The most shocking of all to me was to find out that veterans of the armed forces (like myself), make up some of 23 percent of the homeless population. (The Urban Institute Press, 2001) Before talking with this man who was a Vietnam veteran I thought homeless people were lazy and didn’t try hard enough in life to maintain a simple lifestyle. I asked myself, how can someone become homeless if all the right things are being done to avoid this situation? This Vietnam veteran spoke of all his war stories, what countries he had seen and how much he had wished he was still in the armed forces. To hear how proud this man sounded when he spoke of his accomplishments would make one think he was a hero.
Approximately 33 percent of servicewomen and men don't report their assault because the person to report to is a friend of the rapist; 25 per cent don't report because the person to report to is the rapist. In fiscal year 2011, 3,192 military sexual assaults were reported, an increase of 1 percent from 2010. (USA;Military Rape) The thing to remember here is even the military admits that the vast number of assaults is not reported. In the military, you have the right to report such acts as a restricted or unrestricted report. A restricted report would go unheard keeping it out of the ears of law enforcement, obtaining help from a chaplain or the command advisor to sexual assault and then deal with the situation from
Renovations to the ADEA in 1978 and 1986 were made to improve laws for individuals that ranged from ages 40 and older and 65 younger was being subjected to discrimination in the work place. The ADEA was created to protect individuals against age discrimination;some may argue that the employers were not abiding by the law. Older Citizens in 1976 were being discriminated against in the work place by employers who were not considering applicants based on equal employment opportunities, but according to their age. “In spite of the unemployment rate, age discrimination persisted and more than 850,000 people over the age of 45 remained unemployed” (Williams, 1978, p.
War in Afghanistan vs. Iraq War For the last eight years, the media has bombarded us with news and insight into the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan. The population responded with 70 percent disapproval rating for both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (Jones). Yet, there still is confusion between the two wars. In 2006, a study done by National Geographic found that only 31 percent of Americans could find Iraq on a map despite being at war for three years and worse, nine out of ten Americans could not find Afghanistan on a map (Roach). Even President Obama mixed up Afghanistan and Iraq in an interview and stated three times that the US would withdraw all troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2011.
The meeting lasted only ten minutes, since all those present quickly agreed that Tom Kinder should be fired. According to management, Kinder had caused the company numerous problems over the last eighteen months, and the incident that Saturday had been “the straw that broke the camel’s back.” Plant management believed it had rid itself of a poor employee, one the company had offered numerous opportunities for improvement. It seemed like an airtight case and one the union could not win if taken to arbitration. Tom Kinder had worked for the Aero Engine Company for fourteen years prior to his discharge. He was initially employed as an engine mechanic servicing heavy-duty diesel engines.
They may possibly see other Americans get killed. They give up being with their families during holidays. They have to go through long hours of training before they go into combat. When my neighbor was fighting in Iraq he hurt his back in a small explosion, he’s okay now. Veterans are more likely to graduate high school than most americans.
Jordan Bitting ENC 1101-362 Mr. Miller 9/25/12 Veterans Are Not Out of War Just Yet Our veterans, the people who protect us are still at war, war of finding jobs in America. With the U.S. making plans to withdraw from Afghanistan and possibly shrink the military, thousands more young veterans like Akers are likely to be looking for work in the coming months and years. Veterans are trying to find jobs in America after the war, and their having a difficult time finding jobs. Right now there are hundreds of thousands of veterans without jobs in America at this time. Saying that, how are they going to support their families?
In 2010 the Bureau of Justice Statistics report estimated that over 200,000 individual's are victims of hate crimes each year. “The disparity between statistics and self-reported victimizations indicates that a large number of incidents are never reported to the police” (Zaykowski, H., 2010). This staggering disparity raises questions about the trust that victims have in the hate crime laws. It also prompts questions about the effectiveness of the hate crime laws in general. The following California statistic is a prime example of this argument.
Nearly 47 million Americans, or 16 percent of the population, were without health insurance in 2005, the latest government data available (DeNavas-Walt). In 2005, nearly one in 20 people between the ages of 18 and 64 said they were unable to get necessary prescription drugs during the past 23 months due to cost (National Center for Health Statistics, 2007). National surveys show that the primary reason people are uninsured is the high cost of health insurance coverage (The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Employee Benefits: 2007). Unfortunately, even the insured are feeling a burden of health care costs.
Analyze the main causes of a major problem in our society National Health Care Even before the recession cost millions of Americans their jobs a full 15% of the American population did not have health insurance and the majority of them worked full time (CDC, 2007). Indeed, while Americans equate work with health insurance the truth is that aboot 20% of working age Americans, people between 18 and 64 years of age, do not have health insurance (CDC, 2007). These numbers may seem small. However, additional investigation will show that this is only a small part of the problem in the country. The issue is not that all employers do not offer health insurance, but that Americans view health insurance as something only employers offer.