Contract With America In the historic 1994 midterm elections‚ Republicans won a majority in Congress for the first time in forty years‚ partly on the appeal of a platform called the Contract with America. Put forward by House Republicans‚ this sweeping ten-point plan promised to reshape government. Its main theme was the decentralization of federal authority‚ deregulation‚ tax cuts‚ reform of social programs‚ increased power for states‚ a balanced federal budget were its chief ambitions. With
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The United States of America is built on two fundamental factors: freedom and capitalism. We as Americans pride ourselves in possessing “liberty and justice for all‚” as declared in the Pledge of Allegiance. Our government gives us the right to speak our minds‚ practice our faith‚ and express ourselves without reservations. The economic system of capitalism stems from this laissez-faire political ideology. It allows for private systems within the country to operate without government interference
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these different religions in America. One religion in particular would be Hinduism. Hinduism in America is highly underrated and more should be known about this fascinating religion. Hinduism became a part of America in the mid-1960s. Hindus from the Caribbean decided to embark on the journey because of political fears and economic uncertainties. As of 2014‚ 0.7 percent of the American population practices Hinduism. That counts for over two million people and yet‚ America is still in the dark about
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Deaf in America: Voices From A Culture By Carol Padden & Tom L. Humphries Copyright 1988 This book was mainly focused on looking at Deaf culture of today and comparing it to the culture of the past‚ and what kinds of struggles deaf people had to endure to get where they are today. The two authors of this book are deaf; one was deaf her whole life and the other became deaf as a child. In my opinion‚ that was a major contributing factor to why it was so interesting. The reader gets a chance to
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make money or their annual income. A lot of people in America believe they are in poverty when they compare themselves to the statistics. Nevertheless‚ consider this‚ “almost half the world (over three billion people) live on less than $2.50 a day and at least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.” Anup Shah continued. Three billion people live on less than $2.50 a day. That is less than one thousand dollars a year. How many people in America would be able to survive on that? One thousand
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Censorship in America Since this country was founded‚ we have had a set of unalienable rights that our constitution guarantees us to as Americans. One of the most important rights that is mentioned in our constitution is the right to free speech. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the government for
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The Graying of America Of the total federal expenditures in 1995‚ Social Security together with Medicare(federally founded health program aimed at helping the elderly‚ founded in 1965) was the largest‚ accounting for about 34 percent. In 2005 this figure is predicted to be as high as 39 percent. This is caused by the "graying" of America and the increased number of elderly who will collect benefits for a longer portion of their lives‚ coupled with a reduction of the number of workers available to
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Jaden Braunwarth Deserving Equality According to the ideology of the American Dream‚ America is the land of limitless opportunity in which individuals can go as far as there own merit takes them. Americans believe in meritocracy‚ a level playing field‚ where people succeed based on talent and ability rather than wealth. Even though it’s ideal to believe that everyone is equally able to succeed‚ society has developed the concept of social class to categorize people into different groups based
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ENG 101 SL1 26 June‚ 2006 Obesity in America Obesity in America is a continually growing problem and even worse our own children are sharing in this problem. A commentary in the Washington Times reports that sixty million Americans are obese. What really is the meaning of obese? Obese is having a body mass index of thirty percent or more. In recent years‚ the percentage of obese Americans has risen. In the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted by the National Center
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Running head: MANDATORY RECYCLING IN AMERICA Mandatory Recycling in America Michelle Hendrickson Kaplan University Comp. II Professor Anderson December 19‚ 2011 Mandatory Recycling in America The “Big Idea” I have chosen to take on is “Recycling”. My thesis statement will be “Recycling should be made mandatory in our nation due to the fact that waste management in the United States is in a state of chaos.” There are always two sides to every controversy but‚ I believe with further research I
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