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March 15, 2022

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Village life refers to rural people's lives, whereas city life refers to urban people's lives. Village life does not have many amenities, but city life has several amenities. Individuals in villages are highly helpful in nature, but people in cities tend to be more selfish. Those in the countryside are warm-hearted and kind, but people in cities are hostile and keep their distance from others. City life contains numerous types of pollution such as air pollution, noise pollution, and so on, but country life contains less pollution yet the people who live in villages do not suffer from pollution. Cities have high-quality higher education institutions, but villages do not have high-quality colleges and universities.

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Mickaela Magtuloy Javier Gr10Argon  March 15, 2022

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Mickaela Magtuloy Javier Gr10Argon  March 15, 2022

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National Issues Looming Large in 2022 State and Local Election

Although he didn’t invent the expression, the late Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill is credited with turning the phrase, “All politics is local,” into an operating philosophy.

In essence, O’Neill meant voters are most concerned about issues closest to home. Are the roads in good repair? Is the garbage being picked up? Are the local schools doing a good job? Are my taxes going up? It was the view of one brought up in the urban ward politics of old, but many other politicians of his era thought the same way.

Not so much anymore.

“About 50 cents of every tax dollar raised in the United States is raised by state and local government and yet the attention citizens pay to different levels of government, is much more focused on what’s happening in Washington, D.C, than what’s going in in Springfield or Chicago,” said Daniel J. Hopkins, political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of, “The Increasingly United States: How and Why American Political Behavior Nationalized.”

One sign of nationalization: a predominance of out-of-state money in campaigns

According to the Public Research Interest Group, in 2016, 77% of funding for the 34 U.S. Senate races came from out of state. In the seven swing state U.S. Senate races, the figure was even higher, 85%. But Hopkins says the trend began forming decades ago.

“As late as 1992, two thirds of all the money that members of Congress raised came from within the state they represented. As of 2012, it was two-thirds coming from out of state,” said Hopkins. “Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have built national reputations on cable TV rather than on their ability to bring home specific policies or benefits for their constituents.”

Hopkins says the dominance of national media, particularly cable news and websites, combined with the decline in staffing and readership at local newspapers, means voters know and care more about the tone set by national politicians and party leaders than politicians closer to home.

That, in turn, increases the influence of national issues even in state and local elections. “If you don’t know that much about the person who represents you in Congress, it’s easy to vote a straight party ballot and not vote for any person if they’re not in your party,” said Hopkins.

Even in this non-Presidential voting year, national issues stand to play a large role in state and local campaigns. For Republicans, inflation, rising crime, Covid restrictions and parental oversight of education have emerged as areas of attack. For Democrats, voter suppression and the continuing influence of former President Donald Trump are ongoing issues.

Rep. Robin Kelly, the chair of the Illinois Democratic Party, says her members are focusing on their accomplishments. “We’ve been working really, really hard on issues like the American Rescue Plan where every state, county, and town received money from the federal government. We were able to pass the infrastructure bill which was extremely important. More Americans are vaccinated and boosted and we’ll bring that up,” said Kelly. “We had only one Republican vote on the American Rescue Plan even though the Republicans are bragging about bringing money back to their districts. They can’t seem to remove Donald Trump from their psyche. They seem to be tied to the hip with him. But we’re going to run first on the good things that we’ve been able to do.”

(Note: Through a spokesman, Illinois Republican Chair Don Tracy declined to be interviewed for this article.)

Democrats face monumental headwinds in the 2022 election cycle. The party of the President in power typically loses seats in an off-year election, a pattern that’s prevailed since the 1930s. At least, until the 1998 and 2002 midterms in which the Democrats gained under President Clinton and the Republicans increased their margin under President Bush.

“Then it looked like midterm losses might be going away. But in hindsight those were weird elections,” said Brian Gaines, political science professor at the University of Illinois. “The impeachment of Clinton was not that popular. 2002 was completely dominated by the public opinion boost for Bush after September 11th. So, then we had 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018, four elections in a row with really big midterm swings. The President’s party has been hammered, so going ahead, that’s what I think is going to happen again.”

“Less frequent voters who make up a President’s extra margin in a Presidential year just don’t show up in midterms,” added Gaines.

That trend also troubles Democratic political consultant Delmarie Cobb, but she notes there are exceptions. “We did see an exception in 2018, when people were angered by Donald Trump’s actions and so this time you’ve got to hope that we see the same exception again because it’s critical this time given that Democrats have such a slim margin in the House and Senate. In particular, when African Americans don’t turn out, Democrats don’t win,” said Cobb.

One national issue that’s a wild card is the Covid-19 pandemic. “I think the pandemic is going to be the number one issue, even with rising inflation. It’s a different issue from traditional ones. It’s national but policies differ from state to state and so will voters’ reactions. I think incumbent governors, Democrats and Republicans, are going to be on the hot seat to justify what they’ve done. And (President) Biden promised to shut down the virus and he hasn’t done that, partially because of vaccine resistance,” said Gaines.

Another wild card is the Trump Effect. “In the Republican Party, there’s a litmus test: Are you with Trump or are you against him,” said Kelly. “The Republicans in a way are stuck with Donald Trump. He’s still ruling the roost.”

The perception is that Republicans will be more fired up than Democrats to vote in 2022. In part, because of the resentment raised by Trump’s lie that the 2018 election was stolen, as well as because of inflation and rising crime. And some Democrats fear that’s true.

“The Republicans will be highly motivated, but they’re always motivated,” said Cobb. “That’s why they’re doing so much better than Democrats because they’re always motivated. They never stop being motivated. And Democrats have to have that same kind of determination.”

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Villanueva, Alliyah Venice M.         (10- Manganese) 

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Villanueva, Alliyah Venice M.         (10- Manganese) 

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Should Abortion be Legalized?

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'Philippine Sea'
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Argumentative Essay (Jona Marie R. Ramos)

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This my final argumentative speech the first one I posted is just a draft, and in some way I cannot delete or edit that post. Sorry for the inconvenience mam.

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Argumentative speech_ Lacatan, Gem V._ 10-Oxygen

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Is it good that same-sex couples are able to marry?

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Bea Elarmo
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Argumentative Essay 10-Oxygen

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Should the government focus in human rights violations?

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Ruzzel James V. Asidera
We face many problems in our country,As a  filipino, I think poverty is the one of the biggest problem faced by our fellow Filipinos.No one ever wanted to be poor; thus there must be reasons why they had come up to their situation.Some Filipinos blame's the government for their poverty and the growing population in our country, But is it really their fault? Well then, they've must been reaproching them because they were the one who's responsible with our fund.

All of us Filipinos can play a very important role in our life and in our country. We form our structure of our economy. So why do we have to blame the government for our problems? If only we could find a solution and overcome it.
Poverty remains the most critical social problem that needs to be addressed.  According to Wikipedia, Philippines’ poverty line marks a per capital income of 16, 841 pesos a year. As for the data from the National Statistical Coordination Board, more than one- quarter (27.9%) of the population fell below the poverty line the first semester of 2012, an approximate 1 per cent increase since 2009. The Rural Poverty Portal stated that about half of the Philippines’ 88 million people live in rural areas. Poverty is most severe and most widespread in these areas and almost 80 per cent of the country’s poor people live there. The poor rural people depend for subsistence on farming and fishing for their livelihoods. In general, illiteracy, unemployment and the incidence of poverty are higher among indigenous peoples and people living in the upland areas. Overall, more than a third of the people in the Philippines live in poverty.

We cannot deny the fact that the government has really something to do in the growing number of poor people in the country. The officials have the role to eliminate at least few of those who suffer. Those people in power should learn how to properly allocate resources so that all will be given the opportunity to prosper. As a matter of fact, the government planned to eradicate poverty as stated in the Philippines Development Plan 2011-2016 (PDP). The PDP for those six years are an annual economic growth of 7%- 8% and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Under the MDGs, Philippines committed to having extreme poverty from a 33.1% in 1991 to 16.6% by 2015.

The Philippines is an archipelago, which means that we are surrounded by bodies of water and land that makes our country rich in natural resources. However, our government does not know how to properly allocate the budgeting of resources which becomes a main dilemma of our country. In order to solve this problem, the government must create an enhanced system that would not make these resources be put into waste.  A system that would distribute the power of one specific official to people who can manage and coordinate projects effectively.

In solution to alleviate the less- fortunate people in our country, the government should give priority to education for it will be one of the best way to give solution to poverty. An unknown author once said, “Education is a gateway to eradicating poverty.” The youth is seldom recognized as a resource in decision-making processes. In its place, youths are systematically excluded from important arenas of decision-making and development processes. As a result, their perspectives are often absent in policy- making. Youths will not suffer the same fate as their parents has experienced for education will ensure that they will be able to build a life that is free from poverty. Their communities will benefit as well as children share their newfound knowledge. Education is a key in lifting people out of the cycle of extreme poverty and preventing one poor generation producing another poor generation.

Poverty therefore is inevitable but can be controlled by the government, at least lessen the growing number of the less- fortunate community.  It affects the poor for they have little resources, this means that poverty is an issue that’s harming poor people that want to get out of poverty, but they can’t because they don’t always get to have the support of the government. Even though there are a lot of people trying to stop poverty, it is impossible to stop it without the support and power of the government, this is because to fight poverty we have to fight it with a lot of money from the government that could support us with this need.

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sorry for the late submission po! :)

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Our right to the West Philippine Sea-Lantaco Mark Justin-Phosphorus

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Not every relationship can be fixed, making divorce a necessary step in the process of healing and moving on to a healthier future. Eliminating that possibility slams the door to those vulnerable to the damages of a toxic relationship and prevents them from creating a better future for themselves and their children.

Grounds for divorce include irreconcilable differences, abandonment, infidelity or domestic violence – grounds that also allow for legal separation. Divorce could also be granted if the couple has been separated for at least two years. Ms. Ilagan says the Philippines is ready for a divorce law.

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Faustino, Michaela Joy, B.                                 10 - Argon

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Faustino, Michaela Joy, B.                                 10 - Argon

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Calanglang, Jan Jacob Osth P.

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Why Do Nurses Choose To Work Abroad Instead Of Our Country