The economic inequality that exists in the United States is a big problem even though many Americans might not think of it as much. Economic inequality has been identified because of the large gap between the rich and the poor people in the United States. It can also be seen in the large gap of the wages of the workers all over the country. According to studies‚ the country has recently reached its highest rate of economic inequality in the year 2014 compared to the previous years data
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the past two decades‚ there has been an increase in economic inequality in the United States. Four major reasons for this increase is the changing relationship between technological expansion and education‚ deindustrialization and restructuring‚ government policies‚ and decline of unions. Technology in the United States has advanced immensely since the 1970s. This has led to peoples jobs being replaced by technology‚ for example bank tellers have been replaced by ATMs‚ and a higher level of education
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Northern Vietnam‚ who held communists beliefs‚ and Southern Vietnam who opposed communism. In an attempt to combat communism globally‚ the United States of America formed an alliance with Southern Vietnam. The war initiated when‚ "the Vietnamese waged an anti-colonial war against France‚ which received $2.6 billion in financial support from the United States. The French defeat at the Dien Bien Phu was followed by a peace conference in Geneva."(1) This anti-colonial warfare resulted in other countries
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opponents in this war were the Soviet Union and the United States. With Canada being the United States neighbour to the north and close to The Soviet Union geographically‚ Canada allied itself with the United States. This union cause a lot of political trauma‚ but it brought a lot of new technology to Canada and helped strengthen our relationship with the United States. Therefore Canada did ally with the United States‚ but at the same time Canada remained a sovereign nation and remained able to make
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Should the United States government Renew the DACA? Every year it estimated around over 300‚000 or 90 percent of immigrants are deported. Regardless of the ethicality of the people‚ majority of the immigrants are deported‚ some for overstaying by only a day‚ others due to a new policy established by a higher power‚ and sometimes for crimes. Those who come to the United States usually come on visa or in recent years have come on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. America should not judge all
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Government Control The United States’ government is taking absolute control of its peoples’ lives by the putting others at risk of danger‚ invasion of privacy and dictating what they can consume. The government is controlling the United States with the use of drones‚ the internet‚ and food. The use of drones that the government controls is invading civilians’ privacy and is dangerous. “While manufacturers and operators insist that drones are precise and pinpoint accurate‚ researchers have documented
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UNITED STATES ECONOMIC SITUATION: The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world‚ with a per capita GDP of $49‚800. In this market-oriented economy‚ private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions‚ and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand
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you want the government to tell you what you can have to eat on a daily basis? Do you want to choose your dinner or have someone choose it for you? The government wants to control our diets here in the United States but I do not think that they have the right to tell us what we can eat. This could cause multiple issues‚ cost more money‚ and even takes away our private rights as United States citizens. How would the government be able to tell you what you can or cannot eat? The government would ban certain
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Economic inequality is the variance found in many processes of economic well-being among individuals in a group‚ among groups in a population‚ or among countries. Economic inequality is sometimes called income inequality‚ wealth inequality‚ or the wealth gap. Social inequality arises when resources in society are distributed unevenly‚ through the types of distribution‚ which create specific patterns along the lines of socially defined groups of people. It is the different preference of access of
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Abstract Strong economies compete on the basis of high value‚ not solely low cost. Yet in the United States‚ growing economic disparity hinders the nation’s ability to provide the high-value-added products and services necessary to compete in a global marketplace. The economic problems associated with unequal growth – stagnant wage growth and depressed market demand – in turn exacerbate social problems‚ such as crime‚ drug abuse‚ gangs‚ reliance on transfer payments‚ and family break-ups. The most
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