A recent article on the Press of Atlantic City website‚ pointed out that the long acclaimed and respected DEVCO may be embroiled in a mire of controversy the likes of which the area has never seen. The whole thing started in 2005 when the Middelsex County Improvement Authority undertook a loan of $20 million to build the The Heldrich‚ a New Brunswick hotel and conference center developed by a nonprofit called the New Brunswick Development Corp. The project was at that time cheered by all and was
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With terrorist attacks happening all over the world today with many of them being credited to ISIS‚ it brings us to the discussion of whether or not America should engage in a war with ISIS or not.Going to war will cost a lot of money and cause a lot of innocent deaths for both sides of the war.If we take war into their homelands‚ they will in turn bring war into our homelands. Some people think that if we do go to war it would be best because they say that it would help to end all terrorist attacks
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Welfare is supposed to be the financial support of people truly in need. The benefits provided by this system range from medical coverage to food stamps. People deserving of welfare include the mentally disabled‚ elderly‚ and the employees of minimum wage jobs. The United States Government established this system to aid its citizens‚ but in reality it accomplished the opposite goal. Welfare has been administered unfairly to those attempting to cheat the system. Because of this‚ the effects have been
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As a result of the 1936 passage of Social Security and the 1965 passage of Medicare‚ they have been considerable improvements in the lot of the elderly‚ a population conventionally defines as those or older. A 1988 census report indicated that if the elderly did not receive government transfer payments (primarily Social Security benefits)‚ the 1986 poverty rate for the elderly would have been 48.5 percent instead of 12.4 percent. Medicare‚ the nation’s health insurance entitlement for the elderly
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was in 1854 when Dorothea Dix requested to put 10 million aside for mental health facilities with the help of the Congress. President Franklin Pierce told Dix that it fixing the health system care was an overreach of their job and vetoed the final bill. Today deinstitutionalization brings both positives and negatives to communities affected by it. In 1963‚ President John F. Kennedy emphasized the need for a reform to Congress with a special message. President Kennedy was
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In most cases‚ when Refugees arrive into a new country‚ they often find themselves in a quandary‚ since it is hard for them to assimilate into their new home. Scholars such as Sarah Feldman claim that for refugees to feel part of the society‚ it is crucial for them to become integrated into host communities‚ since they have been warehoused in refugee camps for long periods of time and may feel estranged. Feldman mentions that one of the biggest issues is the misconception that refugee camps are temporary
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Is the world will be a better place‚If the nurses get paid more than pro athletes.We save lives‚ they throw balls.(5 things about nurses on Pinterest) Are athletes overpaid? Many Americans that work full-time job‚ Nurses who save lives even the president who run the country didn’t make that much.But many retired athletes have chronic health problems. It may seem unfair that athletes get paid to play game‚ but remember who they are really play for. However‚ many Americans work until they are about
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Adolf Hitler‚ Joseph Stalin‚ Ivan the Terrible (Ivan the fourth.) All these men were tyrants‚ I wonder how the Constitution prevents us from tyrants or tyranny. The Constitution was written in Philadelphia along with the declaration of independence‚ it was written along the time of May 25‚1787 to September 17 of 1787. The Constitution states four safeguards written to prevent tyranny. Federalism(a system that the central government has a powers and the smaller regional governments have power)‚ Separation
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When the USSR began supplying weapons and ‘volunteers’ to the Spanish Republic during their Civil War‚ it seemed as if Stalin was coming to the aid of international communism to defeat Franco. However‚ most modern historians believe this view is too simplistic and that the USSR’s aid was more motivated by the opportunity to advance the needs of their own foreign policy. Stalin attempted to regain support through Spain‚ which some historians believe was to unite international socialism against fascism
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American people. She is most known for her protest against child abuse‚ standing up for women who were in lower positions than men were‚ and running in the presidential election as the first female president. Hillary Clinton was not only the First Wife to Bill Clinton‚ but a New York Senator. While she was a Senator‚ Clinton helped Manhattan recover from the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centers. Not only was the first female presidential candidate a blonde‚ so was the first female Supreme Court Justice
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