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    The United States of America is branded as the land of opportunities and a place where anyone can come and make a better life for themselves. Which is why many people choose to immigrate to the U.S. the Center for American Progress reports that “The foreign-born population consisted of 40.7 million people in 2012. Broken down by immigration status‚ the foreign-born population was composed of 18.6 million naturalized U.S. citizens and 22.1 million noncitizens in 2012. Of the noncitizens‚ approximately

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    This paper will discuss the aging (elderly) population of the United States; there has been a significant increase in elderly population since 2011. The elderly population is defined as those individuals aged 65 and over (Hogan‚ Ortman‚ and Velkoff‚ 2014.) However‚ this increase is largely responsible due to the baby boomers‚ as they began to turn 65 in 2011; however it is projected that by 2050‚ the surviving baby boomers will be over the age 85 (Hogan‚ Perez‚ and Bell‚ 2008.) This population

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    people seek a better but different ethic groups coming together to as one whole nation. Coming together as a nation that is well diverse can improve the economy by creating more jobs. From 1880 to 1924‚ over 25 million Europeans migrated to the United States‚ because America was a way for people to start over. Emma Lazarus poem “The New Colossus” is a symbol of new immigrants coming to American to seek freedom‚ job opportunity‚ and a better life for themselves and their families. Immigrations seek

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    May 1882‚[2] after witnessing the annual labor festival held in Toronto‚ Canada.[3] Oregon was the first state to make it a holiday on February 21‚ 1887. By the time it became a federal holiday in 1894‚ thirty states officially celebrated Labor Day.[2] Following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike‚ the United States Congress unanimously voted to approve rush legislation that made Labor Day a national holiday; President Grover

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    Democratic Socialism When the government needs to be structured to benefit its people with security and‚ freedom only one economic system comes to mind. Democratic socialism provides the stability of a command system with the opportunity and‚ the free consumer market of a market economy. This combination is most ideal for countries all around the planet. Countries sponsor governments all over the world that take rights away of its people for in return what they call social programs and freedom

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    Unemployment rate in the United States Economy Unemployment is one of the principal macroeconomic problems facing the United States economy. This implies that the economy is not operating under full employment. United States has been experiencing a high level of unemployment in the past. However‚ in the recent past the United States unemployment has fallen down to 7.7 percent as per statistics this year in the month of November. This is the lowest unemployment rate United States labor department has

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    Industrialization had a great impact on the United States. The Industrialization in the United States helped to attract many more immigrants to the country. The west made it possible to have more farming land. Urbanization created new technology. The United States was considered a new start and had many opportunities for anyone. This attracted immigrants to move to the United States. One of the most persuasive things for the immigrants to move to the United States was that the many different jobs. Immigrants

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    Christianity makes up a whopping 83% of United States citizens‚ while only a small 13% are not religious. Religion is a great thing‚ it gives people something to believe in and a set of rules to make life a littler easier to live by‚ but where does the boundary exist between belief and fact? No religion is the fastest growing “religion” in American because studies have shown that the amount of atheists have doubled in the last several years. I actually have conducted my own study concerning religion

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    Racism in the United States is becoming a huge problem with all of the shootings‚ violence‚ and discrimination that has happened in the past years. Privileges and rights were given to white Americans that were not granted to Native Americans‚ African Americans‚ Asian Americans‚ and Hispanic and Latino Americans. Almost every story seen these days as soon as any person of any other skin color defends themselves and injures or kills the (black) attacker‚ these racists go berserk and start spouting

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    The problem of Internet censorship‚ the act of limiting access to undesirable sites‚ continues to grow in today’s world. While justifying censorship in other countries because of nondemocratic governments‚ the United States Constitution grants the protection of an American’s freedom of speech‚ causing for the rise of many controversies and scandals. Internet censorship occurs in many ways; however‚ the most common methods‚ IP address blocking and Domain Name System‚ DNS‚ filtering and redirection

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