Social Science - 24 June 2006

Data shows that wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few. The wealthiest 1 percent owns roughly 33.4% of the nation's net worth, the top 10% of households owns over 71%, and the bottom 40% of households owns less than 1%. People of colour, single mothers and children who are hit the hardest. 24% of African Americans and 22.5% of Latinos live below the official poverty line, nearly twice the national rate. Poverty is highest among single mothers. 28% of female-headed families are living in poverty, compared with 5.4% of two-parent households. One in six children lives in poverty; one in eight - 9.3 million - children have no health insurance; and up to 13 million children live in households suffering from the effects of hunger.

However, in 2003, the top 50 outsourcing corporations paid their CEOs an average of $10.4 million, a nearly 50% increase from a year before. Does the American Dream still exist for the 35.9 million Americans living in poverty today?

2006-06-24 05:03:41 · 8 answers · asked by Ms Bleu 2 in Economics

2006-06-24 04:57:24 · 7 answers · asked by Retarded Dave 5 in Psychology

2006-06-24 04:47:45 · 19 answers · asked by myspace.com/shosmusic 3 in Psychology

and why...

2006-06-24 04:46:35 · 15 answers · asked by Pumpkin Head 4 in Gender Studies

2006-06-24 04:45:59 · 44 answers · asked by Harris 4 in Psychology

what if everyone in the world...all countries...all the ppl just gave One dollar or one Rupee or One Euro or whateva currency they use in their country on one day for a good cause..how much aid would be collected...especially in the USA...Millions of ppl ...just giving 1 dollar.....and europe...and India...so much can be solved...and u would know in r heart of hearts that u helped.....

2006-06-24 04:45:10 · 9 answers · asked by sarah 2 in Sociology

2006-06-24 04:40:59 · 79 answers · asked by YourDreamDoc 7 in Psychology

My girlfriend has said Degree, and is having a hard time finding a job. She doesn't have any experience (can't get the job without the experience, can't get the experience without the job), nor a master's degree, so what options does she have?

2006-06-24 04:37:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Go then what caused it?

2006-06-24 04:36:49 · 18 answers · asked by AZRAEL Ψ 5 in Psychology

It doesn't matter if it is in their personal or professional life.

Music, opinions, style, friends.....What is the point?

2006-06-24 03:53:05 · 7 answers · asked by lyspsinger 1 in Other - Social Science

Please be honest. He always ask me this question. I just want to know other people's opinion. Or how people from other country see him...

This is the link.... Please answer seriously

http://profiles.yahoo.com/rein_r2d2

2006-06-24 03:45:17 · 29 answers · asked by reuguss 1 in Psychology

I was eating a banana and had to piss, bit the dang thing and it fell into the toilet and splashed water all the way up to my chest. I started to get angry but then suddenly started laughing my **** off.

2006-06-24 03:39:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

2006-06-24 03:00:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

2006-06-24 02:43:39 · 16 answers · asked by martiskosu 1 in Sociology

Is there a group of people that you don't trust?
A certain way a person looks to make them untrustworthy?

Have you ever been judged untrustworthy for no reason?

If you are rich and another person is poor do you think the poor guy will steal from you?

2006-06-24 02:41:17 · 13 answers · asked by Cap'n Donna 7 in Psychology

Although the theory of evolution is wide spread and although some ppl consider themselves and the others among them just some simple evolved animals, there are things that makes us UNIQUE. What are some of the diffrences u've noticed?

2006-06-24 02:38:24 · 5 answers · asked by James Blond 4 in Sociology

your opinion plz i am going to 4h camp so plz answer soon

2006-06-24 02:26:20 · 8 answers · asked by kmiseter 1 in Other - Social Science

2006-06-24 02:08:36 · 14 answers · asked by aydn55 2 in Anthropology

I have heard/read that we create our own reality with the thoughts we think most of the time. For example, I am worried about not having enough money, so... ..... abundance will not come into my life because the emotional vibration I create with worry will keep it at bay.

2006-06-24 01:49:26 · 12 answers · asked by mjohn28497@sbcglobal.net 3 in Psychology

-11% of the earth's population is left handed
-Left handers specialize in sports, arts, and perception awareness rather than on math and science
-Left handed people: Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Jay Leno, Richard Simmons, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, Whoopie Goldberg, Keanu Reeves, Julia Roberts, Jerry Seinfeld, Bruce Willis, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates etc.
-If you know anymore information, feel free to add

2006-06-24 01:44:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

1.) I believe that laws and rules are meant for our safety and with a proper understanding of them I can use them to my advantage.

2.) I considor many rules and laws as a hinderance to progress and productivity. I am more interested in whats real and practical than what looks good on paper.

So which one are you? a 1 or a 2?

2006-06-24 01:41:31 · 25 answers · asked by sean_mchugh6 3 in Psychology

2006-06-24 01:41:10 · 19 answers · asked by six.strings06 1 in Psychology

2006-06-24 01:29:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

The strong wind knocked down my neighbor's tree onto my car and part of my house. The neighbor across my house laughed out loud about it. My car was brand new. The owner of the tree did not want to take responsibility at all and he didn't apologize to us. He told us to claim my own insurance. I said IF my tree fell down to your house/car, I'm responsible for it.
He said he didn't not push the tree down so he was not at fault and not responsible. I called 911 four times and they refused to send me a police to make a police report. They said it wasn't a criminal and it was mother nature. This is how I got the public service for being a good citizen and pay taxes. I called my insurance, they told me to get a police report.
Why people are so careless about this? Don't they know that it could happen to them one day?
If one day it happened to them, they would feel what I feel.
I need your opinion.

2006-06-24 01:09:50 · 14 answers · asked by usandforeign2006 1 in Sociology

2006-06-24 01:06:23 · 3 answers · asked by helix 3 in Psychology

2006-06-24 01:03:02 · 17 answers · asked by ROHAN I 2 in Psychology

2006-06-24 01:01:56 · 9 answers · asked by ROHAN I 2 in Anthropology

2006-06-24 01:01:49 · 56 answers · asked by YourDreamDoc 7 in Psychology

2006-06-24 00:59:48 · 1 answers · asked by alok b 1 in Other - Social Science

For example, Dont count your chickens before they have hatched.

2006-06-24 00:56:38 · 32 answers · asked by comission90 2 in Psychology