People from the United States of America do not wake up every morning thinking that there will be no food at the super market or that you would have to pay an arm and a leg to get that gallon of milk that your family needs, but in other countries that is the cold hard truth. ... All of these things are pushing the population higher and higher making more problems than it is solving. ... One of the major factors that go into a strong economy is an employed population, but what happens when there are more people then there are jobs and the population finds itself with a quarter of them unemploye...

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As we continue to see these luxuries as necessities we become dangerously more comfortable as our population increases at an alarming rate. ... The more people on this earth, the more food will be needed, our population already suffers from an abundance of poverty. ... While working Americans do work for their possessions, we do have a responsibility to help our fellow men. With the over population problem that we our facing today this also means that more people will be going hungry and have to live in poverty. ... Our lifestyle plays a large role in our shrinking natural resources, as ...

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The United States of America is often referred to as "the land of the free" or "the greatest country in the world." ... As a result, the nation's population of homeless families swelled from almost minor numbers to nearly 1.4 million. ... Families are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population, accounting for almost 40 percent of the nation's homeless. (3) What still confounds many Americans, however is why homeless appears to have become an unchallengeable socio-economic condition in this nation, such that our children may not know an America without it. Most of us can a...

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The American Dream is an elusive, unachievable notion that has been around since the founding of the nation. ... The inequality of income is a major cause of the American Dream's deterioration. ... News, the top 1% earn 23% of the nation's income, and 19 percent of the U.S. population are low wage, earners (Zuckerman). ... Despite the increase in hard work by Americans resulting in the productivity growth, the rise in income still hasn't happened. This decrease in mobility is the main reason why the American Dream is dead. ...

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America has dealt with poverty for decades and programs will continue to be created to assist American families in dealing with the effects of poverty. The number of Americans living in poverty in The United States was estimated to be 35.9 million in 2003 with 12.9 being children (US Census Bureau, 2004). ... There are many issues that affect children and poverty along with many ways to address and enact change within this population. ... Although the past goal was to eliminate poverty, this goal has not been met and continues to challenge Americans. America continues to struggle with...

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With a dense population, the region houses Latino, Asian, Anglo American, and African American populations. Latinos, being the largest ethnic group in the Koreatown, make up about 53 percent of the population, many of which are of Guatemalan descent. Asians consist of about 32 percent of population, most of which are of Korean descent. Anglo American and African American populations make up about seven and almost five percent of Koreatown's population. ... Residents have noticed an increase in white and black populations in the region, and the incoming of "yuppies," or young urb...

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The Effect of AIDS and Birth Rates are falling but Population is not. ... Another problem is AIDS, which is both a population and social problem. ... Single mothers represent the bulk of the adult welfare population; such births can be compared to the condition of the poor in Third World countries. Another problem we are facing is a real population explosion among the poor. ... America's inner cities -Vs- Third World Countries At first, it might appear impossible to compare conditions in America's inner cities with those that characterize overpopulated countries of the Third World. ...

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On a geographical scale, Asia holds the highest rate of malnutrition with a staggering 70%, while Africa has 26% and Latin America only 4%. ... Throughout history, Bolivia has been consistently known for being one of the poorest countries in Latin America and the world. ... The reason Bolivia is so unique compared to other countries in Latin America, is it seems to be the only one in Latin America suffering from high death rates due to malnutrition. With a poverty stricken population and lack of funding to help those who don't have the resources for good nutrition, it is hard for Bolivia...

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In such countries, as Asia, Africa and Latin America where financial problems and Economic stagnancy exist, people lived below the poverty line. ... Overpopulation is a major characteristic of over-population. ... Another instance of a country facing a high rate of population is Brazil. In 24 years, Brazil population has nearly double. ... The population do not participate in development, remain aversive, to changes. ...

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Many Americans have taken this opportunity to gain affordable coverage which they may not have had before. ... Sadly, some Americans are not given that choice. ... These changes have provided the health care providers with an increase ability to meet the needs of the homeless population. ... Whether the primary contributing factor is from losing their home, or it is a condition made worse after losing their home, the homeless populations have significant disparities when compared to the non-homeless population. Although the general population does encounter acute and chronic illnesses, suc...

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The United States of America is a country known for being prosperous, but it too suffers from this epidemic. ... The Campaign to End Child Homelessness states that over 1.6 million American children go to sleep without a home of their own each year. ... Children are not the only population affected by this crisis, veterans are also a population who suffer greatly from homelessness. In "Veterans and Homelessness", author Libby Pearl states that "16 percent of all homeless adults are American veterans". ...

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From childhood to adulthood, all the Americans' are taught to eat healthy. ... Slavery is being practiced on the fields of America. ... Americans spend very less amount of their income on food, the average American family only spends ten percent of their income on food. ... According to a statistic, "The rate of death due to heat stress is twenty times greater than for the general population" (Rodriguez, Delwiche, and Kasoosji 602). ... One most important thing that Americans can do is...

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In Garrett Hardin's essay, Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor, Hardin describes the wealthy population of the world as being in a single lifeboat that is almost filled until buckling while the poor population of the world treads water below. ... The lifeboat metaphor that Hardin uses relieves the wealthy population of their moral obligations to the less fortunate, but in addition, puts all of the blame and cause of the depletion of earth's resources on the poor. ... In Durning's essay, "Asking How Much Is Enough," he argues that it is not overpopulation that is d...

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It was, as well, the only possibility for many countries to improve their economy: especially in Latin America, where Mexico just stopped refunding its debt because it couldn't pay anymore. ... In each country, even the population is divided in different economic and social layers. ... Twenty percent of the world's population living in the richest countries have 74 times the income of the poorest. ... In 1960, the average income of the richest 20 per cent of the world's population was 30 times higher than that of the poorest 20%. ... Two third of the African countries depend ...

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British Columbia produces only 48% percent of all the food its population consume; therefore half of their population would go hungry without importing essential items (Pelletier, 1). ... In a country such as Ghana, where thirty percent of the nation's population lives in poverty, it's certainly a nation actively engaging the global food supply chain (Wollan, 1). ... This partnership allows for the inhabitants to enjoy the same chicken us American's love, at a more affordable price than purchasing from a local farmer. ... The American economy, as a whole, benefits as well, not o...

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In contrast, there is virtually no human trafficking in the eastern northern hemisphere in the north American continent and in almost all of the southern hemisphere especially in the Australasian continent. ... The Causes International human trafficking can be attributed to many causes, these include; low economic status and a low GDP in affected countries meaning the majority of the population are living in poverty, little political power over the population leading to higher crime levels and little retribution for those who are caught, and low social status of particular groups including...

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Despite benefits being in place in the Welfare State of the UK for example the poor population is on the increase. ... At the forefront of such theorists Cox and Alm claim that Americans exude a "remarkable ability to propel themselves upward". ... In 1992 American households living below the poverty line spent 71% of their expenditures on food, clothing, and housing whilst non-poor households spent 46% (Federman et al). ... Bernstein states that in the late 1990s as the economy bloomed, 46% of the non-elderly population in households below 200% of the poverty line experienced food shortages...

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Homelessness generally falls into two categories: the literally homeless and the population at risk. The literally homeless groups include all of those living on the streets or in shelters and the population at risk groups include those that are at risk of being literally homeless. ... The population at risk to become homeless usually includes children and adults in institutions and/or children and youth living "doubled up" in conventional dwellings. ... So to break this down it means that 50 - 60% of all people in America earn sub-poverty wages unless you are, of course, the baseball playe...

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How do the American government and the wealthy of America profit from the country's evident financial inequality gap? ... Those who are classified as poor and the middle class throughout America are what drive our country forward. ... It is clear that the poor suffers from America's inequality gap while the rich continue to profit. ... Let us not forget about the individuals whom are profiting and are not being affected by this voluntary act of greed; the top one percent of the population. ... "(p.1) Wall Street is considered to be the wealthiest and most capitalistic street in...

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The goals of this policy do not have a negative effect on the target population. Everyone in this target population, who may be homeless or have low income may apply and/or receive benefits assuming they meet certain requirements. The population that is adversely affected by the policy is the rest of Americans who pay taxes in order to provide monetary assistance to the ones who are in need. ... Overall, I believe the policy is doing more good than harm for families who struggle with hunger in America. ...

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In Africa and Latin America, for example, the richest 5 percent of the population earn almost 25 percent of the national income, while in industrial countries they earn only 13 percent (World Politics, pg.42). ... It has been reported that a country whose population is farther than 100 kilometers from the sea grows 0.6 percent slower per year than nations where the majority of the population lives within 100 kilometers of the coast (World Politics, pg.42). ...

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Today, in America, more and more people are becoming homeless in every sense of the word and still unable to receive assistance from government agencies. ... Baumohl states in his book Homeless in America that "According to this perspective, people were homeless because something was wrong with them- (25). ... Unfortunately, while these examples may be accurate in defining a certain type or category of the homeless population, they do not delineate its parameters. ... The numbers of homeless people have multiplied in every major American city since 1980. ... As of 1985, approximately 35 millio...

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However, those twenty blocks between the Upper East Side and the Puerto Rican population of East Harlem represent a social and an economic gap extending from mainstream to marginal. ... This competition has led the minorities living in such bad neighborhoods, such as the streets of Spanish Harlem, to search for respect and dignity while the American Society is doing the opposite, segregating and separating them from the rest of the society causing ghettoization to take place. ... Population of the so-called "Spanish Harlem" is mostly Hispanic, specifically Puerto Ricans who have emigrated f...

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Homelessness, defined as an individual without permanent housing who may live on the streets is an increasing epidemic plaguing the United States; striking Americans of every age, ethnicity, and religion, hitting urban and rural communities in the same ways. ... Mental illness is one of the main causes of homelessness in America. Twenty to twenty-five percent of the homeless population in the US suffers from metal illness. ...

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While the housing market for high scale apartments and luxury homes continues to grow, millions of Americans are living in housing they cannot afford. According to a study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, 75% of the low-income population is spending over half of their income on rent or utilities (5). ... If we think back to the 1700's - 1800's, In US history American workers were moving to the West at an astounding rate. ...

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