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Materialist culture isolates individuals
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Materialist culture isolates individuals
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USC’s academic advisors need to highlight program’s benefits
Current politics cannot rely on historical record to confront modern-day problems
First they came for the mom-and-pop stores, and I did not speak out because I was a state park ranger who still had his neighborhood Borders and Circuit City. Then they came for the big box retailers, and I did not speak out: I could still go on eBay to buy and sell all of my tchotchkes. Then the state budget deficit forced the park service to eliminate my job, and I had no money to buy anything at all.
In his inspiring, youth-oriented and ambitious presidential campaign of 2008, President Obama made a wide assortment of promises, ranging from the elimination of all oil and gas loopholes in our federal laws to the requirement of renewable energy usage for 25 percent of our nation’s electricity demands.
Plunge your hand into your pocket and you are most likely to find some zinc dinero. No, you have not found treasure; the pennies hidden in the myriad of couch cushions and the forgotten cavities of your purse or wallet won’t buy you an extra minute at the meter. In fact, you can’t even purchase another penny with your penny. According to the price data charts of the U.S. Mint, it costs $1.99 to make a penny. While the United States spends only $116 million per year on the production of pennies, it is a cost that can easily be eliminated without major negative consequences. President Barack Obama recently acknowledged the need to go through with this decision during a Google Plus hangout session with the public. Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and numerous other countries have all eliminated their penny. During a time of fiscal austerity and the need to reduce budget deficits, it is exactly these types of costs that must be sought out for elimination.
One of the most pressing concerns today is the shifting of attention by society from long-term issues to short-term affairs, with the latter being given a disproportionate amount of weight in national discussions and solutions. The capitalist Western world used to invest in long-term, engineering-based, dividend-paying projects such as infrastructure development, research and development and education.