We know poverty is experienced by many in this country. As of January 1, 2018, California’s minimum wage was increased to $11.00 per hour; however, the U.S. Federal minimum wage is $7.25 (if your state minimum wage is higher than the federal, you are entitled to the higher wage). Many of us take for granted the simple things in life such as food, housing, clothing, transportation, etc. and have a distorted view when it comes to poverty.
‘What does 30 days at minimum wage (i.e., 40 hours a week) mean to you?” There are four parts to this assignment, so pay close attention to these instructions as it is expected that your paper will address each of the following:
Part 1: For Part 1 of this project, you will need to calculate ALL costs and projected costs of living for approximately 30 days. If you are currently living at home, you will need to find yourself a place to live (i.e., a one bedroom apartment, NOT a studio, converted garage, house/condominium/townhouse/apartment with roommates, etc.). Your new home should reflect a standard of living of which you hope to achieve one day. We will assume that you have a furnished apartment and will not need to purchase any furniture prior to your move.
Sample Solution
The United Nations report also criticized the Assad regime for using âweaponized chlorine,â in Hamah and Damascus, which when combined with the use of sarin, represent multiple and flagrant violations of both âinternational humanitarian law and the Convention on Chemical Weapons,â which was signed by Syria in 2013 (UNHCR, 2017, p. 1). That said, the Assad government is not the only group to blame in this ongoing disaster. The report also points to âinternational coalition airstrikes,â as by the United States and Israel, to repel Islamic State (ISIL) forces from this country, which have led to an âincreasingly alarming number of [civilian] casualties,â and internally displaced hundreds of thousands of Syrians (UNHCR, p. 1). The U.S., in particular, is criticized for its failure to âtake all feasible precautions to protect civiliansâ in its incursion (p. 1). The prolonged and brutal nature of this conflict, when combined with the recency of such war crimes, have resulted in the United Nations seeking a âpolitical solutionâ which would result in an end to âgrave violations of human rights and the laws of warâ (p. 1). However, it appears that the international community â especially among the nations of Europe, which have taken in an unprecedented number of Syrian refugees â is now taking reports of the pending âendâ of the Syrian conflict at face value. In Germany, which took in more than a half-million Syrian refugees, its interior ministry has begun to discuss (and vote upon) proposals to begin âforcibly repatriating Syrian refugees once their asylum status lapses,â as early as June 2018 (Traub, 2017, p. 1). Given the relatively âmutedâ international response to the scathing UNHCR report (2017), is apparent that international authorities (especially nations which have taken in Syrian refugees), are willing to overlook the crimes and abuses of the Assad regime, and ultimately, to âaccept,â while heinous, âthe devil they knowâ (Al-Doumy, 2017, p. 1). In Germany and other nations which have been hard-hit by the Syrian Refugee Crisis, especially as has manifest in âpolitical pressure,â while the UNHCR guidelines which stipulate the changes required for âsafe returnâ and repatriation may ânot occur for a generation,â these nations are increasingly looking to treat the âend of hostilitiesâ as sufficient standard upon which to justify mass repatriation (Traub, p. 1).>
The United Nations report also criticized the Assad regime for using âweaponized chlorine,â in Hamah and Damascus, which when combined with the use of sarin, represent multiple and flagrant violations of both âinternational humanitarian law and the Convention on Chemical Weapons,â which was signed by Syria in 2013 (UNHCR, 2017, p. 1). That said, the Assad government is not the only group to blame in this ongoing disaster. The report also points to âinternational coalition airstrikes,â as by the United States and Israel, to repel Islamic State (ISIL) forces from this country, which have led to an âincreasingly alarming number of [civilian] casualties,â and internally displaced hundreds of thousands of Syrians (UNHCR, p. 1). The U.S., in particular, is criticized for its failure to âtake all feasible precautions to protect civiliansâ in its incursion (p. 1). The prolonged and brutal nature of this conflict, when combined with the recency of such war crimes, have resulted in the United Nations seeking a âpolitical solutionâ which would result in an end to âgrave violations of human rights and the laws of warâ (p. 1). However, it appears that the international community â especially among the nations of Europe, which have taken in an unprecedented number of Syrian refugees â is now taking reports of the pending âendâ of the Syrian conflict at face value. In Germany, which took in more than a half-million Syrian refugees, its interior ministry has begun to discuss (and vote upon) proposals to begin âforcibly repatriating Syrian refugees once their asylum status lapses,â as early as June 2018 (Traub, 2017, p. 1). Given the relatively âmutedâ international response to the scathing UNHCR report (2017), is apparent that international authorities (especially nations which have taken in Syrian refugees), are willing to overlook the crimes and abuses of the Assad regime, and ultimately, to âaccept,â while heinous, âthe devil they knowâ (Al-Doumy, 2017, p. 1). In Germany and other nations which have been hard-hit by the Syrian Refugee Crisis, especially as has manifest in âpolitical pressure,â while the UNHCR guidelines which stipulate the changes required for âsafe returnâ and repatriation may ânot occur for a generation,â these nations are increasingly looking to treat the âend of hostilitiesâ as sufficient standard upon which to justify mass repatriation (Traub, p. 1).>
