Earned Income Tax Credit

adversely affects an African American child’s development. To provide some light on the issue, the percentage of African American children under the age of 18 living in poverty is 52% (National Center for Educational Statistics). Similarly, the average income for the single parents, most notably mothers, was $26,000 (Single Mother Statistics). This often causes the parents to struggle to buy even the basics for their child such as shoes, clothes, and in some extreme cases food. While some may…

unrealized gains or losses. These unrealized gains or losses are reported as other comprehensive income. Plan on your…

allowing the development of this kind of extreme, unbalanced distribution of wealth happen in the U.S, I find this to be a disturbing phenomenon that has occurred over the past thirty years. Stiglitz demonstrates that bankruptcy laws, public spending, tax policies, international trade agreements, and…

family (TANF) this provides a temporary cash assistance for low income people. The only catch is the individual can only be there for five years during their lifetime. The Pell grant provides assistance to low income college students to help them for their education. Head Start provides preschool for the low income. WIC help women infant and children in low income areas gains access to food. There is also the Earned income tax credit, which help only the adults with children. Job training…

launched, a campaign called “VOTE”. He got more than 100,000 people registered to vote. Not many people cared whether people went out to vote but he knew that having more African American voting would make a difference. Obama helped pass the Earned Income Tax Credit act, which cut taxes from Illinois families. He has great leadership skills and makes it easy for people to work with him. During his time in office he helped people get jobs and health care. He improved Americas relationships with…

"unconditional surrender." The victory marked the first time a Confederates force was defeated by the Union in a major battle. This gave people in the North hope; hence Abraham Lincoln secured his leadership through the people's faith in him. Ulysses Grant earned his popularity not because he was the best general on the field, but because he has followed Lincoln's instructions and didn't stop pursuing the rebels. His determination and resourcefulness was praised and admired by the Union. For…

inaccessibility to legal counsel, and unjust, violent, and legally exploitive techniques. Whether it is an acre, parcel or city block, land ownership is of vital importance because the United States is a capitalistic society. Land ownership is used to create income, develop communities, start businesses, build schools, provide social and civic organizations and most importantly, increase political power. The generational wealth of a child is closely related to that of his parents and the…

Sociology is known to be the study of society itself, the relationship between people and the community; this is used to understand how our actions shape everything around us. They investigates social causes or issues such as the effects of a community on a person, gender identity, as well as race. To do so they may design research projects, collect data through observation or surveys, and collaborate with sociologist all around the world to seek help to test their theories out. To look at the…

The most refined skills of color printing, the intricate techniques of wide-angle photography, provide us pictures of trivia bigger and more real than life. We forget that we see trivia and notice only that the reproduction is so good. Man fulfils his dream and by photographic magic produces a precise image of the Grand Canyon. The result is not that he adores nature or beauty the more. Instead he adores his camera.” Daniel J. Boorstin once stated (Quoteland). What is a photographer? A…

Raising the minimum wage would be a poor economic choice at the expense of small businesses and their communities. It could potentially could cause fewer job openings, more outsourcing overseas and increase job competition. The tradeoffs vs benefits are largely skewed in the wrong direction. The job market could become more competitive than it is currently. With many jobs being outsourced overseas many workers will be left with fewer and fewer choices. Outsourcing work not only cuts domestic…