Current events News to know 2 fall 2011Pakistan's prime minister issues a warning to the U.SThe people in Pakistan do not like Nato, they feel like we shouldn't have went into there to kill Osama Bin Laden. They feel like we just come into their country when ever we want.January Febuary 2011, the Isralies now can vote. Before they had votes, but they were always changed so the leader that had been there for a long time could win. So it looked like they had a say but they didn't.In Seria, there have been many killings and torture.Natural EnvironmentAl Gore pushed that people needed to take care of our evironments.Democrates- Strong regulations are needed to protect the environmentRepublicans-Strong environmental laws harm the economyCeleberties are usually all about saving the rainforest, so they usually vote for democrates. Also younger people are democrates for this reasonRace RelationsDemocrates-Strong anti-discrimination laws are needed, favor affermative action laws. It said that people would have to hire so many African AmericansRepublicans-people and businesses can be trusted not to discriminateMany oppose affirmative action. They think this, because manybe a white person is better for a job, but if they had an affermative action law, a African American who is not that good at the job might have to be hired. They think this could be discriminating against white people.a lot of it goes down to the 1900's act were democrates saved the African Americansif you were a owner of a businesses in the 1940's or 50's, you would prob. be more rasist.Today, race is not as big as a problem as more of the racist old people die off. Less and Less people are getting racist.The minimum wage is $7.25Minimum WageDemocrates-favor Increase of minimum wage, so that people can live on itRepublicans- dont favor minimum wage increases.
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