Sociology 1301
Professor Timothy Albert 10:15- 11:10 A.M.
“America's Economic Dark Side” The distribution of America's wealth, for me, is a hard topic to give an opinion on. I do believe that if people work hard to get their money then they should not have to feel bad about being wealthy. But then we have the less fortunate people that may not have had the opportunity to go to college or the ascribed status to be handed a position with a family company. It is a scary thought to realize how much America's economy is dropping. It has brought an inequality to Americans everywhere. Even with minimum wage rising, it is still not helping because this is just bringing employers to give their employees less hours so they are not paying them much more. Also since their hours are cut, most of their health benefits get cut too. There has been other cases where some working American's are getting “cents” raises which can exclude them from being able to qualify for some welfare benefits. It ends up with them losing more in the end. America's economy just seems to be digging themselves deeper into debt. Economists have said that the recession ended in mid 2009 but the truth is that most American's are still going through it. Many American's do not have jobs being offered to them and are being forced to rely on welfare, which sometimes might not even be enough. These people are living in poverty and more and more people are being put into this category daily. Things are going from bad to worse for the middle class American's as well. The average American classifies themselves as “Middle Class” to the people around them but in reality most of them are lower than that. The real number of people in this class is decreasing because the upper class is going up and causing them to get pushed down the scale.
It is sad to see how poverty has risen all over America and how family/household incomes have been decreasing. Families, even ones with working couples, are struggling to even pay for the necessities of life, including food, yet
Introduction: Pro/Con Speech I. Has anyone been to Alaska, or will plan a trip to Alaska? Well it’s a land of cold dark weather that doesn’t appeal to most, but Alaska has been a major topic to the government that affects me and you. The Alaska tundra has been in question to drill oil or to protect the precious environment there. Should the Alaska tundra be opened for oil drilling? II. Should the Alaska tundra be opened for oil drilling? III. I will analyze this controversy in terms of the following…
political and social- economic activities of communities (Alexander, 2005). The thing is we are not born racist. It’s not in our genes. It comes from our views and beliefs that develop as we grow up. We can be influenced by friends, family, newspapers, and society in general. If a child or young person grows up within a racist family, or has friends who are racist, they may believe that racism is normal and acceptable. But it’s not! Without much argument, it’s clear that America’s history is greatly…
Economic Crisis Cody Salas Weber State University Author Note This Paper was prepared for English 2010, 12:30, taught by Professor Deeter Abstract The Great Recession has hit most families pretty hard, unemployment is high, wages are low, and most people are struggling to stay afloat. This paper examines how America has gotten into this mess, how America is recovering, and proposes a plan to get out of this depression-like economy. The paper looks at a key component to…
The Changing of the Food Industry “In many respects, the fast food industry embodies the best and worst of American capitalism at the start of the twenty-first century – its constant stream of new products and innovations, its widening gulf between gulf between rich and poor” (Schlosser 6). In 2001 Eric Schlosser published “Fast Food Nation.” Eric Schlosser’s early 21st century muckraking text, “Fast Food Nation,” attempts to shed light on the consequences of the fast food industry on American…
Fast Food: America’s Drug A burger, French fries, along with a refreshing beverage. The most convenient meal to eat at an affordable price. What is there not to like about fast food? It’s very tasty and can be found at almost any busy intersection. Fast Food Nation is a book written by an investigative journalism name Eric Schlosser. He goes in-depth on the culture of fast food and how it affects America. Is satisfying your cravings worth risking your health? The dark side of the All-…
who spread the story or wrote it down from their perspective. Howard Zinn’s argument that there is no such thing as impartial history clearly illustrates that when history is recorded there is always two sides to the story, that things are either left out or kept in to sway the reader to one side or the other. “Everyone is biased, whether they…
unemployment, crime, illiteracy, emigration, censorship, inequality, and many other disadvantages that only affect the common people. As the result, Central America’s nations are the poorest and most violent of the America continent. These countries are affected by this empire that creates Economic Hitman to gain control over other nations. Economic Hitman are an elite group of men and women who utilize international financial organizations to foment conditions that make other nations subservient to…
big like the Mississippi River. Mark Twain describes how great the Mississippi River is. “ The great Mississippi, the majestic, the magnificent Mississippi, rolling its mile-wide tide along, shinning in the sun; the dense forest away on the other side; the “point” above the town, and the “point” below, bounding the river-glimpse and turning it into a sort of sea, and withal a very still brilliant and lonely one” (Twain, 1883/2009 pp. 1064-1065). He describes the town by the Mississippi River and…
The more questioning side of me, however, connects with many more people. There are many people that I know that share the belief that there is no afterlife and also enjoy the idea of taking the ideals that they like from religions and following those as opposed to strictly…
Rahul Patel Mr. Yndalecio Hinojosa English 1302-058 21 July 2013 What is freedom? Freedom means having choice or making decision without being enforced by someone. Freedom is the most ongoing issue in nowadays and it was in past too. Freedom is define as the quality or state of being free ("Freedom," def. 1). As I defining formal definition let’s look at the second most populated and seventh largest country India. As of now India is independent country, before that India was ruled under British…
