Statistics show that the national ratio of affordable units to low-income families in the United States is a slightly more than 3:10 ratio (8). ... According to a study by Joseph Gyourko and Raven Molloy (which shows the gap between real house prices and construction costs), real house prices in 2010 to 2013 were 56% higher than the actual construction costs, which is a 23% percent increase over the average gap during the 1990's (1). ... To do this, the United States Government needs to remove unnecessary regulations, provide more affordable housing for lower class families, and improve ...

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For one thing, the average Victorian was much more likely to defer to the opinions of his "elders and betters" than to question them or think out his own, which is to say that the tradition of respect for the upper classes survived for a long time. ... Faced with such expectations, the average man was glad to take his ideas from the periodical. ... To be bored was the privilege of wives and daughters in upper and middle class families in which feminine idleness was treasured as a status symbol. ... A governess could expect no security of employment, only minimal wages and an ambiguous status...

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'If you are from a family of underachievers, it follows that you will be the same' (Ball, 1981). ... Research by the Department of Education into the performance of children at the earliest age of education shows children from families where there is a higher than average income, perform better and are better prepared for education. 'Children aged three and coming from families that had a high annual income were twice as likely to succeed as children aged three who come from families with the lowest annual income' (Hill, 2015). ... 'Children aged three and coming f...

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The end of World War II brought thousands of young servicemen back to America to pick up their lives and start new families in new homes with new jobs, and American industry expanded to meet peacetime needs. ... More leisure time and greater general prosperity led to greater participation in athletic activities for the average person and added large numbers of fans to all types of professional sports. ...

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Charon states that the fundamental reasons why societies are unequal are the division of labor, social conflict, institution of private property and ability to accumulate wealth, and power, prestige, and privilege (Charon 69). Jonathon Kozol in his article "Savage Inequalities" describes the societi...

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How would a Political scientist explain the outcome of the 2001 General Election? In Great Britain, the law states that, because we are a democracy, the electorate should consist of all British citizens over the age of 18, other than immigrants, criminals and the insane. Other than the aforementioned, parties, Britain has Universal Suffrage and is a democracy, meaning that everyone has a right to vote and freedom of speech. To win a General Election, a party must win more seats in the House of Commons than any other rival party. To win seats in parliament, you must receive the majority of v...

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