MEASURING SOCIALISM IN NORTH AMERICA: A COMPARISON BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Which of the two countries is more socialist, Canada or the United States of America? ... To measure this variable, we will look at the number of public representatives who are elected by the population. ... In accordance with the Government of Canada , the Canadian population elects a Prime Minister and members of the House of Commons (In Canada, there are 301 members). ... When we count the number of representatives who are elected by the population, it seems that the American pol...

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GUN CONTROL Since the days of the pioneers of the United States, firearms have been part of the American tradition as protection and a means of hunting or sport. ... It is also argued that by making it difficult for guns to be bought and registered for the American public there is a threat to the personal safety of American families everywhere. ... In 1988 there were 9000 handgun-related murders in America. Metropolitan Centers and some suburban communities of America are setting new records for homicides by handguns. ... AGAINST GUN CONTROL The National Crime Survey estimates that 83 pe...

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America was destined for another, more far-reaching civil rights movement. ... He believed in the immediate integration of blacks into mainstream American life, regardless of the consequences. ... Led by Carrie Chapman Catt, women suffragists formed the National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1890. ... Roosevelt brought the new deal into American life in the early thirties. ... The "forgotten Americans" were the citizens who needed the new deal to benef...

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Some feel that this media frenzy was caused, in large part, by the government of the United States of America. ... These efforts by the government were followed by the education of America about the dangers of drugs. This education was especially aimed at the children of America. ... Inner city populations, for whatever reason, are predominately made up by minorities. ... This was a startling figure for most Americans. ...

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