Pennies may have been practical several years ago; however‚ now they are inconvenient and obsolete. As an American citizen who pays with U.S. currency almost every day and almost every day‚ inconvenienced by the use of pennies. Pennies make even less sense provided the fact that the United States Government has made such a large amount of pennies that the materials used to make pennies are worth more than a penny itself. Other countries have already done this and it is working out well for them‚
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LOTF Argumentative Essay “Because power corrupts‚ society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases” (BrainyQuote). James Adams’ quote states that power is the root of evil in society. As soon as we are born into this world‚ society already starting to corrupt our innocence. In The Lord of The Flies‚ William Golding‚ uses Jack and Ralph to display that man is born into the world innocent‚ but as time passes‚ is corrupted by evil and power
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As soon as the Civil War would end his promise would hopefully be put into law. African Americans could finally be able to own land. Majority of them had no way of buying land‚ so this plan Sherman came up with was better than nothing‚ “Northern philanthropists helped some freedmen buy land. But for most ex-slaves the purchase
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times marriage was a covenant based relationship; laws governed the choice of partners in Hebrew culture whereas in Greek and Northern Europe a bride was either purchased or captured. In the 15th and 16th century‚ Church and other religious authorities were heads of the institute of marriage. Today marriage is the product of centuries of change in custom and law. The concept of marriage varies with culture‚ however‚ government and religious laws dictate it. (How the definition of marriage has changed
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Have you looked back on history and wondered what a certain era was like? Have you ever questioned if you yourself have ancestors from a certain group of people. Puritans were around many years ago. We have learned many things from them‚ including the type of people they are‚ the religion they practice‚ and their views on education. Puritans have always been very religious. Sex and clothing were two huge aspects of their life that showed there conservative lifestyle. For clothing‚ they went about
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marijuana laws. In the year 2010 alone‚ cops made a marijuana arrest every 37 seconds (ACLU). To add to those eye opening numbers‚ 52% of all drug arrests in 2010 were for marijuana (ACLU). By looking at these statistics‚ it is evident that the government spends an abundant amount of time and resources trying to crack down on marijuana users. Our tax dollars are going towards arresting men and women for smoking marijuana‚ when there are many dangerous and important matters that the law enforcement
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more than 150‚000 individuals each year. This however‚ is not the only sever health effects that humans struggle to treat as a direct result of smog‚ and other degradation to the quality of air we breath due to air pollution from power plants. The law‚ if passed‚ would be responsible for increasing the quality of life for many people from 3‚600 premature deaths‚ 1‚700 heart attacks‚ 90‚000 asthma attacks‚ 300‚000 missed workdays and schooldays by 2030. In addition to this‚ the medical costs of each
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John F. Kennedy once said‚ “Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer‚ but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” Being an American citizen‚ we have multiple responsibilities to uphold. We as citizens‚ have these many responsibilities due to the fact that we have multiple freedoms. With freedom comes high responsibility‚ one being voting. Voting is not just about deciding the president‚ senate‚ or
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According to a website entitles “Find Laws‚” our man in question committed involuntary manslaughter so that is what I will be charging him as the district attorney. Involuntary manslaughter is the lowest form of manslaughter where the perpetrator or the person doing the killing never meant to kill anyone‚ but because they did something dumb or legally referred to at criminally negligent or reckless. . This means that the perpetrator did not intend to kill anyone‚ but still killed the victim through
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After the devastating effects of the attack on 9/11 brought America to the grim terrorism and its lasting effects on the world. Live footage of the horrors New Yorkers were facing was broadcasted to the homes of every man‚ woman‚ and child in America‚ and other nations. The topic of terrorism was very muted until the caliber of damage and destruction of 9/11 brought the subject into the spotlight‚ and becoming one of the most controversial. The ideology of how convicted terrorists should be treated
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