitalist economy, and that having the most money was the only measuring tool of how your economy is doing. And this is reaffirmed by Jean-Baptiste Colbert who states “Everyone… Agrees that the might and greatness of a state is measured entirely by the quantity of silver it possesses” meaning that Jean had the right idea of economics he just need to fine tune his idea. To fine tune this idea of “the most money is the winner” Jean Colbert had to look across the English channel at their...
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... author Paul Shirley would disagree with the previously stated statistics. In his text, he strongly expresses the importance of limiting the relief for Haiti. He then continues to argue that it is harmful to give them the amount of relief we are putting forth. Extending Shirley’s argument, the article published in USA Today, “Help Haitians, but Don’t Throw Open U.S. Borders”, explores the process of bringing suffering Haitians to America for a better life. It argues the negatives to this proposal, suggesting it not only hurts Haiti, but America as well. In this essay I will analyze both texts and the arguments they make, exploring how the article published in USA Today extends Shirley’s, further proving, clarifying and backing his argument. In his article, Shirley expresses his opinion on the importance of limiting the relief in Haiti. He makes claims throughout his text suggesting that the US is giving too much time and overbearing effort, that we are being to controlling, “It simply does not work to give unconditionally. What might work is to teach.” (Shirley, 3) Shirley suggests that we as Americans do not continue to donate money and do all the work for the Haitians while rebuilding their nation. They cannot rely on the US perpetually and once...
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...Decline of Democracy in America The founding fathers didn’t create a democracy because they thought it would work perfectly. They didn’t give people the right to vote so that everyone would find true happiness. They knew better than to create a utopia where everyone had their own white picket fence, went to church on Sunday and lead lives as model citizens. They understood that toes would get stepped on, feelings would get hurt and sacrifices would happen. The founding fathers didn’t start a revolution to make people happy, they started a revolution because they believed in the idea that everyone had the right to equality. They founded America on the belief that hard work will lead to prosperity in the land of opportunity. All the ideas we associate with America: capitalism, the free market, education, elections, these all came about because people wanted to have power over where their life took them. Being able to make decisions in your own interest: the founding fathers based America on that principal, and they structured the government so it would protect those interests. Today, this is not the case. Although it may appear that America has come a long way since the civil and women’s rights movement, increasing inequality and discrimination in the 21st century has created a democracy that no longer represents the interests of its constituents but its ruling elite. Despite people’s preconceptions that our society represents...
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...person in history has ever taken on such as strenuous a role as George Washington did as the first President of the newly formed United States of America. The country had just gained independence from the greatest power in the world at the time, but the biggest challenge would come ahead; the making of a country. This journey began with the creation of the Constitution and the first President of the United States taking office; George Washington. Although he did not willingly accept his duty, he ended up serving eight terms as the first President. In his farewell address to the nation, Washington warned the young country of what he believed to be the downfall for the nation. These warnings included the exclusion of foreign affair, a way to conserve and prosper financially, and no political parties. Even though Washington was such a successful President, these warnings were not followed by any means, and even today America does offend every single one of these warnings, although not each one proving costly to the nation. Washington lived in a time where people gave their lives to be independent from a mother country. By experience, he knew that a country operates better when it is unaltered by other countries. In his farewell address, Washington says that it is understandable to have commercial relations with a country, but America should “have with them as little political connection as possible” (Farewell Address). Washington did not want to include the country in foreign affairs...
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...In 1607, the first successful colony, Jamestown, Virginia was founded. Upon hearing of the success of Jamestown, more people began to leave Europe to colonize America. This led to the colonization of the other regions of America. The original thirteen colonies set the foundation of America. In these colonies, the colonists formed their own economy and their government, and had many religious influences that set the foundation of the American mindset we have today. In the Northern colonies, the soil was poor so the colonists were unable to grow crops as a means to make money. But they did have an abundance of fish on its Atlantic coast that created a notably profitable fishing industry. They also had numerous forests that supplied the materials for their lumber and shipbuilding industries. The Middle colonies had soil that allowed them to grow wheat and grain crops to export making their agricultural industry successful. They also had vast forests that supplied the lumber that enabled their lumber and shipbuilding industry to flourish. The Southern colonies had very rich soil that was suitable for growing crops for profit rather than sustainability. The...
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...to America to achieve the American dream. The American dream, for every person living in America, is having an equal opportunity to be successful and the success is achieved by all the hard work and dedication Americans do throughout their lifetime. Success has different meanings for different people as we all do not have the similar needs and have a different point of views to life. Success for some people is achieving financial stability while others see success as happiness and love. Immigrants take the courage to step out of their motherland and move to America to achieve their desired goals and live a healthy and wealthy life....
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...States of America is the land of freedom, equality, and opportunity for each and every American, with the ability to live the “American Dream.” The American Dream suggests that anyone in the United States is able to follow their hopes and aspirations, succeed through hard work, and has the potential to lead a happy and successful life. Through hard work and dedication, reaching success and wealth is never too far, everyone receives as much as they put in. America is one of the world’s leading nations, with a high quality of government, development, military, and more. Many factors of our nation that put us at the top of the chain come from support of Americans themselves, the individuals living in the United States, through taxes. It is required that anyone who receives an income must pay taxes. Taxes are certain fees or charges that the government requires people to pay in order to live and work in their state or country. The government needs money to operate, and taxes are a way for them to get this money. This money is used to fund various types of programs such as education, military, social security, and more. Each and every American generating an income is subject to pay for these taxes. Although, not every American makes the same amount of money. It isn’t fair for those individuals who don’t receive as much income to pay for the same fixed tax amount as the wealthier citizens in the state. The rich should pay more taxes because they have a greater amount of money. The wealthy...
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...America and Baseball: If You Want to Know America, Then you better Know Baseball Sean R. Golob Western Governors University If You Want to Know America, Then you better Know Baseball Baseball hits a home run when it comes to comparing it to the American identity. Both baseball and the American identity have three aspects that are exactly the same; both are very diverse, both are rather competitive, and both are driven by business and money. America is a diverse country, according to US Census Bureau (2013) quickfacts reference page, “Caucasians alone total 77.7%, Hispanic and Latino alone 17.1%, and African American alone 13.2%”. However, America has races from every inhabitable continent; we have a large number of Asians, mass amounts of Europeans, and growing amounts of Latinos and African ethnicities. These aspects all put together combine to make a huge part of the definition of American identity. Along with diversity, another aspect that is used in the definition of American identity is business and corporations. Corporate America is one of the largest and wealthiest forms of business in the world. Wall Street deals with billions of dollars daily, corporations throughout the country grow in size and significance. Lastly, competition is the last big part of the definition because of the international trade, emphasize on sports and athletics, and between other rivalries between other countries. The same is with baseball in America;...
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...Myth of Education Education in America has always been important and a major topic of discussion. There are myths about education and how it is not all cracked up to what it is supposed to be. When people think of education in America, they think of prestigious universities decked with the latest technology and the students having an amazing time while at school. In all actuality, most people will not even obtain an education after high school, let alone even accomplish high school. The myth of education is not upholding its standards and the way people view it. The myth of education is that education is the engine to the dream. It can work for everyone because we are “created equal” and can be achieved by hard work and not by luck (Learning Power 109-15). In today’s world, life is all about education. Most well paying jobs today require some sort of education past high school; whether it may be your bachelor’s degree or even your Ph. D. In today’s society there are more opportunities for kids to go to school and better their education, but they do not take advantage. People get the idea that schools or universities in America are the most prestigious schools in the world and that we get the best education; but that is not 100% true. Some kids are less fortunate than others to receive an education that will benefit them in the future. Underprivileged kids that are born into low income families maybe not have the funds to afford to go to a big university if they do get accepted...
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...for America now. We need to understand the building blocks of our world today, so we don’t make the same mistakes that we did from the past. Everyone should learn from the early settlers mistakes and not also repeat them. In politics people learn from histories mistakes so they will not get overturned and there will not be any civil wars. The role of literature in understanding the origins of American ideology is how freedom of religion, economic struggle, and the government is the same from 200 years ago to the present day. The economy 200 years ago would fluctuate from high to low just how it fluctuates now; people traded and tried anything to make a profit and sometimes the Europeans would give the Indians an unfair trade, just like how people today are capitalists in America and the bosses will do anything to increase their profits even if that gives the workers a lower wage for the same job. When people discover new things they are likely to make money off their discovery. “While the ships stayed, our allowance was somewhat bettered by a daily proportion of biscuit, which the sailers would pilfer to sell, give, or exchange with us, for money, sassafras, furs, or love” (Smith 67). Indians and Europeans are able to make profit off goods that the other group doesn’t make. Just like in our society today we buy China’s products that we don’t make and they buy ours that they don’t make. The foundation of our government elected officials is the government we had in America 200...
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...their average paycheck! Back then people worked more than 13 hours a day and got paid in the range of 20-40 dollars. That’s poor in America today. My parents get paid 2,000 dollars every 2 weeks. Do you see the difference? I feel bad because the immigrant kids would be right there working with their parents in factories that were hot and nasty! People had horrible working conditions and were being abused of their rights. What I don’t understand is that immigrants came to America for freedom! The Second Industrial Revolution gave them a chance to work but they were better of in their original country that they came from. I’m just glad that our community changed from the 1800’s till now because people got what they deserve. That’s how you run a good country and America wasn’t representing that back then. I guess immigrants realized that the reality was that America wasn’t a piece of fresh pie. The Second Industrial Revolution caused child labor, deaths, the way we have our food and more. That’s why I believe that this negative effects to the country. I feel angry when I hear that people around the 1800-1900’s had to work in such horrible working conditions. If you’re working in places that ha0ve hot muggy air, chemicals all around, and no type of cleanliness then why work? Workers were inexperienced working on machines that they didn’t even know how to operate. There basically putting themselves into risk of certain diseases that can develop later on because of the chemicals that...
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... The Struggle for Teen Jobs 2 The Struggle for Teen Jobs If jobs are scare today, where can teens learn about managing money, job experience and what type of career they might be successful in and where they want to go in life. The percentage rate in Ohio is at 67%, California is 32.7%, and the lowest is in Nebraska at 9.7%. The adult unemployment is at a high of 7.3% and growing faster everyday with the economy. Teen unemployment can also hurt the family income, for the parents are unemployed and they cannot even find jobs. The teen unemployment figure is simple alarming, while the rest of the country is in an economic recession. The percentage of teen job loss in the past two years, is greater than all U>S> workers the first five years of the great depression of the 1930’s.The employment rate amomg teens is dismal with the rates of teen unemployment varing from stae to stae.. Your teen is competing with adults looking for jobs because their one family income cannot sustain the increase in food, gasoline, education and all the expenses thy have to cover to provide for their families. Most of us come to that retirement age and we think that we can retire but we find out that our retirement money will not sustain through the rest our lives , so the older generation have to work longer which is also taking the jobs away from our...
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...North America, also known as the “New World”, had an unreliable work force. Before Africans were used, Europeans relied on indentured servants. They would have a sentence of about four years work with no pay after that time they had to be freed and paid to work. Other people were used as slaves such as Native Americans and Caucasians but they were killed by diseases that foreigners carried which their immune system could not handle. A lot of people feel that slavery does not exist anymore, but if slavery is making people work for little to no money and taking away some of their rights then sweat shops is slavery. In this paper, I will show how profitable the Transatlantic Slave Trade was. I will prove this first by acknowledging how many places were involved with the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Second, I will explain how other trades affected slavery. Third, I will show how we still use sweatshops as a form of slavery today. The Transatlantic Slave Trade supplied the main base of the New World’s economy. The majority ships that sailed yearly for Africa were from the city of Newport. A little over sixty percent of North American voyages that involved the Transatlantic Slave Trade were founded in Rhode Island because of their ports. Spanish America had 1,552,000 slaves, Europe had 175,000 slaves, British North America/ United States had 399,000 slaves, French America had 1,600,000 slaves, Brazil had 3,647,000 slaves, British Caribbean 1,665,000 slaves, Dutch America had 500...
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...society since the beginning of man. Whether it is money, power, or strength, certain people are put into classes that gain them respect. Especially during this time of year when the election is going on, we hear class mentioned all the time. The upper class is the wealthier people in America, the middle class is what can be described as your "Average Joe", and the lower class are those that are struggling to provide for themselves. Class can affect things such as getting jobs, what kind of women or men you will attract, and how you are treated. Whether people want to believe it or not, class is a huge part of how we view people and it always will be. The New York Times came out with a special study about economic class. According to them, "class influences destiny in a society that likes to think of itself as a land of unbounded opportunity." (Scott, and Leonhardt) The article states that class is a powerful force in the life of Americans and places a huge role in shaping us today. Things such as your family name, education, and ethnicity all play huge rolls what class you fall into. In my personal opinion, I would have to say that the article hits the nail right on the head. Class is a widely debated topic and the people in each class play huge rolls in how our country works. For instance, my parents fall under what is called the middle class, they don't come from well-known families; their class is based purely on how much money they make over a one year period. Right now I just...
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