It is arbitrary to raise the age because people who can work to support themselves will make more money if they decide to continue working instead of drawing out Social Security. ... However, the distribution effect with a slow increase in the retirement age would have a regressive impact on the program that is designed to be progressive in terms of money paid in and benefits received. ... This, on the other hand, would cost most lobbyists and politicians more money, and therefore is less widely discussed. ... The other options would expose more income to taxation by increasing payroll taxes...

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The gap between the rich and the poor is still increasing. ... Actually, it is still increasing, more or less. ... Also, many people know sometimes a big part of the money doesn't go to the place where it should go. ... All the money comes from people's hard work, through developed countries have a lot of money. The money is for the whole country instead of several leaders. ...

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Each of these groups enjoyed an increase of about 2.5%. ... The poverty line is the absolute minimum that the government deems necessary for adequate nutrition for a family of four yet the poor are not even making this much money. ... That degree costs money, so only those that can afford the education can improve their skills and in turn reap of the rewards and opportunities now opened to them. The demand curves also leads us to believe that the best performers are rewarded by large increases in wages for only a slight increase in performance. ... There were a number of cases in the video,...

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WHY IS THE BALANCE BETWEEN RESOURCES AND POPULATION IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE OF KENYA Introduction: The problem is that the population is increasing and there are not enough resources for all the people of Kenya. ... The resources that are important in Kenya are food to eat, water to drink and beautiful scenery, which attracts tourism and makes money for the country. ... Less fertile land also results in fewer goods to export so a lot of money and trade is lost because of this. ... Increasing resources: Spend some of countries money on fertilisers for the ...

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Doing something like this used to be enough but due to factors like the increasing gap in wealth this is no longer the case. ... Just thinking about someone making 400 hundred times more than you while you are working hard and struggling to make enough money to live comfortably. ... By getting rid of these loopholes it would in result it would keep money circulating instead of having all of the money go towards the richest people. ... That amount of money barely covers the ability to pay for gas in 2014. ... Another key to improving the gap between the rich and the poor is to an increase in t...

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As a result, nations owing vast amounts of money, found themselves deeper in debt. Between 1980 and 1987, Africa's debt increased from $120 billion to $250 billion. ... This solution does not bode well with most bankers as they stand to lose enormous amounts of money. ... Since 1980, the price of maize has increased several times, as a result, maize crops have increased from 80, 000 to 800, 000 tonnes produced a year. ... The bankers that are owed the money will be satisfied as they still receive money, and the governments will be happy as they receive assistance with less cost. ...

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Many factors such as poor wages for women and the increase of single-woman parented families have caused an increase in the percentage of women among the poor. ... One way to eliminate these numbers would be to increase the minimum wage. ... They believe that many of the poor just take advantage of the welfare system and look at it as free money. One ignorant view of some better off people is that I had to work hard for my money, they should have to as well. ... In my opinion, welfare money can assist them with this. ...

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There is also an increase in the amount of families whose income is not enough to sufficiently support them. ... This money can be used with any provider of child care, including the families" relatives. ... One finding was that the aid to families with dependant families increases significantly over 30 years. ... Federal funding for child care did increase from 1997 to 2000 at a rate of 250% from $2.5 billion to around $6.5 billion, and state funding has increased by about two thirds, from $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion. ... This money, however, only goes to about 30% of the children who are na...

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It will provide them with better health care, which in turn will increase the average age and decrease the number of people dying from illness and disease. ... Decreasing poverty will improve living conditions and increase income levels. ... Currently, the rich-poor gap only continues to increase. ... Educated people have better jobs, which pay more money. ... In Africa millions of dollars have been given to help improve their poor state, but their poverty rates only continue to increase (Raghaven). ...

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While the unemployment rate has decreased in the U.S, the gap between rich and poor in this country has dramatically increased ("Understanding the Distribution of Wealth in America"). ... Nowadays, machinery has taken human labor and modernized it by doing the same jobs as human, quicker, more accurately, and it saves time and money for the company. ... Indeed this gain means more money to companies; hence owners of companies become wealthier. ... The replacement of ATM machines can save banks a lot of money because banks do not have to hire as much tellers as before when ATM were not intro...

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In the United States, our ability to keep up with the cost of living increases has become more and more difficult. ... That statistic is showing that many are being left without any money. With little money, living begins to be more of a struggle. ... Without it, individuals may receive an increase on their taxes. ... With the public providing some space for the unfortunate ones to live, there has been a big increase in family homelessness. ...

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This is not at all the reason to the increase of homeless people since that time. ... Also there is reason to think that the homeless have increased to the abandonment of many low-income housing. The main reason for the incline of so many homeless people is caused by our economical increase. ... There is a big demand for shelter at a low-level rent for those with less money. The government should provide these, so that we can eliminate this increase of homeless people in America. ...

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Nobody wants to lose money! ... A unit of input can be land the firm bought, or a new machine it brought in to increase revenues. ... While keeping with an economic view of this issue, it is most apparent in the increased wages of women in recent years. ... He also was great with saving his money. ... So some say that these transfer payments actually increase poverty instead of stop it. ...

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Nick Hanaeur says it himself, he has way more money than he even knows to do with.      ... With so much money in your possession, you could own literally anything your heart desires. ... With all the money they have, they have the power to influence way too many national/worldly decisions. ... The low class is too frugal and fragile to spend money on anything past necessities. ... There are of course many other ways to fix our economy including adjusting taxes and providing more securities for Americans, but I found investing in education and increasing wages as the best methods. ...

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Despite of many aids from both government and communities, the rate of homeless people keeps increasing every year. ... Since homeless people are those with lack of money, they receive negative view from the society. ... In the fact, the rate of people having been on the street for years is increasing. ... The increasing rate of homeless people on the street causes unstable lives in local areas. ... It is because the money that used to pay for the food comes from those food stamps. ...

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Imagine the feeling of having a whole family to take care of, but not enough money to provide for them. ... I was so shocked when I saw the gap between the amount of money the upper class holds in America compared to the poor, and even the middle class. You would think that with all that money, and seeing how poor people live in this country, those wealthy people would share and help the cause. ... If I had the money to donate to the poor I definitely would, but it would take more than just my money to really have an effect. ... I feel like the minimum wage should definitely increase. ...

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The King was unfair and taxed them heavily on everything, even basic goods, and used that money for his own luxury. ... Today, education counts the most in our society because it indirectly means money. And so, the cycle continues on and on; while poverty increases, so does crime. ... But today's crimes aren't like stealing a loaf of bread; it's more like stealing money. Once again, poverty had forced people to steal; Stealing money seems to be the easiest way out of this situation. ...

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Factors like corporate greed is a major motivator, people love money and once they have it they want to keep it, wealth is then unequally distributed among employees. ... Schooling is probably both cause and effect; first money needs to be invested in school to have the cause and effect reaction to take place, once it is triggered it is like dominoes. Schooling increases national wealth and national wealth provides the means to build and staff schools. ... Improved education needs to be provided in lower income communities, money needs to be funded. If money is not funded, then the quality...

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The growth driven by an increasing flow of immigrants from all around the world which created our especially diverse nation. ... One being, that our country is very fortunate in having ample food and money. ... Those resources we don't have right at our fingertips we have the ability and the money to be able to purchase them over seas. ...

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He is the one who we see begging for money as we walk the streets, has few possessions, perhaps living out of a grocery cart, and certainly no home. ... To battle the increasing population of the homeless, government funded shelters should be constructed. ... Not that the idea is not a noble one, but rather because money is always difficult to come by when the government is involved. ...

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In addition, there is a cap on Federal money that is given to states, and this money will not account for inflation. ... In addition, the benefits increase with each child, so they believed that this influenced women to continue to have more babies and live in the welfare system. ... Social programs will have to take a second look at where they need to spend money. Money spent by nonprofit organizations will have to shift over to take a more essential role of teaching and providing. ... In order to help the poor people in our country, more money should be spent, not less. ...

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From then, inequality has only increased, and is at an all times high within the past 75 years and all industrialized countries. ... The upper class now earns 8 times more money than the average household, and 55 times more than a poor household. ...

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So, if he doesn't have enough money, doctors will not try anything to save him. ... However, many people will say that health care is not free because a large majority of the population has enough money to pay for it. ... People are starving while others have more money than the whole population of some African countries. ... In effect, even if segregation is supposed to be illegal since the mid-sixties, it appears that racial tensions are on the increase in America. ...

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This loss of organic matter in the land results in runoff after rainfall and increased runoff and rainfall allows for flooding. ... Those who do own a small plot of land for farming their own land still need money to do so. In order to care for the land for the benefit of food production a farmer needs tools as well as other materials and resources, all items that cost money. "Adequate nourishment for a family depends upon its ability either to produce enough food for its own needs or to earn enough money to buy the food-or some combination of the two. ... The solution to ending world hunger...

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The word " generically" presents that the workers can't rise in the world because they have no education and have not enough money to make their lives better and comfortable. ... The contrast between Slackbridge and Stephen" characters increase the sympathy to Stephen Blackpool. ... In materialistic world, money is the most important thing that is used to rise in the world. ... Every activity in daily life requires money, so the poor can't survive in the materialistic world. ... She increases his burden, so he doesn't want to come back to his house. ...

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