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    There are a lot of people saying college degrees are overrated‚ and that they are more expensive than they are worth. They believe degrees are not necessary anymore for one to have financial and economical security. Has the price of college gone up? Yes. It is called inflation. In comparison‚ the price of gold has more than doubled in the past ten years. (goldprice.org) Also‚ according to supply and demand‚ as the demand for an item increases so does the price. Taking that into mind‚ college

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    Social Class Education Comparison Have you ever heard of people saying no matter where you come from as long as you put in the effort to succeed in your education? Well that saying isn’t completely accurate because not everyone in the world is born in the position or ready for higher learning. Certain people are born in a position where they are properly prepared and financially set to pursue their education. Your education is the key to your wealthy lifestyle. Kids all have their own type of opinion

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    high school graduate and get a decent job. With the increase in cost of living‚ having a college education will enable you to meet your financial obligations as wells as to help you to prepare better for retirement. In a recent article by 2David Leonhardt of the New York Times dated May 27‚ 2014‚ he explains the income gap between high

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    Chapter 1: “Shadowy Lines that Still Divide‚” by Janny Scott and David Leonhardt My Armenian-born parents are a clear representation of the promise of equal opportunity and spirit of freedom that the United States is meant to embody. As refugees of World War I‚ my family came to America in pursuit of liberty with their kinship and industriousness as their “only” resources. Today‚ my parents own 100% of their home on WaiKiki Beach in Hawaii‚ and paid for my tuition at the same private school President

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    Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times economic journalist David Leonhardt’s article from May 2014 “Inequality Has Been Going on Forever...but That Doesn’t Mean it’s inevitable‚” Leonhardt learns from French economist Thomas Piketty that income inequality occurs due to some individuals having extra capital to make more capital. Leonhardt specifies in his article that income gap in the United States can be reduced through acting on the political issues involving

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    will pay a total of 14.2% in federal taxes. This average household would have paid 0.8 percent of its income in corporate taxes (through the stocks it owned)‚ 0.9 percent in gas and other federal excise taxes‚ and 9.5 percent in payroll taxes (Leonhardt‚ 2010). This representation of the average amount of taxes the average household pays accurately portrays the impact of the policy on households in general. I do believe that the City of Centervale tax payers are very disturbed by the amount of

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    What would be the cost benefit to society for the early detection and treatment of diseases? Benjamin Franklin once said‚ “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. In today’s society‚ that statement is very true. Millions of dollars are spent in the treatment of diseases. It is definitely more cost effective to do annual screenings and testing than it is to treat a disease that has already manifested. Once a person has the disease‚ it becomes very costly. The patient has to go through

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    Is College for Everyone and is it Worth it? Is college worth the money and is it for everyone? Many students in high school start to realize that once graduation approaches them‚ they are going to be entering the real world and start to question themselves on what they are going to do. They then start wondering is college going to be right for them and are they going to be able to afford it? Due to college costs increasing more and more every year it is a tough decision. One thing for students to

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    by two-thirds since 2000 (The Value of Education). In state tuition is almost an effortless way to make college more affordable because the only requirement is to live in that state. Scholarships play a big role in making college more affordable (Leonhardt). There are countless scholarships that can make college tuition a much more affordable. Some of these scholarships include academic and athletic scholarships. As a result‚ even the most expensive colleges can be made more

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    Philip‚ Bowen‚ John‚ and Makens‚ James‚ Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism‚ Prentice Hall‚ 1996 Emerson‚ Robert L.‚ The New Economics of Fast Food‚ Van Nostrand Reinhold‚ 1990. Love‚ John F.‚ McDonald’s Behind the Arches‚ Bantam Books‚ 1986. Leonhardt‚ David‚ Getting Off Their McButts‚ Business Week‚ February 22‚ 1999‚ p. 84. Brooks‚ Steve‚ Jack Green berg: McDonald’s‚ Restaurant Business‚ March 15‚ 1999‚ p.30. Zikmund‚ William G.‚ Marketing‚ Sixth Edition‚ South-Western College Publishing‚ 1999

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