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    that 1 in 7 people in the US are in poverty. In 2009‚ 43.6 million people — 14.6 percent of the population — were living in poverty in the U.S.‚ up from 13.2 percent of the population in 2008. (Pascale‚ 2010) The United States currently has the highest number of people in poverty it has ever had since

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    The United States’ health care system in comparison to the Germany health system seems to be fairly similar in many ways; however there are some major differences. One seems to be divided into public and private sectors and funded mostly by the public; Germany’s‚ is considered better at times which tends to run differently. In the two healthcare systems‚ both systems are taking the time to spend quite a bit of the governmental revenue on health but still have two of the lower life expectancies.

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    What your about to read consists of the federal court system‚ federal court’s jurisdictions‚ and lastly I’m going to compare the federal court system to the state of Georgia’s court system. Let’s start with the federal court system‚ which consist of three tiers. The Federal Courts According to the Paralegal Professional by Henry R. Cheeseman and Thomas F. Goldman‚ the trial courts of the federal system is the District Courts (2011‚ p.211). Cheeseman and Goldman say there are 94 district courts

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    Introduction Over the past several years‚ an ugly secret has been brought to light in the United States: employers steal from their employees. Not just a few unscrupulous employers‚ or small businesses‚ or in marginal‚ declining or unprofitable industries. To the contrary‚ recent studies have shown beyond a reasonable doubt that wage theft is both wide-spread and virulent‚ and that current enforcement of wage law is utterly inadequate. While the full magnitude of wage theft in the U.S. is still unknown-

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    democracy has been a key part of the United States foreign policy prescription for more than forty years. After the defeat of the fascist regimes during the second world war and the fall of the Soviet Union after the cold war‚ the United States government latched on to the idea of democratization because it became widely accepted that this is how our national security is best protected. This new ideology is very different when compared to what Secretary of State John Quincy Adams stated in 1821:

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    supports the conclusion that society can control whether to adopt a new technology? 1. No new nuclear power plants were built in the United States for 25 years after the accident at Three Mile Island. 2. About half of all email messages are spam. 3. Despite decades of research‚ fusion power is an elusive goal. 4. People do not have to listen to Rush Limbaugh if they do not want to. 5. Some new technologies are simply too expensive to even consider adopting. 3. Tablets‚ abacuses‚ and manual tables 1

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    The United States should empower the Afghan Government to actively pursue peace negotiations with the Taliban because total victory is neither plausible nor affordable. U.S. and NATO have battled the Taliban for sixteen years. Some defense analysts estimate the Afghan war cost the U.S. between $4 to $6 trillion dollars. Furthermore‚ thousands of Americans sacrificed their lives and limbs in pursuit of victory against the Taliban. Yet‚ the Taliban insurgency remains resilient today. The U.S.

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    Slavery ending in the United States in 1865‚ once slavery ended there was the belief that the end racism and oppression would soon follow. However‚ almost 150 years later racism and the oppression of people of color is still very present in society. The most prevalent form of racism in the United States is institutional racism. Institutional racism is any kind of system of inequality based on race that can occur in institutions. Once slavery ended slaves did not automatically become integrated in

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    Should the Death Penalty be allowed in the United States? What are some pros and cons of the death penalty? Some believe that the death penalty is a clever idea‚ however; I feel the death penalty is a very harsh punishment. The paragraphs below will explain in detail why I am against the death penalty. The cost of having criminals on death row versus life in prison‚ the mentally ill criminals‚ and the unfairness to the criminals. For instance‚ it is unfair to the criminals in which the evidence

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    ever imagined what it would be like if immigrants came to America legally? Our country would be much different. Many Americans believe that immigrants should listen to the immigration laws and enter America legally. Other Americans and immigrants believe that there shouldn’t even be any immigration laws because all people are equal. This controversial question has led to discrimination and various political views. Should illegal immigrants be allowed to stay in the United States of America and

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