Economics play a big role in the immigration debate. Opposition claims that immigrants, both legal and illegal, hurt our economy, while immigration's advocates claim that immigrants serve as a boost to our economy (Borjas230-231; Topolincki 225-227; Kinsley 215). Immigration's opposition often points out that immigrants are more likely to be on welfare or other social-assistance program (Borjas 233), but they fail to mention that high use of theses programs is almost exclusive to refugees from war-torn or Communists nations (Topolincki 226). In fact, few immigrants come to the US to get on welfare. Non-refugee immigrants are less likely than native-born Americans to go on welfare and risk deportation if they do so in their first five years in America (226).
The government needs to ban animal experimentation because of the harmful chemical testing, inaccurate medical testing, and the pointless cosmetic testing. It is estimated that more than twenty-five million vertebrate animals (animals with skeleton made of bone) are used annually in research, testing, and education in the United States unfortunately. Testing is considered cruelty to animals. Forcing them to suffer horrible side effects and pain just so a new drug can be released is not fair. When the experiment ends the animals are usually euthanized.
As a result, the social welfare of those developed nations decreases. It is thus more difficult for workers to find a job in line with their skills and qualifications; they receive a lower income and they have less time for leisure activities. Plus, this international division of work may lead to economic disequilibrium in developing countries. To get wealthier, they focus their economic activity on the trade with developed countries instead of focusing on their own economic development. This can lead to a shortage of food in third world countries and to starvation of their population, as some of those countries are exporting the major part of their production to developed countries.
Implementing a Tax or Charge on Plastic Bags Kevin P. Long MKT 3350-02 Consumer Behavior Leila Samii 2/23/2015 Abstract The overconsumption of plastic bags has had a strong negative impact on the environment. The plastic bags take up to one thousand years to biodegrade and are harmful to the environment. Some nations such as Ireland have combated this problem by placing a tax on plastic bags. This has helped to reduce consumption of plastic bags by over 90%. This paper analyzes why governments should implement a policy to tax plastic bags.
Immigration, damaging or helpful? Immigration has been a problem in the United States since before the country was established. Many citizens and politicians claim that illegal immigration is a hindrance to the country’s economy because immigrants take American jobs and that they don’t pay taxes. They also agree that our government spends too much money in keeping them out. People on the other side of this argument claim that immigrants help by taking unwanted jobs with very little pay, and in doing that they are helping keep the prices of domestic goods down across the country.
2). In Florida the Burmese python is dangous to the Everglades and they’re not only in the Everglades they are starting to move north into homes. Because of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 some of the huge snakes escaped captivity and others were released by their owners who decided they couldn’t handle the snakes once they grow to their full size (Weeks para. 3). The Florida State officials have been removing some snakes; they removed more than 1,300 Burmese pythons from the Everglades between the years of 200 and 2010 (Weeks para.
However, there are people who are feared it will not be good and has an opposite impact for all concerned. It looks like a win-to-win scenario; it creates a good amount of jobs needed and reduces tariffs that benefit all members involved, but some are concerned about the agreement will benefit some specific groups and some will not. The problem is while the cost of labors in the US is expensive the labor’s cost of neighbor countries is cheaper; this leads to the jobs loss for the American people and workers. For example, Columbia is still one of the most dangerous places on Earth because of the government and its persecutions for those who against it; just like Chinese government. Next, the working condition for Columbian workers is poor and that concerns of some the human right group.
[6] The decline of the Javan rhinoceros is attributed to poaching, primarily for their horns, which are highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine, fetching as much as US$30,000 per kilogramme on the black market. [5]:31 Loss of habitat, especially as the result of wars, such as the Vietnam War, in Southeast Asia, has also contributed to the species' decline and hindered recovery. [7] The remaining range is within one nationally protected area, but the rhinos are still at risk from poachers, disease and loss of genetic diversity leading to inbreeding depression. The Javan rhino can live approximately 30–45 years in the wild. It historically inhabited lowland rain forest, wet grasslands and large floodplains.
People have also killed many cheetahs for their beautiful fur. In the early 1970's, the fur trade became a big threat to cheetahs. According to The Grolier Student Encyclopedia, the United States Endangered Species Act of 1973 and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of 1975 gave the cheetah protected status and reduced the trade in cheetah fur. Cheetahs are still shot by African farmers and ranchers who see the cats as a threat to their livestock. In Big Cats, Cheetahs, Ned Halman explains that cheetahs need a wide open space to live in.
The first reason zoos should be banned is because of the fact that malnutrition, mistreatment, and murder (the three m's) is becoming more and more popular in zoos worldwide. From China to Detroit, animals are not being treated the way animals should be treated. In fact, some animals are not even getting a chance at life. In 2007, the IDA (In Defense of Animals) came out with a top ten list of the worst places for an elephant to go. All ten of the American zoos have had elephants die prematurely there.