Argumentative Essay 18 March 2012 Rising Gas Prices: Who is to blame? Each time a person residing in the United States pulls up to a gas station to fill their tank it costs more money. This is particularly true of the past four years. Many focus the blame on the American Government but there are a multitude of factors causing gasoline prices to be so astronomically high. Middle eastern war‚ environmental precautions and government all seem to have a hand in the price we pay at the pump. While Obama
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are available to the public‚ and this is all caused by price gouging laws. When it is announced that there is a natural disaster on its way people start to stock up because they realize that resources won’t be available once the disaster hits. If price gouging laws are in place everyone at stores will buy more than what they actually need just to be safe. This can be fixed by banning price gouging laws so that goods can be sold at higher prices to reduce scarcity of necessary items and to attract sellers
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Should the age allowance of driving be lowered to 16 years? Driving has always been popular among young boys and girls‚ which goes back for over 100 years ago. The very first automobile was built by Karl Benz which was a German scientist in the 18s century. By his name you could wonder why his last name is Benz‚ which is the same name that we used to call “gasoline” (Bensin). Funny enough his father is called Mercedes Benz. Mercedes‚ as many people know‚ is the very first car-company. Since
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amongst Americans is determining that the current legal drinking age which is 21 should be lowered to eighteen or not. Researching the following propaganda made me understand the dangers to the youth and people in America if the drinking age were to lower. Therefore i will argue with whoever disagrees with me that the drinking age should be lowered. I’d like to explain six reasons to why the drinking age should not be lowered beginning with the strongest reasons. First reason being is that alcohol effects
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Dominicia Ferrell Mrs. Burns English 101 December 1‚ 2011 Should the legal drinking age be raised (or lowered)? Should the drinking age be lowered to eighteen years old‚ when one is considered an adult‚ and assumes adult privileges‚ or should the drinking age remain at twenty-one years old‚ since people are more mature and therefore‚ can be safe and responsible with alcohol? I believe that the drinking age should remain at twenty-one years old because lowering the legal age would not be the
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prohibiting "unconscionably excessive" gasoline price increases. Many states have an anti-gouging law set in place during disasters. But yet just a year before all of this occurred the price of gas was around nearly a dollar eighty. Now gas is almost a dollar and fifty cents more. That is why gasoline price gougers should be punished. It is already the law and it causes the economy to become more unstable.
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Why Should Consumers Use Quality Health Price Information To Make Health Decisions? Overview In the recent past‚ the government has been pushing for health service providers to clearly post their treatment charges. This was in a bid to ensure that the citizens are able to access the best medical care and at considerate prices. This is because if you are aware of how much a certain procedure will cost you in five different hospitals‚ then you will be able to choose the cheapest or if you like: the
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Should the drinking age be lowered to 16? At the moment in Australia the drinking age is 18 and I think that it is time to taking the case of lowering the age into our own hands. Surveys show that nearly 10 million youths aged 12-20 in Australia report that they have consumed alcohol in a 30 day period in 2011. The century council has created a survey‚ results show that over 55% of teenagers (12-17) said they had been offered or had the opportunity to drink alcohol in the last 12 months. Most teenagers
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The Drinking Age Should Remain 21 By Matt Hill Teenagers will do just about anything to fit in with the "popular" crowd. Drinking and partying are both viewed as cool or popular in the eyes of some teenagers. What does a teenage party consist of? Well‚ it will usually take place in a house with no parental supervision‚ along with members of both sex‚ and a lot of alcohol. The teens may then engage in drinking games such as beer pong‚ flip cup‚ quarters‚ presidents and A-holes‚ to name a few. As
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Price gouging is the practice of rising the price of goods‚ services‚ or commodities‚ to unreasonable or unfair level. This usually occurs when a state or country is in a state of emergency. Many citizens when talking about price they automatically think it is bad and are against it‚ which is not the case in my opinion. In many states it is illegal to price gouge and is considered unfair by many. My belief is that price gouging should be legal for many reasons. In the next paragraphs I will explain
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