The chapter " How to have fun at home" , an extract of Bill Brysons " Notes from a big country " focuses on the I-narrators feelings and thougths abut his new situation at home in America.
At first he mentions his wife who is very enthusiastic about all the new things, the extravagance she discovered in the everyday life of the United States, for example free water in restaurants or the bagging of groceries by a shop assistent and other services during shopping. But the narrator critizises all this unnecessary things and doesn´t agree with his wife. In his opinion there are more important things like national health care missing in the USA , compared to Great Britain.
But also the narrator himself is somehow enthused by some things the new "US comfort" offers to him. One example for things he won´t miss anymore is his garbage disposal. In his opinion it is entertaining and also very practical. Besides there is the aspect of having a basement which he also doesn´t want to miss anymore
Sonntag, 23. September 2007
Mittwoch, 12. September 2007
Hausaufgabe vom 11.09.2007
4.) Comment
The United States have such a big increase of crime. On the one hand, this development is caused by the illegal immigrants who are getting criminal to save the possibility to survive. But on the other hand I think there are enough american citizens also being criminal. So in my opinion you can´t say that this increase of crime is just the blame of illegal immigrants.
Besides you can´t hold the illegal immigrants responsible for the ruling unemployment in the USA. For sure they occupy jobs, but I think that this isn´t relevant. Most of the jobs which are taken by immigrants are kinds of jobs which american citizens often don´t want to accomplish. So I think that illegal immigration to the United States of America hasn´t got such a big consequence to the local employment market.
Thirdly illegal immigration doesn´t impair the US economy in such a bad way. Doubtless, the american government has to spent a lot of money on the illegal immigrants in terms of health care etc. . But you also have to consider the more positve effects on economy. By consuming food or other things the illegal immigrants do also strengthen the it. So there is a kind of a balance of expenditures and revenues caused by illegal immigrants.
All in all I think that it is understandable that the United States want to abate the number of illegal immigrants. But I think the "Proposition 187" is the wrong way. It doesn´t accord to the human rights because even if someone is an illegal immigrant you can´t take the responsibility to deny him or her health care, education or welfare services. So I don´t think that it would be legal to achieve it.
The United States have such a big increase of crime. On the one hand, this development is caused by the illegal immigrants who are getting criminal to save the possibility to survive. But on the other hand I think there are enough american citizens also being criminal. So in my opinion you can´t say that this increase of crime is just the blame of illegal immigrants.
Besides you can´t hold the illegal immigrants responsible for the ruling unemployment in the USA. For sure they occupy jobs, but I think that this isn´t relevant. Most of the jobs which are taken by immigrants are kinds of jobs which american citizens often don´t want to accomplish. So I think that illegal immigration to the United States of America hasn´t got such a big consequence to the local employment market.
Thirdly illegal immigration doesn´t impair the US economy in such a bad way. Doubtless, the american government has to spent a lot of money on the illegal immigrants in terms of health care etc. . But you also have to consider the more positve effects on economy. By consuming food or other things the illegal immigrants do also strengthen the it. So there is a kind of a balance of expenditures and revenues caused by illegal immigrants.
All in all I think that it is understandable that the United States want to abate the number of illegal immigrants. But I think the "Proposition 187" is the wrong way. It doesn´t accord to the human rights because even if someone is an illegal immigrant you can´t take the responsibility to deny him or her health care, education or welfare services. So I don´t think that it would be legal to achieve it.
Hausaufgabe vom 07.09.2007
California turns against its force of Latin Labourers
1.) Shortly describe the situation illegal immigrants in California are confronted with.
The illegal immigrants in California live in a hopeless situation. They depend on the american citizen to earn money which they send their deviced families in their homecountries. They haven´t got any rights and so they just can be engaged as temporary manual labouerers who don´t have a constant employment. So they haven´t got any perspective of life and it is day-to-day unsure for them, if they earn some money or not.
Once they have been tolerated by the Californians, but nowadays the legal californian citizen discriminate more and more against the illegal immigrants. The californian attitude has changed, and today, illegal immigrants are a kind of an enemy.
2.) Explain why "Proposition 187" won considerable support in california.
I think on the one hand,one reason is the dissatisfaction of the californian citizens with the increase of illegal immigrants to California. They are feared that the illegal immigrants endanger their employments because they do work for shorter money. They feel approved by the information that the Golden State California has its worst slump since the Great Depression which is caused by the illegal immigrants. On the other hand they are a kind of feared that the criminality increases because of the fusion of individual illegal immigrants to criminal and dangerous "gangs".
Besides there is an financial reason for the considerable support of "Proposition 187" . The californian citizen have to pay taxes for the illegal immigration. But this proposal plans that illegal immigrants get no support by the government neither in education nor in welfare services or health care.
1.) Shortly describe the situation illegal immigrants in California are confronted with.
The illegal immigrants in California live in a hopeless situation. They depend on the american citizen to earn money which they send their deviced families in their homecountries. They haven´t got any rights and so they just can be engaged as temporary manual labouerers who don´t have a constant employment. So they haven´t got any perspective of life and it is day-to-day unsure for them, if they earn some money or not.
Once they have been tolerated by the Californians, but nowadays the legal californian citizen discriminate more and more against the illegal immigrants. The californian attitude has changed, and today, illegal immigrants are a kind of an enemy.
2.) Explain why "Proposition 187" won considerable support in california.
I think on the one hand,one reason is the dissatisfaction of the californian citizens with the increase of illegal immigrants to California. They are feared that the illegal immigrants endanger their employments because they do work for shorter money. They feel approved by the information that the Golden State California has its worst slump since the Great Depression which is caused by the illegal immigrants. On the other hand they are a kind of feared that the criminality increases because of the fusion of individual illegal immigrants to criminal and dangerous "gangs".
Besides there is an financial reason for the considerable support of "Proposition 187" . The californian citizen have to pay taxes for the illegal immigration. But this proposal plans that illegal immigrants get no support by the government neither in education nor in welfare services or health care.
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