Over the past decades Texas has had one of the lowest voter turnouts. According to Maxwell the reasons for such low voter turnout is because of laws, socioeconomic characteristics, political structure, and political culture. At the turn of the 19th century voter turnout was one of the lowest due to many laws and regulations placed on citizens that denied many people to vote. Many people including women, African Americans, and many immigrants were not allowed to vote. Voting early in the 19th century was considered more of luxury and only very few would get the chance to vote.
The lack of motivation caused by years of not having a job and watching your family suffer in poverty is a condition that not too many of us are familiar with. “Native American Poverty,” by Tom Rodgers justifies the allegations that a large percentage, about 25%, of the Native Americans live in poverty. “According to the US Census Bureau, these Americans earn a median annual income of $33,627. One in every four (25.3 percent) lives in poverty and nearly a third (29.9 percent) are without health insurance coverage.” The lack of money has become a huge component in the dismemberment of the culture that the Natives so lavishly submerged themselves into, and the picking up other undesirable traits such as drinking. The
With wood, paper, and agricultural products as the center of the state's economy, there was little money moving around the state. By 1937, if you were a farmer then you saw the prices of your crops drop to record lows. The irony is that not only were the prices so low that farmers could make very little if any money, but nobody had any money to purchase any goods. The agricultural industry in Oregon by this point was a failing industry. Not because Oregon was affected by the “dustbowl,” but because there was no money to move products, and nobody had money to buy
Setting of Nujood In the book I AM NUJOOD, AGE 10 AND DIVORCED there were three major settings; Khardji, Sana’a, and the Courthouse. Khardji was a small, rural, poor, and isolated community. The direct translation of the word means “outside” in Yemeni. There was no hospital; therefore the women there had no help birthing children. It was a poor community; crops were not often grown for profit, but for merely sustaining the lives of many in one household.
The hope for home ownership is even less for people in Tanzania and Uganda. One option that African’s can consider is through the Housing Finance Corporation. Customers pay only 5 to 10% deposit and use their pension savings to secure the loan. However, to secure a loan an income of $1,250 is required. Therefore, this is still a difficult and unaffordable option for most
For example sick leave, annual leave, superannuation for retirement and pay for overtime. Without sick leave if someone was to fall sick they wouldn’t receive any pay and could possibly lose their job. No annual leave meant that if someone was to go on holiday they wouldn’t receive any pay, so as a result not many people took holidays as they relied on their income. Even though the living conditions for the working class families were better than that of other countries it was still quite poor. The conditions of the houses were very poor; they were mostly made out of cheap materials, were very small and packed closely together.
People are struggling to survive everyday because they have no food and shelter. These people may always dig through the trash to find something to eat for the day, not knowing if they will find anything. Families may always live in horrible conditions, having no other choice, because they do not have enough money. It’s extremely hard for them to find well paying jobs in these countries. For most of these people it’s nearly impossible to get out of poverty because they were born and raised in that culture, unless other people who aren’t in poverty help them out.
Also with a shortage of homes, the waiting lists for social housing have never been longer. There are more than 1.8million households in England on the waiting list for a home – an increase of 81% since 1997. Also, other individuals will be left with no choice but to live in the private rented sector with short-term contracts, unpredictability of poor conditions and high costs. This form of housing is seen to be unsuitable for many families and households, especially those who are vulnerable and in need of a stable, secure
Due to this, most of the farms were in debt. Techniques of farming in Russia was poor, they used outdated techniques and the chances of any improvement was low as there was no money to invest. Families in Russia were living a basic life, and had just about enough to afford the necessities, and about half of the population had a member of their family who had already left the village to
Response Paper This article made me think about how simple life could be living in a different country. It is kind of crazy even thinking about how diverse life would be without technology like the Papua New Guinea. The New Guinea people had such an absence of technology and understanding that the most they make all year is right around two hundred dollars; that is a very bizarre thing to imagine, making two hundred dollars annually. The Papua people do not have cars, electricity and certainly not a phone. Visualize a world with one type or people, one family essentially, and one way to live; that way is to work for it.