People are already getting killed over drug wars, because it is illegal. If the government can legally control trade of things such as marijuana, there won't be shady cartels and smuggling. People are already using marijuana on a daily basis, legalizing won't change that. However, the government will make a profit off of the taxes on these people.
Prohibition is ineffective and makes the government look powerless. During alcohol prohibition, people drank despite laws. Today, a large amount of Americans smoke marijuana on a somewhat regular basis. The government is throwing money on the war on drugs, which is not effective. It costs lots of money to prohibit things, when there is an opportunity to make money off of these things.
Once a stereotype stars, it is very hard to stop it. Stereotypes of Jews are still around today. There is a snowball effect and one a stereotype starts and is almost impossible to stop it. It is easiest to try to prevent stereotypes from starting.
I agree. Because the children weren't in school, they were unable to get an education. Because they couldn't get an education, they were stuck working in a factory their entire life. The cycle continues until conditions are finally improved.
It is being forced though. The citizens of places like Iraq and Afghanistan can't tell us how they feel about our military presence. Nationalistic journalism just says that they want us there, but we have no way of knowing if this is true. Many of the people shooting at our soldiers are citizens of these countries who don't like our presence.
It was a good idea. We have plenty of oil here which is cheaper for us. People complain about pumping oil out of the United states and how it ruins the environment, but they turn a blind eye when it is in another country, even though it stills ruins the environment there.
I agree. People want recall him just because they don't agree with his political opinions. Many people don't agree with Obama, but that doesn't mean he should be impeached. This is just part of a democratic election. This recall is also costing the state lots of money. Or economy is terrible and we can't afford to spend money on something trivial like a recall election.
We are in debt hugely, but we are still spending money on things like foreign wars in Afghanistan. Soldiers are dying and nothing is being accomplished but we are still spending money. Our economy is terrible but we are still trying to fix middle eastern economies.
I agree. European relations were tense and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand was an excuse to go to war. American got dragged into it and should have remained neutral or tried to negotiate. We should have just not gotten involved like Canada did during Vietnam.
America being founded on colonies shows how we have always been imperialistic but this isn't necessarily a great thing. The reason we rebelled from the British is because they were over controlling and imperialistic. 300 years ago we thought that that was bad, but now we are doing it to other countries.
It was a terrible time, but it was necessary. The terrible things that happened then lead to the creation of things such as the FDA and labor unions.
Often those other countries did not want help. The Vietnamese citizens hated american soldiers. We did more harm then help and just aggravated the people. In the end, we pulled out with no victory, instead just dead soldiers.
We overstepped boundaries in the Spanish-American war. We had no reason to show other countries the we wouldn't back down. As a country, we would have had no problems if we didn't get involved. The war just brought fighting and poor rapport with other countries.
State employees need collective bargaining because they have different conditions then people who work at stores. People who work at stores have unions and can strike. It is illegal for state employees like teachers to strike, therefore they need collective bargaining so that they can have good conditions without disrupting things. The alternative to collective bargaining is state employees attempting to strike which will greatly disrupt things like education and law enforcement.
It isn't just comlaining about working conditions. There are serious issues that involve collective bargaining. There are aslo some issues that don't directly involve current working conditions like retirement and health care. Without collective bargaining these things can be taken from employees.
I think that Wisconsin state employees need collective bargaining. Without collectivebargaining, Wisconsin employees can have their rights stripped without any say. Collective bargaining helps employees get rights througha fair process of negotiations.
Pinkertons are violent and wrong. As a unionized worker I think that we should have the right to strike. We will never get more right if the Pinkertons beat us everytime we time we strike. Strikes are the only way for us to get rights, and Pinkertons take that away. Pinkertons and wrong and cruel.
I don't think that unions are still needed. During industrialization unions were needed to get better working conditions. Now we have laws that insure good working conditions. There is a minimum wage law and safety laws. There are also child safety laws that limit how many hours can be worked. Unions no longer need to negotiate for what they want because the government controlls what happens at the workplace.
If you don't want your child working then you can decide to not have your child work, but some of us workers can't get by without another paycheck. My family needs the money to survive. Families can make the choice to have children work or not with government laws.
I am for Immagration Reform because immagration takes jobs from us workers. The bosses will do whatver they can to save money and will hire the Immagrants to save money. This takes away my job and I will be unable to feed my family. We should keep the jobs for the current workers, not the Immagrants. If we want this country to be prosperous, we have to give jobs to the American citizens.
If workers have to work 60 hours a week instead of 40, they will become fatigued and disgruntled. More work will be done at first, but eventually, employees will not work as hard. Less and less products will be made and the quality will decrease.
Even if an employee is able to quit your job because they want higher pay, without minimum wage their might not be higher paying jobs. If you pay one cent and every other job pays 2 cents, employees still can make a living, even if they switch jobs.
As a unionized worker, I think minimum wage is a good thing. If there is no minimum wage, then bosses can pay workers pennies a day. The bosses will get rich while the workers are unable to provide for their family. This is not fair to employees. If workers don't have money to spend, businesses won't be able to grow becuase no one while buy their products.
As a unionized worker, I suppose a forty hour workweek. The bosses want to save money by making workers work for sixty hours or more. The government should get more involved and set standards. Workers are unable to spend time with family and take care of children if they are always working.