Purpose This article came about because of the upcoming Presidential Election in 2016, and Jill Stein was trying to win the nomination running as a member of the Green Party of the United States. According to gp.org (2016), the Green Party’s platform states, “[we] are grassroots activists, environmentalists, advocates for social justice, nonviolent resisters and regular citizens who’ve had enough of corporate-dominated politics”. In this CNN.com article, “Where the Green Party's Jill Stein stands on jobs, taxes and more”, Jill Stein discusses several policies. Jill Stein talks about issues and gives her Green Party views on jobs, families, taxes, entrepreneurship, trade, and banking. For this paper, I want to discuss her views on families. …show more content…
In addition to free universal child care, she wants “anti-poverty programs, to guarantee housing, food and utilities to all Americans. She also wants to reform government assistance to provide a "decent" standard of living” (Scott, 2016). She also wants free education in public colleges and universities. These (and others) programs would be paid for by affluent Americans. She states, “the burden [would] fall on those who benefit the most from the infrastructure of our society. That's the wealthy and large corporations, who are the ones who are rolling in the dough right now and whose tax burden has been reduced (Scott, …show more content…
I think they are long overdue, especially in a rich, wealthy country like the United States. The U.S. seems to be the wealthiest, poor country in the world. There should be no arguments to free (or greatly subsidized) child care. That is the best way to get single parents back into the workforce or into college. Their earnings will stimulate our economy. Children are our most precious commodity, they are our future. They must be taken care of in adequate, safe facilities and by qualified personnel. America will never excel if it cannot help it’s poorest citizens. The number of families that live in squalor is staggering and government chooses to look the other way. Something must be done. If public elementary through high schools are free to citizens, why not colleges? If one chooses specialized education or education past four years, then the individual should bear that cost. My only issue is who to pay the cost. If I was wealthy, I would feel that I am being unfairly targeted for having wealth. Especially if my wealth was earned by my generation. Why am I being punished for working hard? At the same time, many wealthy become wealthy because they never had to confront living in squalor. From the start, the playing field of life was tilted in their favor. I found it interesting that the social programs that Jill Stein mentioned all involved aid to women (for the most part). Free universal child care would
The concerned camp believes that families are in decline due to the rapid changes that have happened in the past 25 years. Unprecedented levels of divorce, people having babies while not married, and also teenagers having babies have hurt families and quite possibly led into hunger. The concerned camp also believes that families have the most influence on the character and competence of children and adults (Bronfenbrenner, 1986). The concerned camp values parental commitment, marital fidelity, individual responsibility, and civic participation. They also believe that individualism overshadows or threatens these values. The concerned camp believes happiness is due to relatedness to others, investments in family, and commitments to the community. Evidence that supports the concerned camp is that many Americans are very concerned about the state of families and the well-being of children. They also believe that it is very important to be concerned about how the next generation is raised because they will be the future parents, workers, and citizens. They believe that our prosperity depends on investing in childrearing. In addition, the concerned camp...
Today 's generation have changed many ways since the beginning of the century. In “The American Family”, Stephanie Coontz discusses many situations that has occurred during the beginning of the 21st century and suggested solutions to solve those issues in the future. For instance, she argued that women are being treated unfairly, family are not discussing their problems openly, and institutions need to change to fit the families’ requirement. In “Complexity of Family Life among the Low-Income and Working Poor” Patricia Hyjer Dyk, argued that women still doesn’t have enough choices, low income families doesn’t have enough jobs, and Government are not helping many families. Dyk’s review of the scholarly research on low-income families support Coontz’ evaluations of the problems faced by 21st century families and the solutions Coontz recommends, like improving women 's lifestyle, discussing problems openly, improving institutions and changing institutions so it can to fit to fulfil families need. .
Chapter 10 of Teresa Ciabattari book Sociology of families talks about the social policy and the future of families. The chapter starts by giving the readers a brief review of what we have learned so far in chapters 1-9. The chapter discusses the different approaches to what a family is and the changes of what the meaning of family is in the united states. The propose of the chapter is to get a better understanding of the book’s ideas yet to also see what the types of impacts they’ll have in our future society. The chapter is spilt into many categories such as Defining family, family change, family continuity, family diversity, inequality and social policy; housing policy and family inequality, state welfare policy and family, and so forth.
Richard Rodriguez was an established author of the 1980’s and 90’s. In his article titled Family Values (1992) he questioned the integrity and overall opinion of the American family system. Family Values uses the contexts of social and political ideologies to achieve its goals. His overall message with this argument is the competing types of family values and their application in real world settings. In this expository article, Rodriguez relies on his ability to weave pathos and ethos into a well-written argument that captivates his audience and encourages them to question the average American family system.
She may not be successful at “fluffing” her words or worrying about society’s growing obsession over political correctness, but her actions speak much louder. At least with former President Bush, some optimistic changes were made in regards to: traditional values, the budget, taxes, education, employment training, defense, national security, and of course, more love for OBGYN’s.
The present structure of the average family in America is changing, mainly due to the growing number of mothers who now work outside the home. The current mark of dual-earner families stands at 64 percent, making it a solid majority today. This alteration of the "traditional" structure of the family is a channel for other changes that may soon occur.
The main issue, as is so often the case with controversial subjects has been lost along the way. Everyone has become caught up in the right vs. left fight and ensuing name calling so few people are truly paying attention to the children themselves. America already has enough laws. What parents need most is education and support, not legislation. Also, those without children need to mind their own business and stick to subjects they have experience with, not just opinions. Having been a child does not give one insight into how to raise a child.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is a well-recognized woman in the United States. Her great contribution as Secretary of State impacted people’s lives. One of many remarkable speeches Clinton gave was the “The Women Rights Speech” on the 4th World Conference on Women Plenary Session, where she used strong words and emotions to appeal the audience. Even though the speech talked about women rights, she wanted everyone including men and children to listen and take action. Her use of ethos, logos and pathos throughout the speech helped people understand women live in a world where they suffer discrimination, and she proposes solutions to solve the issue.
... parents to have publicly paid child care. Maybe parents could start saving money for their children if they were not able to do so when paying for child care.
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Should the government provide day care centers for working parents? Parents who are working hard to provide there family a good meal and to pay the rent, the least the government can do for these people is to help out a parent by providing free child care centers for working parents right? Guess what, the republicans and the democrats from congress have been doing something about it. There have at least been 70 bills that have been introduced by both of them, but it seems like the house of representative keep turning down every single one of them. (Noble) Government should pass a law that provides free daycare centers because that would be one thing less that the working parents would have to worry about. Free daycare centers will help a parent a lot by not having to worry about paying, they could go and by more groceries more often or they could save that money for their child’s education. It doesn’t seem like much but if the government provides daycares centers it would really help out a working parent, and they would appreciate it.
The American family has come a long way and has changed a lot overtime. Liberals and conservatives have their own views on the American family today. It is very tough to raise a family nowadays. However, there are some easier ways to raise a family today as well. Some of the things that I will talk about are divorce and its effects, welfare, abusiveness on children and wives, and a couple of articles in the book, "Families in the U.S."
That statement alone gained thousands of Hispanic voters. another good comment that Hillary Clinton has made is If a country doesn't recognize minority rights and human rights, including women's rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible”. Hillary has proposed equal rights several times before and with this statement she reinforces her position with equal rights. Both Trump and Hillary have different views on economy.
The agenda starts with education. Whether you’re conservative or liberal, Republican or Democratic, practically every economist agrees that in this digital age, a highly educated and skilled workforce will be the key to not only individual opportunity, but to the overall success of our economy as well. We cannot be satisfied until every child in America-and I mean every child- has the same chances for a good education that we want for our own children.
While there is no exact definition of an emerging country, it can be said that countries whose economies have gone from a phase of unproductivity or underdevelopment to a full economic development are emerging countries. They are also called developing countries. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (Fund, 2014), the main features of emerging countries are: • Great living standard of the population between the low and medium class; • HDI (Human Development Index): between the middle and upper levels; • The income per capita (GDP per capita) between 5,000 to $ 8,000; • The industrial sector in development; • Growth of infrastructure (ports, roads, railways, airports, etc.)