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respectably enlightened than a few in a high state of science and the many in ignorance.” America has long been run by its people, however we need to be able to trust the people of our country. Today the total of student debt has risen to more than 1.1 trillion dollars. This is because the cost of tuition has risen considerably over the past 10 years and more students than ever are attending college. In fall 2015, about 50.1 million students will attend public elementary and secondary schools,…

unborn can’t give consent to have their genes modified(OI). Also, this may result in possible death for the embryo. Even though it is proven to make these altered kids smarter if they survive, they may not be normal. The national debt of the U.S is trillions of dollars(OI). We could be spending taxpayer money on something that have a higher chance of working. These are some reasons why it’s an awful idea. Even though some people may say that changing human genes so people don’t feel pain is a…

using American tax dollars to fund entrepreneurship and boost employment in MENA is not in the interest of the US public. However, it is important to note that in 2015 alone the US spent $6.2 billion dollars on military operations against ISIS. $1.46 trillion has been spent on Iraq, with the majority of this figure being spent from 2007-2008, in the surge to quash the extremist insurgency groups. While the surge did crush the power of the AQI, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)…

The Great Recession in 2008 wiped clean the savings portfolios of hundreds of millions in North America and Europe. Before the recession, people like columnist Margaret Wente, who were fast approaching retirement, had a 10-year plan. But then a “black swan pooped all over it.”1 Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a New York-based professor of finance and a former finance practitioner, used the black swan analogy in his book of the same title to explain how past events are limited in forecasting the future.2…

The results we get from macroeconomic tools are bound to make errors. These errors can sometimes be minimal or they can be drastic. Some of the tools used in macroeconomics are GDP (gross domestic product), Stock market, unemployment rate and money supply changes. These are the main and most commonly used tools when collecting results to predict economic realities. These tools can be challenged and be subject to error as a result of their flaws. There are many reasons how these tools can cause…

Our military as of now is abysmal, we don’t even have giant planet destroying lasers, or military bases on the moon. There are many places to cut spending, and it’s impossible to name them all in this article. We need to spend more money on the military until we reach this point. Now how insane that sounds is just as crazy as our current military budget is, and rising. The United States Defense department is the most over funded program in the U.S. and has risen to unprecedented rates since…

currently in debt for 18 trillion dollars according to the debt watch. The debt is an accumulation of federal budget deficits. America’s debt is the largest in the world for a single country. The debt grew the largest ever since President Obama has been in office. President Obama added the economic stimulus package, the Obama tax cuts and roughly $800 billion a year in military spending. In 2009 when Obama was sworn in, the debt was 10 trillion. Today its at 18 trillion which I can only conclude…

national debt either. But in my estimation, the Republicans are just as bad, maybe worse. Congressional leaders from both parties are guilty as heck on attaching RIDERS, to important spending bills. Last week President Obama signed into law a $1.1 trillion dollar budget bill that the Republican Congress sent to the President…

Mental disorder takes its’ toll on society. Costing one trillion dollars each year, (http://www.npr.org/2016/04/13/474050028/who-study-mental-illness-is-as-much-of-a-global-threat-as-infectious-deases) this goes to show the economy suffers when members of society suffer. By continuing research and getting people…

Money laundering is to hide the origin of such proceeds obtained through crime, or change the form of money or means to disguise the true owner. Illegal money laundering scale goes from around the world showed that up to $ three trillion 8650 a year. In countries that astronomical proceeds of crime are converted into legitimate funds through financial institutions such as banks are struggling to prepare countermeasures. According to UNODC, The funding of up to 5% of the world's 189 countries in…