Monday, April 24, 2017
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Economics Article Q4W5
Many Europeans want to kill the euro
The 34-year-old economist, Sergi Cutillas, wants Spain to abandon the euro. He's far from alone: 25% of the people who use the common currency want to ditch it, according to the latest European Union poll. The threat to the euro is most acute in France, where people will vote Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that features Marine Le Pen. The far right politician, who wants to take France out of the currency union, is expected to advance to a runoff vote against one other candidate on May 7. Some Europeans want to kill the euro because "Europe is not a nation." Italy's president, Alberto Bagni, the case against the currency boils down to this: European countries are not the same, and so they shouldn't use the same currency. Optical illusion, The interest rates that Spain, Greece and Italy needed to pay creditors plummeted after they joined the euro, putting them on a par with Germany. I think, Europeans should not kill the euro if they can come to an agreement because if that happens in years the euro will not exist.Economics Article Q4W4
Why undocumented immigrants pay taxes
Every tax season year, undocumented immigrants file their taxes with the federal government, getting away with it easily. Out of the nearly 11.1 million undocumented immigrants estimated to be living in the U.S., Pew Reasearch projected that there were about 8 million in the workforce in 2014. Nearly half, or 3.4 million, of those workers paid Social Security taxes, according to 2014 estimates from the Social Security administration. And while the agency doesn't have a figure for how much this group paid in taxes that year, it said that unauthorized immigrant workers and their employers contributed $13 billion in payroll taxes in 2010, its most current estimate.A policy attorney at the Immigration Resource Center, Jose Salgado, said that that millions of undocumented immigrants file their taxes because immigrants are trying to abide by the law and are fulfilling their civic and financial responsibilities. I honestly think that undocumented immigrants that have payed their taxes every year, but have been deported should get all their tax money back.Thursday, April 6, 2017
End of The Street Lawyer Blog
My prediction to Michael’s future is continuing to be the
voice for the homeless who have been evicted. When Mister came into Drake &
Sweeney Law Firm and held eight lawyers hostage, Michael saw a sniper shoot
Mister. Michael noticed something was wrong; he noticed that all Mister wanted
to do was warn them about their lifestyle being homeless by breaking the law.
Lawyers seem to pay no attention to what homeless people were going through.
This traumatic event, lead Michael to be more involved in helping the homeless.
He changed his job from evicting people, to preventing them from being evicted.
I think he will stay at the 14th Street Clinic helping the poor from
being evicted from their homes. Everything he witnessed with Mister gave Michael
a clue that he at least needs one out of eight lawyers needs to give attention
to the homeless. If Michael continues to put effort into preventing evictions
and the homeless, the clinic will change in very good ways. He will be known as
the voice for the homeless and a huge support for them, to the point he could
one day change the people from the environment and increase awareness about
homelessness. Although, his relationship status with Claire was not working out
because he dedicated his time more on his job, they got divorced and now he is
starting a new life. I think he will begin a relationship will Megan because
they have similar passions and seem to work things out together. Along with
starting a new life, a drug addicted woman, Ruby, enters the Clinic seeking for
help to gain her son’s custody due to her addiction of drugs. Megan and Michael
start to help Ruby get sober. I think they will be successful in helping Ruby
because she really loves her son and she is really motivated to change. As long
as Ruby is still willing to put forth effort there will be a good chance for
her to be a success.
The Cleveland Street Chronicle and the 14th
Street Clinic are similar in one way because they work with people who have the
same problems such as; drug addiction, alcohol addiction, and homelessness.
Also, homeless people came to both places and were able to tell their stories.
At the 14th Street Clinic people came to talk to Michael about their
problems and what they needed help with. In the Cleveland Street Chronicle
people were able to put their stories on paper. On the other hand, these places
help in different ways because at the 14th Street Clinic they help
the homeless by giving them jobs to sell papers, and they can build their customer
service skills. This is different than the work they do at 14th
Street Clinic. Housing First and the 14th Street Clinic are also
working with the same type of people. At both places people are provided a home;
Ruby was given a hotel room for free by the 14th Street Clinic and
the homeless individuals were given a free apartment by Housing First. One
difference is that at the 14th Street Clinic they were primarily
giving legal help and at Housing First they were giving free services, laundry
facilities, a computer lab, and a 24-hour staffed desk. Another difference is,
Ruby was given a hotel room for a while and Housing First gave homeless people
permanent apartments for free.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Economics Article Q4W3
Venezuela brain drain: I miss mom, but don't want to go back
Alejandro Nava is leaving his home in Venezuela, and he doesn't plan on coming back. Alejandro gave himself an idea of moving on because he lost hope in his country which is out of control due to its economic crisis. Their economic crisis has turned into serious problems from violent crime to health care. In addition to, Alejandro received an immigrant US visa and plans to stay. His plans are to work as a paralegal while he applies at Ivy League law school. Nearly 2 million Venezuelans have left their country since 1999 when a populist government took over. I think that what the Venezuelen citizens are going through should be justified and get help from the US.
Monday, April 3, 2017
The Street Lawyer Blog 3
Michael and Mister are alike in the fact that
they are both trying to bring awareness to a homeless problem. The events that
Mister caused by holding the eight lawyers hostage is what got Michael thinking
about the problem. Mister and Michael both didn’t have anybody who really cared
for them. Mister was a lonely man who was just looking for justice and Michael
seemed to be denied by his ex wife Claire who seemed to only have interest in
Michael because of the money. Mister was trying to be the voice for the
homeless; Michael also became the voice for the homeless once he realized that
people are wrong for evicting families. They both broke the law; Mister came to
Drake & Sweeney Firm and held hostage to lawyers and Michael stole a file
of people who have been evicted.
Ruby
illustrates the plight of the homeless in not having a safe job all to keep her
son happy and giving him everything he needs. Her difficulties of the homeless
tell her drug addiction causing her to lose custody of her son. The effect that
she has on Michael is noticing that there is much more to live and accomplish
without the use of drugs and fighting back for custody of her son. She
expresses to his narrative by giving herself the chance to reflect on herself
and allow for Michael and Brock to help her out so she can see her son again.
When she showed up at the clinic seeking for help to see her son who was taken
under custody of the family who she used to work as a maid for, Michael felt
empathy for her and she accepts to get help. She goes out of the city with
Michael to help her cope and have the feeling of starting a new life hoping one
day soon to get her son back and make him proud of her.
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