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United Nations Reform
Number of Words: 468 / Number of Pages: 2
... Union (EU)stated on April 9, 1996 that it feels strongly that the
United States should not collect anything off of the UN because it is not
contributing what it is supposed to. Many third world nations, such as Indonesia
and Chile, are frightened by the attempts at cutting the UN's budget.
Most countries feel Japan deserves a permanent seat on the Security Council.
The UN proposed an elimination of 70 worldwide UN information centers on May
13,1996, With the supporting argument that with our current information
superhighways these centers are becoming antiquated. Nations such as Indonesia
and Chil ...
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Health Care Reform
Number of Words: 838 / Number of Pages: 4
... of Roosevelt’s political assertiveness and society’s willingness to allow such centralization that made big government possible. The laissez-faire mentality of the twenties was seen as the cause of the depression. The federal government and the ensuing reforms were seen as a way of insuring economic security. In the sixties President Johnson followed with a plan of social reform: “The Great Society”. In contrast to the severe economic circumstances of the thirties, the sixties were consumed with social unrest. The predominantly white bourgeoisie saw such reforms as a financial threat. The civil ...
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Affirmative Action Is Wrong
Number of Words: 1117 / Number of Pages: 5
... be
needed" (Shapiro). It is my opinion that we have now reached that date.
Continued use of the policy is much like continued use of a strong
medication. When a patient is suffering from a terrible disease, as was
the United States suffering from discrimination, strong medication is
sometimes needed to cure the problem. But once the disease is taken care
of, further use of the medication does not help the patient, but actually
weakens them.
Supporters of Affirmative Action feel that the problem is not taken
care of. They feel that prejudice and discrimination is not eradicated and
theref ...
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The FBI
Number of Words: 1090 / Number of Pages: 4
... During World War One, the Bureau was given the responsibility of
investigating espionage, sabotage, sedition (resistance against lawful
authority), and draft violations. The passage of the National Motor Vehicle
Theft Act in 1919 further broadened the Bureau's jurisdiction.
After the passage of Prohibition in 1920, the gangster era began, bringing
about a whole new type of crime. Criminals engaged in kidnapping and bank
robbery, which were not federal crimes at that time. This changed in 1932 with
the passage of a federal kidnapping statute. In 1934, many other federal
criminal statutes were ...
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Antigun Control
Number of Words: 679 / Number of Pages: 3
... they would think twice about sticking around any longer. II. Statistics- A. 39% of felons aborted a crime due to the victim being armed B. 74% say they avoided dwellings all together if they felt they might be shot. One of the major arguments against the theory that gun control would save lives is that although two-thirds of all homicides are committed with firearms, firearm controls would have no effect on homicide, because “human nature is what it is”. Even if guns disappeared from the crime scene, criminals would replace them with knives, clubs, axes, or even fists. Guns don’t kill people, peop ...
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Prop. 209
Number of Words: 408 / Number of Pages: 2
... state uses to inforce affirmative action.
These savings can be used for other, more constructive programs to help
elimate discrimination. Maybe other Propositions on the ballet can use the
extra funds. I think that ending affirmative action will be the right
thing to do. It ends government-sponsored discrimination by rejecting
quotas, preferences and set-asides.
My brother had a run in with affirmative action. After attending a
junior college and getting a 4.0 there he transfered to U.C. Davis for Pre-
Med school. Two years later he applied to Davis1s Medical school and was
rejected because ...
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Capital Punishment .
Number of Words: 1794 / Number of Pages: 7
... the convicts life. Death has always been used as a way to deter criminals from engaging in criminal activity. In the days of the old west, a man would be hung if he was caught stealing another mans horse, and during the Cold War, death would be handed down if you were convicted of treason against your country in many of the nations involved. Today though, the death penalty is given in a selected amount of murder cases where the jury or judge feels that it is the only way to go about giving the murderer a just sentence, and that life in prison sentence would be to lenient. In 1995, prison authorities sa ...
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United States V. Nixon, President Of The United States
Number of Words: 462 / Number of Pages: 2
... to the Supreme Court.
When the case reached the Supreme Court, the basic arguements were as
follows. President Nixon's attorneys argued that the District Court was out of
its jurisdiction when it issued the subpoena to Nixon, making the case void.
They stated that the dispute between the President and the Special Prosecutor
was strictly executive, and by mediating them, the court broke the doctrine of
seperation of powers. They also argued with executive privilege, the right of
the President to withold information from Congress. To this, the District Court
said that the judiciary, not the Presid ...
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Nationalism In Europe
Number of Words: 645 / Number of Pages: 3
... of World War I were the intense nationalism that dominated Europe throughout the 19th and into the 20th century, and the establishment of large armies in Europe after 1871. Imperialism created a rivalry between nations and empires. The build-up of armies and navies created fear between nations. France feared Germany, Germany feared Russia, Britain feared the German's expanding navy, and Italy was jealous of French and English colonies in Africa. The Ottoman Empire also struggled to survive in a hostile climate. Germany signed a secret alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy, creating a Triple Alli ...
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The NAFTA Scam
Number of Words: 2242 / Number of Pages: 9
... loss of
jobs and a decline in living standards. How could NAFTA have such a
devastating impact on American workers?
In 1993, the year before NAFTA was passed, the U.S. had a $1.7 billion
trade surplus with Mexico. This means that Mexicans were buying more
American goods than Americans were buying from Mexico.
After NAFTA, however, the situation was reversed. American business fled to
Mexico in search of lower wages and lax labor and environmental regulations.
They produced goods in Mexico to sell in the U.S. Our trade surplus with
Mexico became a $16.2 billion dollar trade deficit.
Due to this tr ...
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