Domestic Social Problems

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Domestic Social Problems
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Domestic and social problems affect everyone from
school children to the elderly. It benefits
everyone to learn a little bit about some of
these problems.
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Issues

• No Child Left Behind by Julie Ward
• Welfare by Joanna Yebra
• Social Security by Daniel Quinlan
• Homelessness by Chlena Mckinnie
• Traditional vs. Alternative Medicine
• by Maddison Sparks
• Removal of Glen Canyon Dam by Nicole Youngblood

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No Child Left BehindSigned into law January 2002
by President George W. Bush

• General Information
• Annual math and reading test in grades 3-8
• State education departments set the testing
  standards
• Parents have more options when the school is
  failing
• Weak areas in the school system are identified

• Arguments
• Lack of appropriate federal funding
• Provisions for special education students
• Provisions for non-native English speakers
• Realistic number of passing students for a school
  to be proficient

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Arguments for and against Welfare

• Poor people need and deserve government
  assistance.
• Welfare cuts wont save a lot of money.
• Its morally wrong to remove such assistance when
  a lot of unskilled people cant find descent
  jobs.
• According to some studies, welfare payments dont
  increase out-of wedlock births.

• Even though the U.S. has spent billions of
  dollars on welfare, it has done little to reduce
  poverty.
• Those who are able to work should be expected to
  do so.
• Immigrants shouldnt come to our country
  expecting welfare checks.
• The only course of action is to help people
  become self-sufficient and not rely on checks.

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Pros and Cons of Privatizing Social Security Taxes

• Pros
• Allow younger people to invest their money into a
  stock or mutual fund of their choice.
• Would help save and raise the amount of
  retirement fund young people today would receive
  when they retire.
• Private investments help boost economic growth in
  the private sector creating more jobs.
• Allows individuals to have more say as to where
  their Social Security taxes are going.

• Cons
• Puts many of the individuals in financial risk.
• Takes away from current funding of retired
  beneficiaries of Social Security.
• Taxes on Social Security would have to be raised
  more then predicted to pay for baby boomers.

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HomelessnessWhose fault is it?

• Associated issues with Homelessness
• Lack of affordable housing
• Unemployment and underemployment
• Domestic violence
• Mental illness
• Criminalization of Homelessness
• Stewart B. McKinney Act for the Homeless

• Stereotypes
• Lazy
• Junky
• Psycho

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Traditional vs. Alternative Medicine in
Cancer(Pros and Cons)

• Traditional Medicine
• Improving each day due to the combination of
  research from different countries
• Some patients have a lot of success in using
  traditional medicine
• Expensive
• Risk of making situation worse
• Need healthcare
• High pain rate in most patients

• Alternative Medicine
• Many varieties such as aromatherapy, biofeedback,
  meditation, tai chi and acupuncture
• Helps to gain a sense of control during the
  cancer
• New remedies are evolving each day
• Not as expensive
• Not as much risk
• No health care needed
• Low pain rate
• May not be as successful in the long run as
  traditional medicine
• Can get expensive at times

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Removal of the Glen Canyon Dam

• It is important to save native fish that live in
  the Colorado River.
• By draining the dam the canyons will be able to
  restore.
• The ecosystem in the Grand Canyon will be able to
  recover from the damage.

• Power shortages will occur.
• Draining the reservoir will make the Navajo
  Generating station close.
• Page will disappear
• It protects the Grand Canyon from damaging floods.

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Conclusion

• Domestic problems range in many different areas
  from educating our countrys children to
  providing economic security for senior citizens.
  No matter what the issues are, all are equally
  important to each and everyone of us because it
  affects our everyday lives.