to make an impact on the way money is spent on education. For instance, Hillary Clinton plans to make community college free, and ensure that debt payments do not take too much from students’ incomes (McCutcheon para. 103). On the other hand, Bernie Sanders plans to make all public higher education free (McCutcheon para. 103). Regardless of whether or not these candidates will be willing and able to perform their promises,…
Adam Smith vs. Karl Marx In the most recent election, an actual socialist ran. This raised many questions and Bernie Sanders has fooled millions of people into thinking about the viability of a socialistic government in the United States. Derrick Wilburn in his article, “Is capitalism really better than socialism or communism?” makes a case for American capitalism and attempts to convince those on the fence that socialism and communism are “the height of human arrogance.” Wilburn argues in his…
can find more opportunities and to live with freedom. Illegal immigration is a problem that effects all Americans. Illegal immigrants are the ones who migrates to a country with only visiting visas and stays in the United States permanently or crossing border lines illegally. Every year in the United States illegal immigrants are increasing rapidly. People come to the United States finding freedom and to live a better life. There are about 11.1 million illegal immigrants lives in the U.S, and…
Why is college tuition constantly rising? Will tuition ever go back down to affordable levels? These have been big questions for students and parents over the past years. A new report has the answers to the questions. There are two main things that affect the price of tuition, one is that the college spends more. That could mean paying faculty more, or building more sports arenas, or conducting more research, they then raise tuition to help cover the costs. The second is that the college needs…
Two Republican candidates vying for Marco Rubio 's Senate seat said that though college tuition is too expensive, Sen. Bernie Sanders plans for tuition-free college don 't add up. “As much as I respect Mr. Sanders … I think if he’s going to offer free tuition, something is wrong with that idea,” said Senate candidate Dwight Young, a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy. “I don’t see where we are going to get the money to afford it.” The University of Central Florida College Republicans invited…
As a democratic government, voting is the foundation of the American government and in extension, the American way of life in general. Voting is considered so important that that it is mentioned in four Constitutional Amendments. These "four separate Amendments – the 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th, even use the same powerful language to protect it: 'The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged ...," (Donnelly). The question is however, are new voting laws…
Of all of the presidential candidates running for president, Ted Cruz has the plan that will save America. America is in a state of turmoil with economic downturn and job loss to illegal immigrants, a broken tax system, and the threat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Barack Obama promised change in 2008, but no economic recovery has been evident, jobs have been continuously lost, and he has dismissed the threat of ISIS and saying that the U.S. “is making significant progress defeating them” (Riley 1)…
college free, or much more affordable. This will allow more lower and middle class Americans to get a post-secondary education, making them more qualified for higher paying jobs. Another possible solution is that of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders who believes in a “progressive tax system that is based on ability to pay”. This could be beneficial because it helps control the growth of the upper class and helps to fund programs meant to help the lower classes. Both of these would…
all American citizens had a right to vote for who they should elect as a president. What reasons would cause such developed country to have such separation and opposing ideas in its individuals? Actually the reasons exist rigorously. Ever since Bernie Sanders left the elections of the US presidency for 2016, the Democratic Party has been divided into a variety of opposing ideas. To some, it can be said that Hillary Clinton is the perfect candidate for…
The libertarian Party of the United States has had a record breaking year as far as voter support goes a with a 6.7 percent polling average (Scher 2016). In the past voting turn out for the libertarian party had reached its all-time high by hardly surpassing 1 percent of the vote; however, with Gary Johnson as the parties presidential candidate they have seen much more popularity. This potential electoral outcome of over 5 percent could mean the establishment of the party according to the…