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
Shell shock was a term only associated with World War one due to the major impact it had throughout the war. It was specifically used in Britain to express a psychological breakdown for a soldier from stress and trauma and fear from battles and fighting. It was hard to cure them as people and doctors considered them to be cowards therefore refused to offer help. Some men only received help depending on their high class or rank in the community, while others were even put on trial and even executed for being ‘cowards’. Shell shock caused a lot of problems and casualties for the country and for the war.
We are losing our paramedics to states such as WA and ACT. Victorian paramedics are the most underpaid in the country, and yes, in comparison to WA, they are receiving $23,000 less in their yearly salary. These paramedics have been persistently protesting for some appeal. It can also be said that the stress the paramedics are put under can be detrimental to their health
Between 1945 and 1997, electoral turnout was between 71% and 83%. However, every election from 2001 has seen the lowest turnout since 1945, with a record low being 59% in 2001. The decline in electoral turnout certainly suggests a decline in interest and participation in politics. Voter apathy is on the rise – in 2001, ITV reported that 70% of viewers showed little or no interest in the publication of election results – while party identification figures are falling. The percentage of people with ‘very strong’ identification with either of the two main parties was a low 13% in 2001.
Brittney Little Mr. Rogan English 111 7 November 2013 Honduras: The Murder Capital of the World In Honduras over 60% of the population live in poverty. It is one of the poorest countries in the American continent (“This is Honduras”). This economic stagnation has had far-reaching effects on the Honduran population, from poor education, healthcare, and joblessness to increased theft, and more severe criminal acts such as illegal drug trade, sexual assault, human trafficking, and murder. The impacts of foreign mission activity are noticeable and much needed, but they alone are not enough to change the direction of the Honduran economic and social situation. Sporadic foreign aid also does little to help Honduras on the scale necessary to
The Vietnam War affected millions of veterans and showed the United States that even though they had the most powerful and best military in the world they could still lose a war. Many veterans all across the United States came back from the war with hatred and psychological problems. America’s society had changed after the war, people were not willing to go to war any more and America as a society saw the tragedies that occurred in
Vietnam War Mason Peterson The Vietnam War was one of the hardest fought wars in US history and mankind. This war hit Americans hearts across the nation. US underestimated what would really happen in this war. This war was bloody and vicious as war was in earlier times without guns and close contact. It often came down to hand to hand contact and quick thinking.
The GDP growth rates were a magnitude not since 1930 of -8.6 percent, 1931 of -6.4 percent, 1932 of -19 percent and in 1933 of -1.3 percent. While the Depression going on the unemployment was 25 percent and wages for people who still had jobs fell almost to 42 percent. The total of the U.S. economic output fell from $103 to $ 55 billion and the world plummeted 65 percent as measured
Jeff Doyle Sundol WRC 1013-11 1 Nov. 2010 Are Poor Americans Actually Poor? The number of Americans in poverty today is rather shocking. There are currently thirty-seven million Americans who are classified as being "in poverty" (Rector 2). Many Americans are classified below the line of poverty, but in retrospect to the rest of the world, Americans seem far from poor. America is considered to be upon the most prominent and successful nations in the world; so, why is over a tenth of our population deemed as "poor" by our government?
Danielle Whitmire Valadez History 1302 20 Sept. 2010 The Vietnam War: A Lost Cause? The Vietnam War was the longest and most expensive war in American history. The fee we paid wasn't just financial, it cost the people involved immensely, both physically and mentally. The Vietnam War caused great agony and sadness, as well as countrywide confusion. Everyone to this day still isn’t sure who’s completely at fault for the United States losing the war.