This leads to increasing amounts of debt because of the interest rates. ... According to TIME, student debt is increasing at a fast rate; in the past decade, America's overall student debt has increased from $253 billion to $1.08 trillion. This is because universities across the nation have been increasing their tuitions. ... For those that come from wealthy families, parents tend to pay their child's tuition completely from their own annual salaries or, if they have a "big money" family, from saved up money of their own. ... For the rich, any job is decent because there i...

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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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Average Americans do not have the same opportunities to increase their wealth as much as the upper class does. ... On the other hand, those with a small net worth lack the money needed to up their total income. ... How are you going to get a wage increase if you're competing with [lower-wage workers] overseas? ... However, the cost of keeping a good quality life increases over time with the increase in technology and general advancements. ... Clearly, it all comes down to money. ...

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He blamed an increase in crime on drug addicts" (Gottfried 53). ... This led to the growth of major criminal entities that used the unlawful money earned to bribe corrupt law enforcement agencies. ... If drugs were legal and therefore cheaper, addicts would not need to find violent means of stealing money (LeMoult and Haag 34). The large amount of money summoned by the desire for drugs by Americans has led to large profits for drug dealers. ... The increased budget towards the War on Drugs is only increasing the street price of illegal substances. ...

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With borders being shut down, it has made in increase in the issues that need to be discussed and viewed among the American people. ... With the number of immigrants increasing, and jobs decreasing, it has made issues come afloat with the American people. ... The manager wants to save money and hires the illegal; although the manager thinks he will be saving money, the illegal makes minor mistakes that can cause thousands. ... Opening the borders have caused for an even higher increase of illegal immigration. ... It has also been said that food stamps are being sold illegally for money, or wor...

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As subprime mortgages increased in popularity local banks became replaced as the place to secure a mortgage by various shadow bank institutions acting as mortgage brokers. ... Rather than the traditional originate to hold policy in which banks lending out the money would hold that mortgage and receive money from the borrower, the policy shifted towards originate to distribute in which the mortgages were packaged and then sold off as securities (Krugman & Wells 5). ... This money was lent to banks and the auto industry rather than being used to buy up the toxic assets. Some of the financial ins...

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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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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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Homelessness, which is one of our nation's most serious social problems, has greatly increased over the past ten years. ... Teenage runaways have different reasons for leaving home but all have the same reason for becoming homeless: they simply just do not have enough money. ... According to "Homeless Increasing all over the World" (2005), the number of homeless families with children has increased significantly over the past decade. ... That money is spent on police calls, hospital visits and other emergency social services. ... Moreover, most people end up homeless because they spend th...

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This allowed the American companies to substantially lower the price of their product and increase the production (Offshoring"). ... Those who support offshoring say that it has already benefited the American economy with increased production that stimulates the country's export power. ... Other industries benefit because population's buying power increases when consumers save money on the products made offshore and spend this money on restaurants, tourism or on big ticket purchases. ... Sending high skilled jobs overseas is one of the reasons the poverty in the suburbs has increased...

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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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The fear of communism increased when a series of strikes occurred in 1919. ... Between 1925 and 1929 the total amount of outstanding installment credit increased from $1.38 billion to over $3 billion. ... The very rich lost money on Wall Street but they could just about afford it. But the vast bulk could not afford any loss of money. This had a very important economic impact as these people could no longer afford to spend money and therefore did not buy consumer products. ...

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But yet despite all of these methods and laws implemented to discourage adolescent drinking, the ease of getting alcohol to minors is ever increasing. ... Australia reported that there was a 20-25 percent increase in delinquency among males when they lowered their legal drinking age. ... And the ease of getting alcohol is increasing all the time. ... This is especially popular in college towns, where store clerks realize that underage drinking brings in vast amounts of money each week. ... (OJJDP, pg.1) It also set up numerous guidelines for the spending of the money. ...

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Although fundraisers were held, only enough money was collected to begin work on the statue. ... When it was, it was a huge sensation, but it still didn't matter because there still wasn't enough money. ... The lottery was a huge success and raised ample amounts of money for the construction fo the statue. ... However, Joeseph Pulitzer came up with a ploy to raise money and increase his own profits at the same time. ... The newspaper increased its popularity by about 50,000 copies, and set its goal at $100,000. ...

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The increase of felonies was due to contributing fact of organized crime especially in larger cities. ... On account of the industry being so profitable, more gangsters, like Capone became more involved in the money-making business. ... As a result of the money involved in the bootlegging industry, there grew much rivalry among different gangs. ... Serious crimes, such as homicides, assault, and battery, increased nearly 13 percent, while other crimes involving victims increased at 9 percent. ... The Federal convicts over the course of the prohibition period also increased to 561 percent. ...

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Civil Rights Act of 1964 followed by the Higher Education Act of 1960's facilitated increase in number of students who proceeded to college after secondary school by more than half by putting into place the necessary legislations (Kimball and Bruce 89).The 1990's saw the increase in financial aid to students inform of tuition discounting and this enabled more students to access highly competitive courses at the university. ... While in the 1940's it was mainly white males from high and middle socio economic back grounds the number of females, blacks and Asians accessing higher e...

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However, the boom could not last forever and in 1929 the Federal Reserve Board said that it was unwise for banks to lend money for speculation. ... Unemployment figures dramatically increased leaving millions in a state of poverty. ... Social tensions increased developing a rising intolerance of "economic rivals". ... As a result nationalism increased. ... When the Stock Market crashed America could no longer afford to lend money, leaving countries such as Germany in financial difficulty. ...

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Over the past years teacher's salaries have increased dramatically. ... It is also probable that these average salaries are only going to increase with time, thus attracting many more to the field of teaching. ... "As the number of students in schools increases, new schools and classrooms will be added and more teachers and teachers aides will be hired." ... Even with salaries being quite respectable considering all the benefit that are included, most people would much rather work to receive more money and less rewards. As we all know, people would rather work during a summer vacat...

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Many people would be quick to think that it's money that mainly contributes to the operation of these institutions. ... What this means is that with the increase of conflict between citizens came the increase of needs for a formal court system to resolve this conflict. ... As Sophn stated before with the increase of conflict, came the need of a court system to formally resolve these conflicts. ... With the increased corruption within the Mexican government, dealing with drug traffickers and upholding zero tolerance policies and tough on crime policies has been a tricky hurdle to overcom...

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The British government had only a selfish intent in keeping the colonies, it needed the resources that they provided, which included raw materials and money, and they helped strengthen the British economy. ... r to increase revenues. ... England's takeover of the American economy helped increase revenues for them but took a great toll on the American economy. ... This was also just another way for the British government to raise money. ... They made as much money off the colonies as they could and still denied them simple rights. ...

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If a National Defense System was to be deployed it would cost billions, this money could be better spent elsewhere. To spend money on a untested, high-risk program with limited benefits sounds illogical and looks like the wrong path for America to go. ... This will cause China to increase there ICBM force, which is no good for anybody (Deutch 3). ... At worst, it threatens to increase the nuclear arsenals it seeks to negate. At best, it is merely a waste of money, another of those Washington scams in which pseudopatriots invent threats, wave the flag and pick the taxpayers' pockets."...

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As a result, man has increased wealth, comfort, freedom and life expectancy. ... Since globalization is constantly increasing large-scale production and industry in favour of the United States, it is clear why Locke would argue that American culture, and all that goes along with it, is factually "the best". ... The report suggests that the fundamental course of action is to spend more money on America's military . ... However, due to budget cut backs, less money has found its way to military and defense, and as a result, the military has come to a bad state. ... This shows that in order t...

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In conclusion, the increase in inequality influences lower growth, which has been proven by looking throughout history and comparing with other countries. ... The rich have a vital role on who gets what, when, where, and how because they are pumping money into the government system, which gives them power. This sad fact leaves the rest of us hopeless because we don't have the money or resources to influence the government in order for there to be a change. ... For example, the recent crisis of Obamacare stirred up a revolt amongst the rich because now the rich are getting increased healt...

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Lack of jobs, lack of money, and a lack of knowledge of the English language all proved to be barriers that those immigrating in to the United States had to face. ... He states, "With more time and more money I live much better and I am very happy."" ... Yet, he later found out that the work that he had done for the ship was supposed to have yielded him money, and that he was never paid for his services. ... He eventually worked hard enough to open a chain of fruit stores and grocery stores, with his net worth increasing to $50,000. Through his hard work, perseverance, and faith that th...

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My daughter as received several mailings asking her would she like to increase her male members size and offering her Viagra the cant even get the gender correct they are sending this mail to. ... Time is money therefore they are stealing my time. I should not have to spend money-buying software to filter my emails, and then pay somebody to install it. ... Research house Gartner estimates that spam increased at least fivefold in 2001]. ... Not only do they cost us money but also they are making money, on us and we have no apparent say in it. ...

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