Socio - Economic issues

Question 1

What is the idea of the American Dream?

Answer 1

Is the idea that any person in the USA can achieve wealth, success and happiness through hard work and ambition.

Question 2

If asked to write an essay on socio economic inequalities in your world power, what would the paragraph structure be?

Answer 2

• Income and unemployment
• Education
• Health
• Housing

Question 3

Which ethnic groups earn less than whites?

Answer 3

on average hispanics and blacks earn less than whites

Question 4

Which ethnic group is seen to earn more than whites?

Answer 4

Asians are seen to earn more than whites

Question 5

Why may it be that hispanics and blacks earn less than whites?

Answer 5

They are seen to be stuck in the poverty cycle, where the area they live in prevents them from having access education or high paying jobs.

Question 6

What is the white flight?

Answer 6

White people were the ethnic group who could afford to move from the inner city to the suburbs, taking their much needed cash and taxes and leaving behind other ethnicities.

Question 7

White people income?

Answer 7

57,000

Question 8

Black income?

Answer 8

33,000

Question 9

Hispanic income?

Answer 9

39,000

Question 10

Asian income?

Answer 10

68,000

Question 11

unemployment rates for whites?

Answer 11

6.1%

Question 12

Black unemployment rates?

Answer 12

12.2%

Question 13

Hispanic unemployment rates?

Answer 13

8.6%

Question 14

Asian unemployment rates?

Answer 14

5.4%

Question 15

What was the government response to Income and unemployment?

Answer 15

TANF

Question 16

What does TANF stand for?

Answer 16

Temporary assistance for needy families

Question 17

What is TANF?

Answer 17

Money is given to those who are out of work and have dependent children. The goal is to get the recipient off the welfare payments and back into employments.

Question 18

What is the maximum single period that someone can claim TANF for?

Answer 18

24 months

Question 19

What is the maximum across and entire lifetime that someone can claim TANF for?

Answer 19

60 months

Question 20

What two laws after the recession were put in place to help people back into work?

Answer 20

The JOBS act 2011 and the Recovery act 2009.

Question 21

What was the success of TANF?

Answer 21

From its introduction in 1996 to the recession in 2008, the number of people claiming tanf fell every year. From around 10 million people claiming it in 1997 to around 3 million in 2008. There was arise during the recession years but the number has once again began to fall. This could be evident that tanf is helping millions of families all over america to get back into employment.

Question 22

Failures of TANF?

Answer 22

The amount of people claiming tanf in 2014 were not able to buy as much as those who were claiming from the welfare in 1996. TANF has actually increased poverty levels for some families and because it is only temporary and families have to work under the agreements, some have to take jobs which pay poorly, leave them with less money. Some parents have to work 2 to 3 jobs to make ends meet.

Question 23

What is a problem in education in america>

Answer 23

Number of ethnic minorities in higher education is far lower as a percentage than whites.
Children from poorer backgrounds and certain ethnic minorities do much worse at school than others.

Question 24

Government responses to education inequalities?

Answer 24

affirmative action

soar

Question 25

What is affirmative action

Answer 25

Beginning in the 1960s with president kennedy, positive steps would be taken to actively encourage underrepresented groups into universities, in particular blacks and hispanics. To this day universities have targets and quotas for a minimum number of ethnic students in many of the courses. Many states who do not continue to have quotas do have other things in place to ensure that the brightest students can access university.

Question 26

Which state as an example no longer has the affirmative action plan?

Answer 26

Texas no longer has an affirmative action plan but it is replaces this with a percentage plan that guarentees the top 10% of high school graduates a spot in any state university in Texas. California and Florida have similar programs.

Question 27

What does SOAR stand for?

Answer 27

Scholarships for opportunity and results

Question 28

What does soar provide?

Answer 28

Provides scholarships to children from underprivileged backgrounds to attend private schools.

Question 29

Success of Affirmative action?

Answer 29

Affirmative action programs have resulted in doubling or tripling the number of minority applications to colleges or universities, and have made colleges and universities more representative of their surrounding community.

Question 30

What do statistics show about california after they abolished its affirmative action?

Answer 30

The minority student admissions at UC Berkeley fell 61% and minority admissions as UCLA fell by 36%. This led them to introduce the percentage system ( like texas) suggesting that affirmative action was a success after all and should have been stuck too.

Question 31

What do graduates say that received affirmative action?

Answer 31

They received better jobs, earned more money, and are ultimately living better lives because of the opportunity that they received.

Question 32

Success of SOAR?

Answer 32

in 2010, a controlled study of the effects of the scholarship vouchers found that 91% of students who used the voucher s graduated from high school, compared to only 70% of those from similar backgrounds who didnt receive the voucher. Students who received the vouchers were 25% more likely to enroll in college.

Question 33

Limitations to affirmative action?

Answer 33

Some argue that the affirmative action policy is outdated, however and causes a form of reverse disrimination by favoring one group over another based on racial preference rather than academic achievement. There is also a fear that minority groups may be stigmatised and treated differently by peer and professors who may believe that the success pf minority groups in higher education institutions is unearned.

Question 34

Who is the american health care system ran by?

Answer 34

It is ran by private companies on a system of private health care insurance, unlike the UK which is a tax payer funded system free to those in need of service. For those who are able to afford the care argue that the system is efficient and fare.

Question 35

What is the health inqualities?

Answer 35

The problem is that many americans are unable to afford health insurance. Due to their low social and economic status, ethnic minorities are much more likely than whites to be in the uninsured category, and so suffer more medical complications and illnesses.

Question 36

uninsured health care % for blacks?

Answer 36

20%

Question 37

Uninsured hispanics for health care?

Answer 37

34%

Question 38

uninsured asians for health care?

Answer 38

16%

Question 39

Uninsured whites for health care?

Answer 39

10%

Question 40

Which minorities suffer more from poor health?

Answer 40

Blacks, hispanics and native americans suffer far worse levels of health than whites.

Question 41

What is medicare?

Answer 41

Elderly americans over the age of 65 who have worked and paid tax can apply to be on the medicare system. This will help pay for doctors and hospital bills as well and many prescription drugs. This system is funded by the federal government.

Question 42

Whats medicaid?

Answer 42

This is funded partly by the federal government and partly by the states, acting as a type of government funded health insurance policy for poor families. It is means tested, however, and so not all of those living in poverty will qualify. Some of those who do qualify will be those living in poverty with children or those living with disabilities.

Question 43

What is obama care?

Answer 43

The patient protection and affordable care act also known as obama care due to the presidents personal interests and proposal of the idea. This was the largest overhaul of the US healthcare system since the 1960s. It was aimed to extend health insurance coverage to some of the estimated 15% of the US populations who lack it. Those people received no coverage from their employers and were not covered by US health programmes for the poor and the elderly.

Question 44

What did obamacare consist of?

Answer 44

The law required every american to have health insurance, but offered subsisides to make coverage more affordable and aimed to reduce the cost of insurance by bringing younger, healthier people into the health insurance system.

Question 45

What did the republicans say about obama care?

Answer 45

That the law imposes too many coasts on businesses, with may describing it as a 'job killer'. Trump is trying to make his own replacement, known as trumpcare.

Question 46

% of whites who own a home?

Answer 46

74%

Question 47

% of asians that own a home?

Answer 47

59%

Question 48

% of hispanics that own a home?

Answer 48

48%

Question 49

% of african americans that own a home?

Answer 49

47%

Question 50

What did the recession do to home ownership?

Answer 50

The recession in 2008 led to many people losing their home, as wee as banks becoming more stringent as to who could qualify for a mortgage. These factors affected blacks and hispanics more than other racial groups and in turn helpes to increase the inequality gap

Question 51

Government responses to housing?

Answer 51

Housing and economic recovery act- The government made $300 billion available to give to home owners who were hit badly during the recession. and were in danger of losing their home. It also helped first time buyers get a mortgage if they did not have their own financial capabilities to do so.