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- 491: The Black Panther Party
- ... too frequently looked with disdain upon the small-business people in the community. As a result the BPP built few businesses which generated income other than the Black Panther newspaper, or which could provide self-employment to its membership and to people in the community. The BPP failed to encourage the Black community to set up its own businesses as a means of building an independent economic foundation which could help ...
- 492: Federalism
- ... s "Great Society". President Johnson expanded the power of the national governments ability to function in domestic policy. Under Johnsons policies the Civil Rights Act of 1964was passed. This eventually extended into Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. These acts imposed civil penalties on those who violated them. The Clean Air Act of 1970 is also another form of competitive federalism. Fiscal Federalism was set up in order to ...
- 493: The Welfare System
- ... Welfare debate. Arthur J. Schlesinger, Jr. a member of the Kennedy administration and historian had this to say about the Welfare State: Briefly, it is a system wherein government agrees to underwrite certain levels of employment, income, education, medical aid, social security, and housing for all its citizens. The government does not try to do all these things itself; it seeks where possible to supplement the initiatives of private society. But ...
- 494: Harris v. City of Zion/Kuhn v. City of Rolling Meadows
- ... Another instance that focuses on historical principle are the case that has sustained "In God We Trust" be printed on all of our currency. In the case Aronow v. United States, the court held that employment of this motto was "a patriotic or ceremonial character and bears no true resemblance to a governmental sponsorship of a religious exercise" (Emmerich/Adams 12-78). Here we have an instance, or exception mind you ...
- 495: Fidel Castro's Reign In Cuba
- ... The new American policy, not announced as such, but implicit in the the actions of the United States government was one of overthrowing Castro by all means available to the U.S. short of open employment of American armed forces in Cuba. It was at this time that the controversial decision was taken to allow the CIA to begin recruiting and training of ex-Cuban exiles for anti-Castro military service ...
- 496: Explain the importance of Contingency Planning
- ... Zealand Standard, Risk Management. AS/NZS 4360:1995. Standards Australia (1995). Emergency Control Organization and Procedures for Buildings. AS 3745:1995. Kluwer Security Bulletin (1994). Handbook of Security. Croner Publications. Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991. Reprint No. 3 Consolidated to 24 October 1997. http://www.corpwatch.org/trac/gallery/bhopal/nightmare.html http://www.bhopal.com/JBrowning.html http://www.bhopal.com/Casestudy.html
- 497: Military Pay
- ... soldier. I believe that the soldier is underpaid when compared to the private sector. They deserve annual pay raises that at least match the average American's as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics" Employment Cost Index. The government should also have a "catch-up" raise to close the pay gap. The Army does provide lots of extra benefits other than a salary. Basic pay for the military is low ...
- 498: Analysis of the Immigration Problem
- ... Colorado, made more than seven dollars an hour. Many were making over 100 dollars per day. Denver identified 43 illegal aliens making 100 dollars per day as roofers, while 438 people were registered in their employment services who would have loved those jobs. The average illegal immigrant arrested in Chicago makes $5.65 an hour. More than thirty million American workers make less than that. A common belief is that aliens ...
- 499: The Mexican U.S. Connection
- ... that the NAFTA will bring. Roberto Castellanos, a Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Peasants representative, was not quite as optimistic saying that though he believes that the NAFTA will benefit the working class by increasing employment and salaries, the debate in the U.S. Congress demonstrated the wide gap that still exists between the two countries. Barely half an hour after the U.S. Congress approved the NAFTA, the principal organizations ...
- 500: North American Free Trade Agreement: NAFTA
- ... it seems that a free trade area would always be a good thing, it is easier said then done. The majority of people that oppose NAFTA do so because of the potential for loss of employment. Mexico with its cheap work force, will tend to make manufactures requiring extensive manual labor more likely to move to the lower cost area. A loss of sovereignty may also be a stumbling block, since ...
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