Ruben A. Rodriguez Paul Hansen English 1301-2005 06 April 2011 Should Public Servants have the right to strike? There has been much debate lately about public servant union group’s right to negotiate or collective bargain for pay and benefits for the employee’s. Some state that all workers have the right to negotiate their pay and benefits by what ever means. While other state that some employees’ positions‚ like teachers‚ police and fireman‚ are much too important to allow them to walk
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whether or not we can smoke in public? You may think this seems like a complaint on the behalf of customers who smokes. But‚ in fact‚ it is the complaint of a non-smoker. Non-smokers have no choice in whether they are surrounded by people who smoke or not when they are at a bar or restaurant. Other customers‚ who
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Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Will it Protect Investors? The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) was created by Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This board was created to oversee the audit of public companies‚ subject to the securities laws‚ in order to protect the interests of investors (15 USC 7201‚ 2002). It was created in wake of the recent financial scandals of Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Global Crossing to name a few. This "Act" established by Congress is to create an oversight
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The Endangered Species Act: Facing Extinction It is found that “ninety-nine percent of currently threatened species are at risk from human activities‚ primarily those driving habitat loss‚ introduction of exotic species‚ and global warming” (“The Extinction Crisis”). The Endangered Species Act was put into place in 1973 as citizens of the United States began to realize the harsh effects of their everyday living on the living species around them. Plants and animals began to disappear‚ causing discord
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In 1962 the Supreme Court decided that public schools did not have the power to authorize school prayer. This decision made public school in the U.S. more atheistic than many European nations. For example‚ crosses still hang on the classroom walls in Poland‚ and the Ten Commandments are displayed in Hungary. There are prayers held at the beginning of legislative and judicial sessions and every President has mentioned a divine power in his inaugural speech. In keeping with a spirit of religious freedom
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with retort. When free speech is not allowed in the public sector‚ honesty is no longer accepted. This‚ in turn‚ sets the precedent of honesty as being looked down upon and considered rude. Why should someone’s opinions be punished because they don’t go along with what is standard or declared acceptable by others. By infringing on the freedom of someone’s speech‚ it is the same as punishing them for being who they are. Freedom of speech should not be obstructed or met with retort by the
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No Choice to Save Land for Endangered Animals Nowadays‚ land supply is one of the critical world problems‚ which is considered carefully before using that limited land. People transform natural landscapes to human landscapes for farmland‚ housing‚ and industry‚ and it makes many serious problems to wildlife species. Especially to endangered animal‚ they will lose their shelters and face the end of their kinds. However‚ there is no choice for tremendous requirements of mankind. There are some main
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Should Sexual Education Be Taught in Public Schools? In 2008‚ studies show that 50% of all teenage girls in the United States‚ ranging from ages 14-19 became teen moms. This is the highest rate of teenage pregnancy since the early 1990s and it will continue to increase if there is no intervention‚ Sexual education should be taught in public schools because it could help avoid pregnancies and decrease the rate in STDs among the youths. Teenagers can get properly educated and be provided with accurate
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English 102 5 August 2010 Should NASA Continue to be Public Funded In the early morning of February 1st‚ 2003‚ the US watched in horror as the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over the blue Texas sky (Simberg). The wreckage of the ship and the remains of her seven crew members were strewn all across Texas and parts of Louisiana. Even the most staunch NASA believers contemplated their support for the agency as fire rained from the sky. It had been nearly 17 years since the last fatal disaster
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“The oldest and most often invoked argument is that art‚ whatever its form‚ is a public good” (Ginsburgh‚ 2001‚ p. 759). Why? Because as the author referred‚ it can benefit not only those who attend or see it‚ and who pay for it‚ but also all other consumers‚ who do not necessarily wish to contribute voluntarily to its production or to its preservation‚ in the case of museums‚ so they are free riders. We can easily understand that artistic activities also produce externalities to all civilization
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