purpose to help reduce death and injuries. An airbag is not as effective if it was not for a seat belt. “In the United States‚ a mandatory seat belt law was first enacted in New York in 1984. Lund et al. [6] found a nine percent decline in traffic fatalities in the first nine months when New York enacted mandatory seat belt law.” (Dissanayake 32) There are two types of mandatory laws‚ Primary Seat Belt Law and Secondary Seat Belt Law. Depending on the child’s age and weight determines how they should
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Minimum wage according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is the least amount of money per hour that workers must be paid according to the law. However many citizens lack the means necessary to provide for their family despite working six plus hours a day and only receiving a minimum wage of 7.25 dollars an hour. Raising minimum wage would not only decrease our poverty rates but also benefit our economy beyond the pockets of low-wage workers. Most people who work “low-end” jobs and get paid minimum
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time‚ opportunity or guidance to participate in physical activities. The ideal place in which students would be able to find adequate time‚ opportunity and guidance are in the high schools themselves. Politicians and educators responsible for the mandatory physical education program at the junior high school levels (grades eight to ten) should be applauded for this‚ but frowned upon for not enforcing it on senior high school students (grades 11 and 12). Physical Education is defined as "the process
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Immunizations should be mandatory for people living in the United States because it can help put an end to diseases. According to the article Five Important Reasons to Vaccinate Your Child‚ “Some diseases that once injured or killed thousands of children have been eliminated completely and others are close to extinction” (Vaccines.org). Medical science has improved over the years and with the use of vaccines we were able to control the spread of diseases and even make an end to them. One example
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75 an hour. It’s embarrassingly sad how America does nothing to make minimum wage workers ascend with the cost of living. Therefore no upward mobility is being made when the minimum wage is holding people back. Today in the USA some people view poverty as a “characteristic.” This means some citizens believe that people who are in poverty are lazy‚ rash and are more liable to suffer from addiction. However‚
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Research Office and Library Services conducted a research‚ to discuss other country’s experience of using the minimum wage system‚ enable they deliberated on this issue in Hong Kong. And early 2000s in Hong Kong‚ most of the lower class and low-skilled industries are in low level of wage‚ therefore some people in society had some opinion to The Legislative Council relating to statutory minimum wage‚ as a way to protect blue collar of life. In 2006-2007 Policy Address‚ protecting labour rights is
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Should vaccinations be mandatory or be optional‚ forced or forgotten‚ used or left to dust. As you know people can make things with the best intention‚ but there can be consequences it could harm others. And if the government forces you to inject something into your blood that you’re allergic to‚ or it’s against your religion‚ or if it causes you pain and suffering instead of helping you. Then you have a right to stop it. First what is a vaccine? “vaccine-A substance used to stimulate the production
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imprisonment the more effective method in deterring crime? A well punishment such as community sentencing is an alternative program to deter crime and reduces levels of reoffending as the article written by The Guardian in 2012 highlights in the quote “community sentences proven to be 8% more effective than short term prison sentences at reducing reoffending” (The Guardian‚ 2012). Community sentencing involves offenders implementing requirements ordered by the magistrate and judge such as job training
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Raising the minimum wage is a topic that often brings about much debate. But in the overall aspect‚ what such changes would it bring? People often fight over if it would be more of a good thing or more of a bad thing‚ throwing around misconstrued ideas before actually doing their research just because they heard it somewhere else. Well after much consideration‚ research‚ and discussion it does appear that it would be more beneficial to raise the minimum wage because it wouldn’t only lead to economic
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Mandatory Foreign Language Classes To communicate with others in another language is crucial‚ especially with our ever-changing society. The amount of immigration is increasing immensely nevertheless; the job market is becoming more competitive. As citizens of the United States‚ we need to be able to efficiently communicate with international clients‚ and to do so‚ another language should be required. The problem is most Americans don’t know a second language‚ consequently this negatively affects
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