Session 14: Immigration

Whether you agree or disagree, I think we should accept and improve our immigration system and allow immigrants to receive citizenship. Here are the reasons.

I realize the majority who complains about immigrations are our average working class citizens. They fear that  immigrants are taking their jobs and decreasing the economy

I don’t think that’s the case. Through my knowledge, I think it is the corporations/capitalism that is taking advantage of others because corporations/big businesses pay people who are willing to work at a cheap cost. Not just the Mexicans, it is everyone nation-wide!! This is another form of exploitation and many of us don’t realize that because it is happening in our own country and our average working class citizens rather blame foreigners for losing their jobs. In recent years, jobs are gone and stores have been shut down due to big companies such as Wal-mart.

Overall I don’t think the solution is to eliminate immigration because the problem will still exist. If immigrants were to leave and we still have the same problem, the next thing we would blame for unemployment would be technology such as the self-checkouts in the stores. HELLO!! As long as anyone or anything is helping corporations/companies make profit, they will take advantage of what is given even if it put other people out of jobs.

Corporations/companies knows the citizens are avail to form Unions and press lawsuits against companies’ for any hinder, but illegal immigrants have no documents so companies are least to face lawsuits. If they did, the illegal immigrants can easily get arrested and go back to their country just because the fact their working illegally. These corporations knows exactly what’s going on, but I’m sure the chairmen and the CEOs’ in these corporations aren’t complaining because it’s obvious foreigners work twice as harder and cheaper. Now you tell me..Who wouldn’t like that??

Session 13 - Housing & Community Development Policies

GREAT!! Reading through this session and the films, I enlighten up some aspects.

I feel as though we live in a society where we hold grudges to people who have committed crimes and simply cannot accept them back into our society even after they have done their time. With MVI organization, they help people move forward with their life and forgive them by allowing them second chances.

What you think is being done about poverty?? 

There are many things that the governments are doing to boost low-income families. For our neighborhoods in need of progress, governments created programs and Housing Acts such as the Home Mortgage Act, the Community Reinvestment Act, and the Community Development Block Grant by cheap payments on housings. Programs like HOPE IV assisted residents by moving families to a better housing in less troubled neighborhoods through the use of Section 8 housing vouchers. With Section 8, it allowed low-income families live in a better neighborhood that is affordable. It’s very important for families to feel safe and serine. Living in a lively, happy neighborhood, children are less prunes to crimes.

Under these programs and other Acts that I have yet mentioned has widely improved many communities and neighborhoods by enriching the vicinity with an uplifting, healthy, and a safe environment for the community.

Though these programs haven’t reached far to its full potential, I believe the government is helping as much as they can. Money is a big issue and with so many issues in our country, the governments are limited to their spending. I believe that if we truly want to help our nation out of poverty, we as people have to get together and get involve with the government to make a change. Otherwise, issues such as poverty can slip away and be ignored.

Session 12

I think it’s a wonderful idea we have the Social Security System. It helps elders who are retired and the ones who are disable. How they receive these funds from the Social Security are through our taxes we, employers pay. Unfortunately and currently, we have many people without jobs and in poverty due to our chaos economy..as well as foreigners who work and not pay taxes. This will become a greater problem in the Social Security System in the future because fewer funds are coming in. If there are taxes/funds decreases while retirement people increases, there won’t be enough for the retirements to receive the funds and care needed by the government. Our solution is to definitely boost well paying and increase jobs. By doing so, we can maintain a well Social Security System as we grow old so we can have enough  to retire from work since it’s one of the reason why we do pay taxes.

Session 11

How well do you think poverty is addressed currently in the United States??

After years and years, the discussion on our Nation’s health care system has been resolve due to President Obama signing the health care bill. The health care reform will enable everyone, our citizens, to receive affordable health care coverage.  In the past, we notice people were in debt because many weren’t able to pay their medical bills and many people couldn’t work because they were sick. The new health care reform will improve many people’s health and can help them recover to work again. Though the health care reform may be highly expensive, it will definitely help our nation who lacks insurance and may decrease adults and children from poverty. Like Medicare and Medicaid, these programs have helped low-income families reduce their medical expenses so they can afford other necessary expenses such as house payments and food to sustain a decent living so they do not end up in poverty