The Miami Herald's Sunday, November 21, 2010's Issues & Ideas section includes an article: "They Get Rich Off the Poor," or "Miami Book Fair International: Author examines the high cost of being poor," which discusses the many businesses that prey on the poor while "providing a needed service." Read the article (see link above and below) and after summarizing it, express your opinion in the blog. Be ready to discuss the article and your opinions in class.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/21/v-fullstory/1934438/miami-book-fair-international.html#ixzz15w1blgXf
Sunday, November 21, 2010
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to be honest i have two sides to the way i feel about this,one is that i feel like everything else in this world its a business so whether or not they are aiming for the working class who does not have loads of money its still a business.and the other side of me feels that these companys do sometime go to far with there tactics and eventually becomes a rip-off.
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Although it seems wrong, unfortunately that is how the world goes round. There are many businesses out there that thrive on customers who are struggling financially. In my opinion, even though these businesses are taking money from those working class who truly have no money to spare, they are in turn receiving services that they are in desperate need of because of the way that they are unfortunately living. And services that they probably can't get anywhere else. Working class, who are most likely living pay check to pay check, have no room for the unlucky things that can happen any day, at any time, and for these people, I believe some of these businesses are their only options to stay afloat. However I do agree in that sometimes people lie and a lot of good people end up getting screwed in the end for no reason at all. We can only hope that these businesses are more beneficial than they are harmful.
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