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    Government Should Establish Program To Reduce Juvenile Crime Juvenile crime is increasing rapidly and is a problem that plagues America. The murder rate by 18 year olds has increased 467% since 1965! The current policy maintained for the last number of decades is clearly not effective. An increase of 207% in the number of murder cases committed by 15 year olds from 1985 to 1993 is not a sign that current policy is effective. Changes must be made. The best way to address the problem is through

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    THE SECOND AMENDMENT: What Role Should The Government Play in Gun Control? A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed. Gun control is a real issue with Americans today. Many people have different opinions about how to handle our growing dilemma concerning guns. There are those who believe we should ban guns altogether and those who believe we should not ban or restrict the people’s right

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    world will rise by 5.1 million in 2013 to 202 million people‚ topping 2009’s record of 198 million. "Unemployment remains as dire as it was during the crisis in 2009‚" (Ernst‚ 2013). Unemployment has always been the top worrying issue of the government. Unemployment rate is the litmus paper of a country’s economy‚ security and its overall production force. When unemployment rate increases‚ consumption rate decreases. Since unemployed rate is high‚ the people spending power struggles‚ causing the

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    Should the National Government take away gun rights? One‚ should it be the States rights? If the National Government took away everyone’s guns no one could protect themselves. But if citizens are armed they could protect their family‚ friends and themselves. If everyone is armed they would be safe but also dangerous. It’s a right to bear arms but it’s the common good that’s not everyone is armed‚ that’s where background checks come in. When someone buys a gun they have to be checked for any criminal

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    In by far the majority of countries‚ governments play a role in the provision or funding of Health Services. Although the nature of public sector involvement is often a source of fierce political debate‚ it is presumed that governments need to play a role in the provision of healthcare. Perhaps the most captivating justification for the government to intervene in healthcare is that healthcare‚ like education‚ is deemed to be a basic human right or entitlement.An individual’s health is inevitably

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    that the United States government lacked moral power because it overlooked slavery‚ and he saw the Mexican War‚ as an attempt to extend slavery to the western United States. Thoreau believed that publicly disobeying the laws of an unjust government would bring other people to oppose that government’s actions. He refused to pay a poll tax and he considered the law to be unfair‚ even thought the government ordered by the rule of majority. 4. Thoreau states that‚ “no government would be best”. However

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    Title: the government should not spend money on arts. To what extent do you agree? A heatedly-debated issue in my country today is whether the government should not spend money on arts‚ in this brief essay‚ I will explore two arguments often heard in this controversy. It seems that there are many reasons for some people to believe that the government should not spend money on arts because we do not like arts much. The primary one may be that the majority of people are not interested in arts

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    Review of ”Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?” The drama “Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?” was directed by Mike Nichols and released in 1966‚ starring Elisabeth Taylor as Martha‚ Richard Burton as George‚ George Segal as Nick and Sandy Dennis as Honey. The film is an adaption of the play of the same title written by Edward Albee. The film was nominated for thirteen Academy Awards and won in five categories including Elizabeth Taylor for Best Actress and Sandy Dennis for Best Supporting Actress.

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    character of politics makes consistency pretty close to impossible‚ partly because politicians are human and human nature is inconsistent‚ and partly because the voters don’t really want consistency. As voters‚ we have the luxury of holding politicians to standards we would almost certainly be unable to meet if we were in their positions. And when they fail‚ we revile them for their hypocrisy‚ which is as pointless as reviling a dog for having a moist nose. Now‚ all of this may make Auntie sound awfully

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    conscious decision 18. Bankruptcy- The legal proceeding by which a person’s assets are distributed 19. Commerce Power- Exclusive power of congress 20. Copyright- The exclusive‚ legal rights to reproduce or distribute his/her works 21. Direct Tax- A tax that must be paid directly 22. Eminent Domain- Power to take private property 23. Expressed Powers- Spelled out powers 24. Impeach- to bring formal changes against a public official 25. Implied Powers- government powers

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