advanced as one would assume. The productivity and redistribution of wealth among the people is completely inequitable. While 1% of Americans are enjoying themselves with their surplus of wealth‚ a large amount of Americans are struggling to simply make ends meet. In a nation where the people live by the American Dream‚ why are so many people deprived of opportunities that will upgrade their living conditions? This is question has been raised by many‚ one being Barabara Ehrenreich. Throughout her book
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commentator: Poor People voting is ‘un-American’. Matthew Vadum claim that registering the poor to vote is un-American. Vadum goes on to claim that “registering the unproductive to vote is an idea that was heavily promoted by the small-communists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven”. What are some ways that we can help poor people? Don’t judge people unless you have heard their story. Don’t judge a person by their circumstances because it doesn’t define their character. We can help the poor in so many
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SUPERMARKETS FOR POOR PEOPLE In Vietnam‚ there are some duty-free supermarkets that serving people in buying goods and foods with “10-15 percent lower than common prices” like Moc Bai supermarkets at Vietnamese-Cambodian frontier (“Duty-free supermarket opens in Moc Bai economic zone”‚ 2009). It is seen as a good idea to help people having things with reasonable prices. However‚ according to the Circular No. 08/2010/TT-BTC Article 2 Section 2b (Ministry of Finance‚ 2010)‚ only people aged 18 years
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associated with political instability are inherent ethnic and tribal conflicts in African nations. The importance of this factor cannot be undermined in the determination of economic and social growth. Over the decades ethnic and tribal polarization‚ spearheaded by political dissidents in Africa have taken advantage of political instability to cause mayhem in their nations and to their people. This has caused tensions‚ violence and armed conflicts that in most cases have led to civil wars. Recurring episode
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Maycomb is a miserable town to live in. Using the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ we get to see maycomb through the eyes of the protagonist Scout‚ learning more about the town itself and the people inhabiting it. Maycomb is a bad place to live because of how the towns folk won’t accept one another for being different‚ how dangerous Maycomb is and how townsfolk discriminate one another. To start of‚ Maycomb is not a good place to live because of how non-accepting the town is. One example
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written by Harper Lee contains few aspects about Maycomb black community. This links very well with one of the most important theme of the novel‚ racism. Harper Lee describe black community as poor‚ uneducated and unfairly treated people‚ but in the end Harper Lee tells us that black people are just like anyone else in Maycomb and they deserve to be treated equally. To begin‚ Harper Lee describes black community as extremely poor‚ uneducated group of people. Harper Lee describe the First Purchase African
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Philippines‚ on August 7th 2010. This photograph was taken on a Saturday‚ so for sure the little girl does not have schooling on that day‚ she just found this this bag from the trash and decide to play with it. “Whoever shut his ears at the cry of the poor‚ they also shall cry themselves‚ but not be heard” (proverbs 21:13) in the Bible. This full of meaning photograph shows a really deep and sadful reality which is living under the red line of poverty. Looking deep in this photo you can see and realize
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Maycomb Sexual Assualt Trial Tom Robinson Found Guilty for Rape November 22‚ 1936 Yesterday at around 11pm‚ Tom Robinson who had been accused by Bob Ewell of raping his daughter‚ Mayella Ewell‚ Tom Robinson has been charged for rape. The court case took place at the Maycomb County Courthouse and enormous crowd of people‚ both white and blacks‚ turned up to observe the trial. The prosecutor was Mr. Gilmer and the defence laywer was Atticus Finch. The case was presided over by Judge Taylor and a
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So often in a society we are misled at the actual courageous and uncourageous acts that are done amongst a society. Most of the time it is usually because we have our own perception that a society is emulated from the way someone may act or the lineage and community in which some are born into. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows the strengths and weaknesses of a community through the white community‚ black community‚ and lastly the community within a family. Though there is much
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the community is very easily defined by his relationship with the people of Maycomb. Playing a very important part in the legal affairs and issues of most of the town‚ he is very important to many people. Atticus Finch‚ being the father of Scout and Jem‚ has a continuing presence throughout the entire novel even when he is not the primary focus. This also seems to be the case within the community‚ as many of the people in the town often come to Atticus for help with various legal issues
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