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14 years ago @ World In Conversation - How will you be treate... · 0 replies · +2 points
15 years ago @ World In Conversation - Why does society disli... · 0 replies · +1 points
Now that we’ve covered the job issue, we can move on to what I think the real issue is. I feel that Americans are just plain old intolerant of foreigners coming into America whether they are legal or illegal. We are a very selfish society as whole, we don’t want anyone coming in to “our” land and taking anything away from us. Our society would never say it out loud because it would look bad and it’s not politically correct but I think if we could severely cut down on the number of immigrants in the United States without anyone knowing and without any repercussions we would. I think it’s funny that we make a big deal about people illegally coming to America when everyone here is an immigrant. Other than native American’s we are all immigrants, we came here without invitation stole the land from the Indians and called it our own. I’m black so I didn’t come here voluntarily so like Sam said we get a pass. My people were stolen from their country and brought here and forced to work for no pay, illegally! So it makes me sick that we make a big deal about immigration because we as a people have no room to talk down on anyone.
15 years ago @ World In Conversation - Why does society disli... · 0 replies · +1 points
Most of society strives for higher end jobs leaving these types of jobs with availability. It’s not immigrant’s fault that people who are struggling to find jobs are too proud to do these jobs but we act like it is. What makes things worse is that immigrants are willing to accept lower wages which makes them more appealing to employers because they can save money by hiring an immigrant for less than American citizen. This rubs a lot of Americans the wrong way, and honestly it is kind of an unfair advantage but life isn’t fair and we all know this already.
15 years ago @ World In Conversation - Why does society disli... · 0 replies · +1 points
Most people in society dislikes immigrants because they are taught to by the mainstream media who only have bad things to say about immigrants. Think about it, when is the last time you turned on the CNN or Fox News and they were saying something positive about immigrants? Probably very rarely if it ever happened at all. The main issue that leads to our society disliking immigrants is that we feel like they are unfairly taking something that should be ours, and that is jobs. Especially if they are illegal immigrants. I don’t blame society for having these concerns because they are legit reasons to be afraid especially in today’s economy. The truth is that a lot of the jobs that illegal immigrants are occupying are jobs that have been available to Americans for years but that most people do not want to do. These are jobs that involve a lot of labor such as, landscaping or factory work.
15 years ago @ World In Conversation - Do you think you would... · 0 replies · +1 points
To start out answering the question at hand, I personally would not actively try not to benefit from nepotism. I honestly do not truly understand why anyone would. I guess the fact that if they did not benefit from it that it may make them feel better about their accomplishments knowing that they did it on their own. That sounds all well and good but I rather take a connection if one presents itself to make my life a little bit easier. I would not look at it as taking the easy way out because I know that I will have worked hard to get where I will be. So getting some extra help along the way to me is just another part of the game. I will not lie and say that it doesn’t kind of bother that some people who do not deserve to be where there are benefiting from nepotism but I don’t let it get to me because I know that’s just the way of the world we live in. I try to make friends with people of different races, backgrounds, and interests, so that maybe one day in the future they can help me, if I need it.
15 years ago @ World In Conversation - Do you think you would... · 0 replies · +1 points
Now after graduation for a lot of people comes the real world n trying to find a job in it but Johnny will never experience this. Johnny will be hired right out of college into his dad’s company making a very respectable wage at the tender age of twenty two. For a lot of people this is something that will drive them insane, but for me I say congratulations on being lucky because sometimes that’s all that matters. In closing, I would never actively try not to benefit from nepotism because it can benefit me in ways that I personally couldn’t pass up.
15 years ago @ World In Conversation - Do you think you would... · 0 replies · +1 points
Nepotism puts people on the fast track to better lives. While there is a possibility that these people were going to get there eventually anyway, nepotism allows these people to get ahead much faster than the people without the connections. For example, say there’s a kid named Johnny and Johnny’s dad is the CEO of a fortune 500 company. Let’s say throughout highschool Johnny gets pretty good grades nothing spectacular but he’s a solid student Like a 3.1 average. Nepotism will allow Johnny to attend a good school such as Penn State because he has the means to pay for it, so now he’s getting ahead of all the other kids who have better grade point averages but don’t necessarily have the means to come to Penn State. Not only that but all Johnny has to do at Penn State is major in something in the business college, get by only getting C’s because C’s earn degrees and before he knows it he’ll be graduating.
15 years ago @ World In Conversation - Do you think you would... · 0 replies · +1 points
To start out answering the question at hand, I personally would not actively try not to benefit from nepotism. I honestly do not truly understand why anyone would. I guess the fact that if they did not benefit from it that it may make them feel better about their accomplishments knowing that they did it on their own. That sounds all well and good but I rather take a connection if one presents itself to make my life a little bit easier. I would not look at it as taking the easy way out because I know that I will have worked hard to get where I will be. So getting some extra help along the way to me is just another part of the game. I will not lie and say that it doesn’t kind of bother that some people who do not deserve to be where there are benefiting from nepotism but I don’t let it get to me because I know that’s just the way of the world we live in. I try to make friends with people of different races, backgrounds, and interests, so that maybe one day in the future they can help me, if I need it.
15 years ago @ World In Conversation - The Oil Industry and P... · 0 replies · +1 points
To many people these facts are unknown and they just continue to follow what they hear in the media which is mostly likely biased in its views. The big oil companies also claim that they need incentives in order to drill and explore. With oil prices at an all time high how what more incentive can there possibly be to drill? I personally do not like the way the big oil companies handle their business and I don’t like how government protects them instead of forcing them to do the right thing.
15 years ago @ World In Conversation - The Oil Industry and P... · 0 replies · +1 points
The big oil companies are claiming that eliminating the subsidies will lead to higher gas prices and the loss of jobs. These claims are a pretty good scare tactic because no one wants higher gas prices or for people to lose their jobs, so many choose to support the oil companies to avoid these problems. If these people were to look at the facts, they would see that these claims are false. “Fuel costs largely reflect the price of oil, and that price has little to do with how much it costs to produce it. According to a U.S. Energy Information Administration survey, between 2007 and 2009, major U.S.-based oil companies spent an average of $29.31 to produce a barrel of oil. About one third of that amount went for extraction and taxes, and two thirds for exploration and development -- precisely why those companies are making such a killing when prices are $100 a barrel or more. Rather than production costs, the price of oil is set by the global market, and is affected by multiple factors. Those can include financial speculation and geopolitical fears that lately have been causing wild price swings (Huffington Post).”
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