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Capitalism In America
786 Words - 3 Pages.... in America have had more opportunity to go into business or to get land for farming than anywhere else in the developed world. At the time the U.S. Constitution was written, it was generally assumed that only property owners should have the right to vote and participate in government. The "Free Labor" thinking of the Republican Party before the Civil War was basically a form of the capitalist work ethic. It meant that if 1) you were free yourself; 2) your country was "free"; and, 3) there was no slave labor to take your livelihood, you could "make something of yourself," and become a capitalist or, at least, an independent producer, professional or artist. Americans in the N ....
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The Real Rules Of Retirement For Women (and Men Too!)
3728 Words - 14 Pages.... percentage of older women receive pension income and most do not have significant personal savings, many women must rely on Social Security as their primary source of income. Two-thirds of women over 65 have no pension other than Social Security.
The problem is that Social Security was meant to provide only a bare minimum of a "floor of protection" in 1996, the average Social Security benefit for retired female workers was $7452 a year, ($621 per month) – $143 above the official poverty level of older adults and almost $1,400 less than a minimum-wage income. The fact that so many elderly women rely on Social Security as their only source of income is one of the major reaso ....
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Foreign Aid
1762 Words - 7 Pages.... There is also another
factor to consider when discussing foreign aid: what kind of foreign aid is
being offered. There are three different types of foreign aid: first, there is
military foreign aid; second, there is foreign aid for the advancement
of business; third, there is emergency foreign aid for food and medicine.
Foreign aid to countries can help in many ways. It can be used as a
tool in bargaining. For instance a country that has just received foreign aid
or is expecting to get their regular installment of foreign aid will be more
likely to listen to new ideas. Because some countries are so dependent on their
regular installments of foreign aid, they are wil ....
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Casinos
749 Words - 3 Pages.... of jobs are created. In the past three years casinos have
created nearly 43,0001 jobs directly and indirectly. With today's job market,
these jobs are greatly needed to help keep the unemployment rate down. There is
really no negative side to creating jobs for the people of Ontario.
From past years it can be noted that Ontario casinos are taking in great
amounts of money annually. Casino Rama in Orillia took in 366.1 million2 last
year and Casino Niagara had revenues of approximately 650.0 million3. Of those
amounts the government will take two to four percent4 for funding programs.
This funding goes towards such areas as agriculture, environment, fisheries, and
aquac ....
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Russia
1598 Words - 6 Pages.... early 1900s Stalin came to power. He took control after Lenin died in 1925. Stalin controlled the bulk of all the political power and with that he started a ruthless campaign of removing all opposition to the Communist rule. During this period called the "Great Purge" Stalin systemically executed anyone who stood in his path. Millions of people were arrested and either harassed or killed. Stalin then decided to concentrate on improving military strength and building on improving the Soviet economy, rather than follow Lenin's revolutionary goal of dominating the world. In order to obtain the immense amount of money needed to maintain his militia, he began a series of five year ....
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Will The Global Economy Help Or Hurt The Next Generation Of Americans?
1814 Words - 7 Pages.... back to the early 1970's. Requirements may
have changed but our reaching techniques have not. Every year, students take the
same courses with the same prerequisite: A good memory. True, they are teaching
classes that are essential to get into a good college but are they teaching the
skills that our future generation will need? Are students going to be able to
problem solve? Are today's students going to be able to access tomorrow's
information? Our schools teach American students to be good at memorization. To
be able to spit out recorded information. "You do have the knowledge but you are
basically robots with skin; machines, tape recorders that teachers use to record
the ....
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What I Learned In Selling
726 Words - 3 Pages.... available, (2) the freedom of being on your own, (3) the challenge of selling, (4) the opportunity for advancement in a company, and (5) the rewards from a sales career. Along with the reasons to choose a sales career there were the various sales jobs to choose from. For example someone can become a direct seller, retail salesperson, wholesale salesperson, manufacturer's sales representative, order- takers, and order-getters. The sales personnel career path was also covered. The steps are sales trainee, salesperson, key account salesperson, district sales manager, regional sales manager, divisional sales manager, national sales manager, vice president of marketin ....
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The Internet And Its Affect On The Economy
790 Words - 3 Pages.... the distribution of income between the worker of each firm.
Unemployment and Full Employment:
The Internet service providing industry is growing rapidly, and therefore the employment options are plenty. At this point in time, one who has the correct amount of education in the networking and infrastructure of the World Wide Web will easily be able to receive a well-paying job. In other words, the Internet service providing industry is playing a large part in helping the US economy reach full employment, meaning that the cyclic unemployment is approaching zero. Although it seems the industry is very secure because it is in a full employment situation now, this does not mean t ....
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