also discriminates workers belonging to ethnic minorities. The unemployment rate for Hispanic and Black teens belonging in the 16-17 age groups were 25% and 40.9‚ respectively. This high percentage can be brought down if only the minimum wage is abolished so the society can maximize the number of young people who are willing to work‚ even if it’s for small wages. Having a paying job for the young workers teaches values such as discipline‚ hard work and responsibility. Most of the minimum wage jobs
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Should the Exclusionary Rule be Abolished? Since the introduction of the exclusionary rule‚ many debates have raged about whether or not it should be in place in our justice system. The exclusionary rule was set in place to protect citizens’ Fourth Amendment rights against illegal searches and seizures. As a result of the induction of this rule‚ law enforcement throughout the country has been affected and changed. Personally‚ I do not believe that the exclusionary rule should not be excluded from
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Birthright Citizenship Aff: We stand in affirmation of the topic Resolved: Birthright citizenship should be abolished in the United States. We define abolish according to the Black’s Law Dictionary as to annul‚ eliminate‚ or destroy‚ especially an ongoing practice or thing and “should” from the Merriam Webster dictionary as a word used to express obligation. The criteria for this round will be net benefits and if we prove that abolishing birthright citizenship provides even a minute benefit
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endless amounts of standardized exams to get somewhere and be someone in life. Whether a kid wants to simply go on to the next grade‚ graduate high school‚ graduate college‚ even yet‚ apply to college‚ there is some sort of standardized test that they must pass. All these tests have made it difficult for students to go on with their lives‚ enough to a point where parents have become concerned earlier and earlier every year. National standardized tests are flawed‚ and should be changed because they are
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Every 4 years‚ our country makes an incredibly important decision. We vote for the person who will represent the US in all domestic and international affairs; The President. Currently‚ we have many troops in Iraq fighting to help them establish a democracy. We are giving the citizens a right to vote‚ a privilege that many people claim we are lucky to have. In actuality‚ how democratic is our system overall? What many people don’t realize or care to face‚ is we don’t directly vote for our president
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the United States cast their vote to decide the next president‚ but most do not realize just how little their vote means. In fact‚ the president is not elected by the people‚ but instead by 538 members of the electoral college. The electoral college should be replaced by a popular vote system because it will allow all votes to be equal‚ cause candidates to focus on more than just swing states‚ and result in a rightful winner that creates a more united country. The electoral college is a complicated
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Abolish the Death Penalty The death penalty should be abolished in all fifty states. There are a growing number of concerns around capital punishment: if it violates the Eight Amendment‚ if race plays a factor in who gets the death penalty‚ and if the cost of capital punishment is really giving society a deterrent. “I would have more confidence in the fair-mindedness of this jury and the jury’s pronouncement of the death sentence‚ had the state not used its peremptory challenges to exclude
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Capital Punishment For a long time now‚ society has been trying to figure out whether a crime so heinous exists for which a death penalty is needed to avenge the victim. Many argue that capital punishment is an abomination as the people who carry out the act are playing God and it is not a humane form of punishment. However‚ I disagree with that notion‚ since some crimes are so heinous‚ capital punishment seems like the only way the perpetrator can be punished and the victim avenged. Capital punishment
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more reasons‚ capital punishment should be outlawed and not be a legal system that deals with the criminals in society. Capital punishment is costly‚ unjust for minorities and is not the moral right thing to do. Over the years capital punishment has been banishing from countries‚ innocence people have been convicted and executed too many times for the system to uphold any longer. Nearly 40 years of evidence proves the death penalty does not work. The system should not be an option any longer. There
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deducts from an employee should be based on the amount of wages contributed by the employer‚ as well as the sum the employer has already contributed to the fund and the amount of compensation the discharged employees have received from the fund. The proceeds collected from employers should be deposited in the Mandated Benefits Fund‚ which is controlled by each state. The Federal government should allow states to extend the time during which citizens can receive benefits. States should consider providing
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