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The Detrimental Effects In Cha
Number of Words: 3718 / Number of Pages: 14
... were established by previous governments to protect society and its people from inflated and uncontrollable housing costs. The Harris government now wants to repeal these laws. On June 25 the Minister of Housing, Al Leach, released a policy paper outlining the changes that are to be made to Ontario’s rent laws. Conservative legislators plan to pass the proposed ‘Tenant Protection Act’ in the fall. The omnibus legislation will rescind the Rent Control Act, the Landlord and Tenant Act, the Rental Housing Protection Act, Residents’ Rights Act, the Land Lease Statute Amendment Act, the Vital Services Act. ...
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The Effect Of Third Party Candidates In Presidental Elections
Number of Words: 1580 / Number of Pages: 6
... in 1992.
Through nineteenth century there was little deviation from the traditional
two-party system. Until then, political candidates were utterly dependant upon
the political infrastructure of an established party for their campaigns. Until
the development of mass media technologies, including radio and television,
political candidates had no direct means of communicating with the public and
were thus dependant on the communications systems of the major parties. Thus,
third party movements lacked the capabilities to run an effective campaign
against the major parties.
However, mass m ...
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Labor Issues
Number of Words: 4468 / Number of Pages: 17
... and more unified because of common interests (World, 1998). An example of a craft union is the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (World, 1998). On the other hand, an industrialized union “is a group of workers who have a variety of skills and job types but work for the same industry” (Parkin, 1998, p. 344). Unions of this type include the United Steelworkers, United Auto Workers, and the United Transportation Union (Boone, 1996). History from the 1870’s to 1900’s. The first national union founded in Philadelphia in 1869 in the pre-Civil War period was the Knights of Labor, whic ...
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The Right To Die
Number of Words: 1103 / Number of Pages: 5
... not legal issues. Do people have a right to choose death? More in particular, are euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide morally legitimate? Euthanasia involves a death that is intended to benefit the person who dies, and requires a final act by some other person, for example, a doctor. Physician-assisted suicide, which requires a final act by the patient, can also be undertaken for the good of that patient. The essential point is that both involve intentionally ending a human life (Emanuel 521). But how, some ask, can we ever allow people to intentionally end human lives (even their own lives) wi ...
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What Is History?
Number of Words: 1188 / Number of Pages: 5
... my friend is exactly correct. This woman now lies within his personal history. Had this girl never came into my friends life, he could not claim her a part of his history; his past. We have defined history as, “a story,” and my friend can tell stories of him and his girl. (in fact lately that is all he talks about) The Vietnam war was a very important part in history. Actually, the boss at my present place of employment served a long period of time in the war. He was a grunt. I have asked him about it, trying to hear maybe a story or two of what it was like, but he doesn’t like to talk about it. thi ...
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Capitalism & Free Trade
Number of Words: 1982 / Number of Pages: 8
... in these assembly factories are predominantly women. The article also highlights the fact that South Korea has a military government that possesses a strong determination to suppress labor organizations. Nike is not blind to this information. These facts only work more for the sneaker typhoon. It allows them to profit legally from under paid, over controlled and unorganized women laborers. A Confucian following culture. In which Korean women except the philosophy that her morality is measured by the amount of hard work she is willing to endure for her families well being and to acquiesce to her fat ...
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Same-sex Marriage
Number of Words: 3964 / Number of Pages: 15
... cannot decide their sexual orientation, for it is predetermined. Hence, not allowing those who are genetically inclined to prefer the same sex to marry leaves homosexuals with three choices. The first is to remain celibate their entire lives so as not to "live in sin"; the second is to marry someone they do not truly love or find attractive simply for the marriage benefits; the third and final choice is to live together with their partner and face the dirty looks of fellow citizens, simply because they are living together though they are not married. Marriage goes beyond the benefits, however. The i ...
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Social Security: A Brief History
Number of Words: 1006 / Number of Pages: 4
... motion was carried by a voice vote of the Committee. On August 14, 1935 President Roosevelt signed the bill into law at a ceremony in the White House Cabinet Room.
From 1937 until 1940, Social Security paid benefits in the form of a single, lump-sum payment. The purpose of these one-time payments was to provide some "payback" to those people who contributed to the program but would not participate long enough to be vested for monthly benefits. Under the 1935 law, monthly benefits were to begin in 1942, with the period 1937-1942 used both to build up the Trust Funds and to provide a minimum period for ...
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Politicians
Number of Words: 872 / Number of Pages: 4
... aiding in the 'moral annihilation' of politics. The overall impact of such politics is undermining the intelligence of the American populous by turning political campaigning into a childlike power struggle. Both the Democrats and Republicans have reverted to a state of guerrilla media warfare.
Every time election year rolls around we begin to hear the usual complaints of how politics is morally corrupt. It typically means we get to see the superficial image-oriented campaigning, negative attacks against one's opponent, and the thirty-second spot commercials that intrr upt our favorite sitcom. Exper ...
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USSR: The Doomed Empire
Number of Words: 1105 / Number of Pages: 5
... end of the Cold War was
primarily due to economic factors.
What America proved was that the economy works best when the government
stays out and individuals within the society do the work.2 It is only the
individuals within the society that truly understand what products are in demand.
Under Communist regime a few select rulers decide what are the needs of the
society, what resources are their country's scarcities, and how to obtain these
scarcities. Finding this information is a big job and requires endless amounts
of domestic attention. With this in mind the quote “Nature's laws are
immutable ...
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