From general stores to petrol stations and even a train station in Perth has come under attack from guns and knives. It is greed that drives the evil inside us. What do people gain when they commit these robberies? Money… power? What good are these things if you can’t spend them because you’re now in jail?
Not only are these crimes becoming violent and involving money, guns, and sex, but also murder. Financing these activities exceed national levels of debt; Worldometers real time world statistics reports that $329,576,150,900 and counting have been spent on illegal drugs this year (Worldometers Statistics, 2012) The amplitude of this problem has become out of reach for our neighbors, state and local drug agencies, Federal Drug Enforcement, national and transnational Security this problem has to be regulated, enforced
In her essay “Organ Sales Will Save Lives”, Joanna Mackay explains how legalizing kidney sales would be beneficial in more ways than one; saving the lives of patients willing to buy kidneys, and with legal compensation, helping to end poverty in the countries of those willing to sell. In her essay, Mackay explains that even though there are nearly 350,000 people suffering from end-stage renal disease, an almost always-fatal disease, treatment options are limited exclusively to transplant and dialysis. Though effective, dialysis is an expensive and painful process, making the patient dependent on a machine for the rest of their life. Transplant, however, is far more successful; new equipment and anti-rejection treatments make it an incredibly safe and effective procedure. When a matching donor can’t be found within immediate family members, patients must wait for a kidney from deceased donors, such as old age or accident victims.
Don’t you know that? There’s us and the street gangs and the rich.” (62) Desperation and hardship is what leads Om to signing up to give his organs. Hardship is common everywhere, but it is more visible in third world countries. On the back cover of the edition The Harvest is described as “a futuristic satire on trade in live organs from the Third World to the West.” This play brings to light the serious problem of trading live organs in third world countries. Data from the WHO shows that of the 106,879 solid organs known to have been transplanted in 95 member states in 2010 (legally and illegally), about 73,179 (68.5%) were kidneys.
Plans of starting a rebellion and spying were a few common crimes committed by the noble back in those days. (Elizabethan crime and punishment) Another common crime done by the rich included blasphemy; the act or offense concerning god or sacred things. Crimes were committed by the commoners; the poor, out of desperation and lack of resources they needed to survive. (Elizabethan crime and punishment) Some of the most common crimes committed by the commoners were theft, and begging. Adultery; to have a sexual intercourse with someone who is not your husband or wife was a common crime done by commoners.
Often in the modern world, it is obsession and addiction that lead to the most horrible evils. This is especially true with the obsession for money and power. Millions have died in the last century alone because of an individual’s thirst for power. More recently, the addiction to money has ruined many lives and businesses. This is evident in the case of Bernie Madoff, who in a display of true evil scammed over 15,000 people out of life savings and investments for his own gain.
Vlad Bakhmetyev Burchett/5 Illegal Immigration Research Paper Migration into the United States is often looked at as a privilege to those in search of a better life. However, migrating to the U.S. illegally is extremely detrimental to the government eroding State and Government funds. As a result, schools and hospitals all over the United States literally go bankrupt and get shut down. Clearly, illegal aliens cost the U.S. a great amount of money that could be allocated towards other funds for the benefit of its citizens. An estimated $2.5 billion a year is spent on their Medicaid, as well as another annual $12 billion dollars spent on primary and secondary school education for illegal kids, in addition some $1.6 billion is annually spent
With hard economic times all over the world there are always people flocking to America for the chance at starting over and making something of themselves. The problem is the way that many of the immigrants choose to cross the borders. With an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants there is always going to be the debate on how to deal with the problem and if they are doing the economy good or destroying it. Illegal immigration affects all parts of the economy negativly. The three main parts of the economy that illegal immigration affect negatively are the education system, the healthcare system, and the justice system.
Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security are run by the government. Both of these programs are on track to bankrupt themselves. Bloated bureaucracies are sort of an American icon. We set up massive social welfare programs, and they are abused by citizens and politicians alike. If a U.S. universal health care plan were to generate a surplus, our idiot government would then borrow from it and ruin the whole system for everyone.
Drugs affect government and allegiances in terrifying ways but what about what happens to the families affected by narcotics? Drug abuse affects all people within the family. The addict is affected through their own self-destructive behavior while the rest of the family suffers through the devastation that it causes; involving them and affecting their lives. Drug abuse can tear families apart. The only way to resolve this ever so rampant issue is to educate the world about the pain accompanied by the high they would