English 25January 2012 Mitt Romney’s Poverty Plan for America In the article from The Washington Post, written by Ruth Marcus, she argues the comments and statements made by Mitt Romney. His statement was “I’m concerned about the poor in his country; we have to make sure the safety net is strong and able to help those who can’t help themselves.” The writer Marcus perked up these words, because they were something of a departure from his usual stump speech and because they happened to come on a day when she had written about the dire implications of Romney’s proposals for the social safety net. As you read along this essay you will discover how Romney contradicts his own beliefs on the poor and the working poor. How are you concerned for
Not taking any action in this case has proven to be a bad decision as was quickly learned in 2004. When analyzing the case using the prudent pragmatism method to develop policy recommendations, one may compare the current case to see what may have caused the situation to worsen. Over the years the amount of vaccine manufacturers in the U.S. has declined, so has the ability to guarantee flu vaccination doses for all who desire one. As it seems that the unpredictability of influenza vaccine supply is the main cause of the supply shortages, the main policy goal should be to bring back more manufacturers of flu vaccinations. Due to the lack of financial incentive to produce flu vaccinations in the U.S., policymakers must decide on a method of bringing more vaccinations to the U.S. from abroad or subsidizing the ones
Treatment of Aboriginals in Canada People outside of Canada perceive Canada as a very multicultural and accepting country. As we look through Canada’s past history between Aboriginal peoples and the government this statement doesn’t seem so true. “First Nations were often stripped of their rights in the past” (Riles02, Indian Act and Canadian Treaties). They had little say in their own lives due to the creation of the Indian Act, suppressing their traditions and trying to assimilate their culture. To try and control their lifestyles the government created residential schools, and forced the First Nations children to attend.
As citizens of the United States began to settle the lands west of the Mississippi River, they encountered a group with whom they had had much experience when settling the East Coast: the American Indians. Particularly early on, the generalized response by settlers was antagonistic and cruel, and although this did not disappear it gradually was joined by another class of settlers, the reformers. They sought to “civilize” the Native Americans and subjugate them to their power structure. In reality, the actions of the reformers, and of the Federal government which aided them in their efforts, did irreparable harm to the western Native American population and often treated them cruelly as well. This is not to say that many of the reformers did
Causal analysis and the detail it provides produce strong historical relationship between dislocation and addiction, especially in England in the 1500s. The authors emphasize drug addiction as the dependent variable, arising from the dislocation in the society itself. People tend to establish substitute lifestyles, often referring to drug use to compensate for their inability to participate in the community. Alexander and Shaler pinpoint the beginning of dislocation in England and Canada, when those who rebelled against the law would be “confine[d] in ‘houses of correction'" (230) and would face punishment; natives were not addicts until “assimilation subjected them to extreme dislocation” (231). Alexander and Shaler conclude addiction is a “political and spiritual problem” (231) that needs to be fixed with integration.
Legislation Legacy Axia College of University of Phoenix Summary The Native Americans and the Federal Government have some current issues. Issues that date back to July 2003 suggest that there is persistent underfunding of federal trust commitments to tribes. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights called it “A quiet crisis”. (National Congress of American Indians Web site http://www.ncai.org). Lower funding for critical services including law enforcement, health care, and education.
North and South American Indians Made an Impact The impact of the Old World ideas colliding with the New World ideas has greatly affected our lifestyles today. In “Indian Gibers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World,” Jack Weatherford provides a detailed account of the sacrifice of Indians that ultimately, along with the European strive for power, shaped our society to the point we are at now. The Native Americans contributed many things that we now use but take for granted in agriculture, medicine, science and our government. This is one of Weatherford’s older works that explore the impact of American Indians on world history and how the very things that we define America as contradicts our historic actions. As Weatherford
They need to have some knowledge of such elements as the European arrival in the Americas and their rise to dominance, Aboriginal land rights, the stolen generation (residential schools), and the growing degradation of the environment. The story shows a different perspective than the usual one about the arrival of Europeans in the Americas. Some people are upset by the apparent truths in the story, others say they feel responsible for the losses suffered by the Aboriginal people, yet others (non-Aboriginals) feel they are being blamed for something they didn’t do and still others feel that overall, the settling of the Americas by Europeans was good for both Europeans and Aboriginal people. Clearly, this very short story raises a lot of issues. It’s great for use with an older, more aware group of
Josephine Clark SOC-322-(WA) 2 Semester-September 2011 Affirmative action involves federal government measures for reducing institutional discrimination. The purpose of Affirmative Action is to provide opportunities for minorities and women but companies use affirmative action to create quotas. Before the government got involved with the institutional discrimination, minorities and women were denied opportunities of equal rights. Affirmative action gives special consideration to racial minorities and women, for jobs and educational opportunities. Affirmative action also gives preferential treatment to minorities because they are discriminated against by the normal operations of a society.
Clinton also helped contribute to the North American Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization, a General Agreement on Tariffs, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, signifying his care for the public good. Unfortunately for Clinton, his achievements were shoved out of the spot light, replaced by scandal. The most memorable scandal concerned Monica Lewnsky. This incident resulted with Clinton facing charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. Thankfully, the Senate acquits Clinton from impeachment