There is no doubt that white collar crime has increased over the last hundred years. ... Let me start with a simple definition of what "soft money" is. ... And during the Dukakis and bush campaigns of 1988 both parties began to aggressively pursue soft money fundraising according to an independent research study of "soft money" web site. ... The three aspects I want to discuss are: where "soft money" comes from, how it affects modern politics and law making, and finally, what can be done to stop "soft money" in federal campaigning. ... In order to stop "soft money" in politics we have t...

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In life we have all heard many cliches but the one that is heard the most is "money is the root of all evil.... Additionally humans naturally have the tendency to become selfish when it comes to money. ... However there are times when money can lead us to progress. ... Therefore the use of Pidgin was very useful because it allowed for communication within diverse languages and cultures, promoted a democracy,increased participation in government, and boosted the economy through trade and business deals. ... Also money is a factor which brings positive progress. ...

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Tuition accounted for about half of that increase. ... In addition, higher dorm, cafeteria, books and other expenses added significantly to the overall increase. ... Colleges can produce additional revenue by increasing the teaching loads of any professors who are performing too much research, allowing more students to be taught without increasing the number of faculty members. ... In order to cover the cost of the money that these schools are losing, they have to increase tuition and receive that money directly from students. In addition, an increase in tuition costs can be attributed to the...

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In 1988 they legally wagered $210 billion and in 1992 it increased to $330 billion resulting in a 19 fold increase within the 20 years (Lee). ... During the winning phase, gamblers experience a big win that leaves them with the impression that winning will continue and the amount of money will increase. ... During this phase, there is an increase in the time spent on gambling. ... According to Lee, excessive gambling is associated with increased stress, a pattern of lies, and deception on the part of the gambling spouse, increased divorce, and other forms of family dysfunction. ... Then th...

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International organizations can help developing nations in many ways such as reducing civil wars, lending money, and increasing the level of education and health care in developing countries. ... Giving money without interest to these poor people gives them the ability to buy any cheap product which they need from other countries. ... Thus, international organization like World Bank can support developing nations by lending them money to reduce their debts. ... International organizations like United Nations (UN) build many schools for children and adults to get educated; this increases liter...

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In the case of the war against drugs, years of fighting have caused increased crime, overcrowding of prisons and the wasted use of money and resources with no results. ... Supporters of illegalization say that legalization would result in increased use and eventually will mean an increase in cancer deaths with greater marijuana smoking.(Light) Another result they say will happen is the effects of family values as a result of increased marijuana used by parents and children. Actually, the legalization of marijuana would put money which is used for law enforcement into the construction of better...

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This paper will explore the increase in fast food consumption, reliance on technology and genetics as possible causes for the increase of obesity in the United States. ... Such a large amount of money spend on fast food proves that Americans are purchasing more fast food but and as the Center for Disease Control reports, larger portions of it. ... This same study found that overall household TV watching has increased overtime, as have the numbers of TVs in the home, the presence of VCRs and the percentage of children with TVs in their bedrooms. ...

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Coming from a middle-class household, money is not a surplus, and conserving money in any way possible is always a priority. ... Another aspect of the graph has to do with average family income from 1982 to now, and how it has only increased by one hundred forty four percent, a number that does not even remotely correlate to the five hundred seventy percent increase of college tuition and fees. ... This is achievable by equaling the increases of tuition and college fees with the maximum pell grant reception. In other words, when college and tuition fees increase over time, like they have fiv...

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"From 1923 - 1929 the average output per worker increased 32% in manufacturing and during that same period of time average wages for manufacturing jobs increased only 8%" and "those with income in the top 1% enjoyed a 75% increase in income." 5 Like the old song from that era says, "the rich get rich and the poor get poorer". In addition as production increased, production costs decreased, and the benefit of the increased productivity went into corporate profits. ... During and after the War, the U.S. lent money to most European nations, including Germany, to rebuild after the war. ... Buy...

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According to the IMF, world GDP from 1990 to 2002 increased by about 42%, and from 2002 to 2008 – by almost 34%. ... Disproportionate increase in the volume of world GDP and financial assets can be attributed to an increase in asset prices, liberalization and rapid development of the credit market and the like. ... In total for 2008 in the United States disappeared 15 banks, by the end of 2009 the number of bankruptcies increased to 115. ... Monopolization of the world market was caused by the high yield powerful investment banks due to increasing their portfolios of derivatives that wer...

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Consequently, immigrants will cause the crime rate to increase and overflow the prisons. ... Admittedly, money does seem to be wasted on prisoners that are not from this country, which in turn ruins America's economy. ... Many times when the money is spent, the government is always too confused on how to spend the money when most immigrants should be deported back to their home country. Although America continues to spend money to keep the prisons intact, most tax money is spent lavishly on less important issues. ... Currently, America is in an economic crisis and yet many of the tax p...

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Increasing wetland area will bring about the natural species it needs to allow our coastal wetlands to flourish. With creating a rich diversity of species, the restoration process would increase rapidly. ... Without that stabilization, erosion and susceptibility to washing away during storms and erosive waves and currents would increase exponentially. ... Practically unlimited money is in the hands of these developers because they know the return that they will make off of the highly sought after land. They in turn say that some of the profit will come back to benefit the state which will carr...

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Although many people feel that decriminalizing drugs would increase the amount of use, drugs should be decriminalized because it will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement, decrease crime rates and it will increase our country's revenue. We simply just spent too much money each year implementing drug laws. ... The estimated cost of housing the increasing number of non-violent drug offenders is some $315 million a year. ... Taxes should immediately be placed on drugs thus resulting in a significant increase in government income. The more money that governme...

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Here capital refers to money that people invest in a business, yet capital can be money invested in the stock market or capital can simply be a physical investment in a plant, factory, and the forklifts. ... Investors are rewarded with this gain for taking the risk of investing their money. ... A capital gains tax cut would increase economic growth by unlocking potential capital gains with a more inviting investment opportunity. ... This will provide more money to be invested in the economy. Dismissing the capital gains tax will also make the United States an inviting country for internat...

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In addition scientists on these projects make a substantial amount of money during this time frame, which rises during it. ... They also spend a lot of money on marketing, this is a key area that continues to drive the costs up more and more. ... Another article on Benefits Management website, Prescription drug costs drive increase in healthcare to consumers which totals 6.3% in 2015, the prescription costs increased 13.6% from 2014 to 2015. This is said to be a result of the introduction of new specialty drugs, price increases on brand-name and generic prescriptions and an increased use of co...

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Outsourcing involves moving a job from one place to another in order to save money. ... In other words, by laying off taxpayers in order to save tax money, and storing money in overseas, the United States ends up losing tax revenue because of unemployment, and other social programs. This means there is less money to provide for the lower classes and therefore less money to drive the economy and buy the products the companies make. ... There are increased margins of profit and companies are able to send their grunt work abroad and let more development and research take place domestically., I...

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Why should we spend time and money producing them when we can not only obtain them from another country, but we can also help that country out by investing in them? Our time and money would also be better spent on the demand of something such as technology. My final reason for supporting globalization concerns the overall increased standard of living experienced by every country involved. ... The introduction of jobs has increased the local standards of living of many countries, causing the percentage of malnourished and impoverished people to decrease. ... Also, between 1950 and 1999, worldw...

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This program does not just focus on providing people with money for food, but allows them enough money to purchase nutritious food for their households as well. ... She worked two jobs but still was not able to provide enough money in order to afford food for my siblings and me. She was able to receive benefits due to the policy and by that was able to have money assistance for food. ... In my experience, receiving benefits from the program allows individuals and families to increase their income by allowing these people to save more money from their jobs, instead of spending the majority of t...

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Most of the programs grant money to support education to the states or directly to students. ... Congress must also vote to appropriate the money that each program will receive annually. ... The Department of Education's budget has increased significantly from when it was first established. One would think that with such a dramatic increase, test scores of students would have increased as well, but that is not the case. ... Another reason education should be handled by the states is because it keeps the money collected by state citizens in their region rather than money collected in one s...

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Defaults and foreclosure activity increased dramatically as easy initial terms expired, home prices failed to go up as anticipated, and adjustable rate mortgages interest rates reset higher. ... This rise in the currency-to-deposit ratio was a key reason why the money supply in the United States declined 31 percent between 1929 and 1933. In addition to allowing the panics to reduce the U.S. money supply, the Federal Reserve also deliberately contracted the money supply and raised interest rates in September 1931. ... Friedman claimed that, if the Fed had provided emergency lending to these ke...

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However, this money will not only help out those who cannot find a job, but it will also ease some of the federal budget deficit, which is proposed to be $1.6 trillion in February (Scherer). The unemployed will reinvest their benefit checks in the economy, increasing economic activity and bringing the federal budget deficit closer to $1.3 trillion, according to Stanley Collender, a budget expert at Qorvis Communications (Scherer). ... Supporters of this argue that, while adding a Tier 5 would increase the $34 million cost, most - if not all - of the money will be reinvested in the economy....

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And the countries that qualified do not only have to have an increasing inflation rate but the need to sustain it. ... Then government spending exceeds government income, the government concerned has to borrow money or raise taxes to fill the gap. ... This means that there will be no more conversion of money when you're inside Europe, for example from French Franc to German Mark. ... This economic and monetary union would project a push and pull scenario between all member states, if the currency would increase its value, the better for those who have less economic growth. ...

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During the 1920's, after the recession of 1921-1922, Americans per capita income increased by a third, the cost living stayed the same, and the unemployment fell and remained low. This enormous increase in wealth and rise of the stock market led to unprecedented consumption and leisure time among the middle and upper classes. ... Anyone who has money is immediately seen as welcome. ... Many white, urban Americans in the middle and upper classes who had recently earned their money were viewed with skepticism and thought to have gained their money through corruption. ... The people of West...

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If a lawyer fits each of these requirements, and is willing to work under such conditions, he will find himself making a considerable amount of money. ... With just a few years more experience, these lawyers can increase this yearly salary to approximately $140,000. ... Becoming a lawyer and making all of this money is not as easy as it may seem, however. ... It is expected that through to 2010, the number of lawyers in this country will maintain a steady increase as it has since the birth of our judicial system, proving that just as in the past, lawyers have always, and will always, be gre...

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Value of Manufactured Output - US$/person/year Since the beginning of this century the quantitative approach to the study of economic growth and development got an important stimulus from the increased availability of official statistics on income, output and expenditure. ... For example, putting money in the bank and expecting to increase your money over time with interest. ...

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