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    Some people believe that students from low income families have little to offer. However, I consider that low income students have extra to offer as they have emerged from harsh situations that have nurtured hard work and encouraged their eagerness to succeed. My families’ financial situation is below the poverty line which is why I am pursuing a higher education and career. For months during high school, my family and I would receive our daily nutrients from soups and undergo months deprived of

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    future. The government should pay for post – secondary education for lower income families due to the fact, students won’t end up being in debt after university and they will also be able to focus more on their academic studies1. This way, students with lower income families have a chance at education without any worries about having a better future. Many may argue that paying tuition for students with low-income families is not fair to the other students of the school. However, this is not true2

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    Help with Obesity for Low-income Families Victoria Rock AIU Online Abstract Obesity has become a major problem here in America. Although millions of American’s are affected by it, from all levels of society, the biggest problem seems to be focused with low-income families. Help with Obesity for Low-income Families It has become impossible for low-income families to provide healthy meals for their families. Government, Farm policies and the food industry itself are main reasons as to

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    Saul Alvarez English 101 The Plight of Low Income Individuals and Their Families According to the PRB article “U.S. Low-Income Working Families Increasing”, 42.7% of people live below the poverty line, with 32.1% of them living 200% below the poverty line; this group is categorized as the low-income group.(PRB) 59% of low income working families have one or more minority parents. Living in a low-income community limits one’s standard of living through academic gaps, the selection of food available

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    assistance to low income individuals and families. An estimate of 1.8 million New Yorkers and a total of 46.3 million Americans participate in the SNAP program. Despite the large number of individuals on food stamp the Census Bureau reports in 2010 3.9 million people were lifted above the poverty line and 5 million in 2012 all because of the assistance from SNAP. However the federal government has threaten to cut back on the budget for SNAP. In January 2014 the Farm bill was proposed which included

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    years of living in China, Borui immigrated to Fremont, California with his family. He continued his studies at Ohlone college, and his major was computer science. During this time, he was a volunteer at Tri-city Free Breakfast Program to prepare and serve breakfast for homeless and low income family. And Borui was also a volunteer at DOXA Mexico Home Building Group, he went to Tijuana, Mexico to build home for the needy family. At 2014 summer, he worked as junior data analysis in Cisco. After completing

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    Ruth, housing for low-income families plays a major part in the government subsidies such as Section 8. This particular program is not provided to everyone nor is it available in every city but only in marginal areas for fair market units with the landlord approvals. In addition, every approved applicant have to pay at least 30% of their annual income. Deverteuil, G. (2005). The section * program is one of many government subsidies that is funded by the taxpayer dollars. The spillover regarding this

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    The topic of Welfare can bring a lot of conflict between the people, it has benefit low-income families but it has also leave an open window to fraud. Many believe that people should get out of government dependency and should start working, these people believe the government has created a system that depends on them. On the other side, there are people believe this programs have benefit low-incomes families by giving them healthy food. Many children do not have a healthy meal in daily basis, and

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    Indian Income Tax law. The article will endeavor to demonstrate the negative effects of sharing one’s income with their family members (in particular the spouse). Introduction: Clubbing of spouse income as the phrase suggests can as the expression proposes can be streamlined in the terms of including of spouse’s income into the assessee- income. Clubbing of income is done for the purpose of reducing the tax liability by transferring the assets or the income in the name of assessee’s family members

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    Food insecurity is an issue faced by millions of Americans every day, and the biggest group affected by this are working families with children. Food insecurity is so big that the United States government have now recognized it and provided a definition for it. The United States government has defined food insecurity as a household level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food (USDA.gov). Food banks and anti-hunger advocates agree that some of the causes of

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