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years; yet, the results of drug usage seem to be unchanged. The war on drugs has done nothing but targeted ethnic minorities, costed over a trillion dollars, and has exponentially increased the size of the prison system. This being said, I will argue that the war on drugs has been unsuccessful and discriminatory. The war on drugs has costed the United States trillions of dollars. There is a drug war clock that shows the amount of money the United States spends. The site states, “The U.S.…

Our bodies alone contain contain some 30 trillion to 50 trillion bacteria, with general “ratio of 1.3 bacteria to every one human cell.”(Saey). We modern humans seem to make such a fuss about all the bacteria surrounding us in our environments, but tend to forget that we ourselves are the some of the largest…

more responsible about their funding, it does seem like theyhave an endless influx of money to spend, I mean we are only talking about trillions of dollars. It’s hard to make sense of it all, cause in the end it’s just a piece of paper, right? Not exactly, we have so much invested in this country and have so much to offer, yet we have a national debt of over 17 trillion dollars and growing rapidly, but should we worry? No matter how much we talk about it and debate it, the debt doesn’t seem to…

Reparations for African Americans: Does it Make Sense? Introduction The idea of reparations in general has been around for a significant period of time. Multiple countries have given reparations to groups of people for atrocities committed in the past. For example, in 1952 Germany paid $822 million to Holocaust survivors in the German Jewish Settlement. Austria, Canada, and the United States have also all given reparations to groups of people in different settlements and treaties (History of…

It seems no matter which way you vote, it will end tragically. It says the “American national debt is more than $18.6 trillion ($57,751 per citizen), but Social Security’s and Medicare’s unfunded liabilities add up to more than three times that. By 2027, the federal government’s total unfunded liabilities could reach $127 trillion. As the population ages, the ratio of workers paying into the system declines relative to the retirees collecting benefits.” Nearly 91% of the…

The global issue raised in this article is whether or not offshore balancing can be used in today’s world and be an effective practice that the UNited States should readopt. The practice of offshore balancing is a strategic international relation where a great power uses a favorable country to check the rise in power in a non favorable hostile country. Mearsheimer states that “offshore balancing, the United States would calibrate its military posture according to the distribution of power in the…

Earth and nowhere else in the universe is less than about one in a billion trillion (Shekhtman). The universe is so vast that it is possible there are other Earth-like planets capable of supporting life. The chances that life only evolved on Earth is really low. In fact, Astronomers say that the chance that a human civilization evolved only on Earth and nowhere else in the universe is less than about one in a billion trillion. In the Milky Way, the chance of humans being the only civilization…

Economic Vocabulary Terms Define the following terms to as part of your economic glossary terms for this course. For this assignment define the term in your own words. Next in your own words using a couple of sentences provide a real life example demonstrating that you understand the term. For example: Economics a. Definition of Economics: Is the study of how people, companies, governments and countries make choices on allocating finite resources to satisfy their needs and wants.…

Currently in the United States, there are several problems that remain unsolved today. One main issue today is the costly medical treatment of people with mental health disorders in the United States. The government and economies maintain and control the several different ways in which our tax dollars and other obtained money is used. With medical treatment of these patients being so costly, some may suggest paying lower amounts towards this issue. In some, this isn’t always the case. Americans…

“Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition”(Vest). The college tuition is a big problem because some students can not afford college. The college tuition is increasing slowly, but their are people who are supporting for more financial help from the Federal government, yet people claim to…