5A Identifying Local Opportunities
Hannah Moss
ENT3003 5A Identifying Local Opportunities
September 13, 2018
1. Miami Beach set its own minimum wage. Now it’s being fought before state Supreme Court.
This article tells the story of how Miami set it’s minimum wage to $10.31 an hour in 2016 and planned for it to annual increase to $13.31 an hour by January 2021. However, last month justices agreed to block this minimum wage ordinance. The problem now is that for the last two years the people of Miami have been receiving a minimum wage of $10.31 and now it is being lowered to $8.25. I think that a better way to solve this issue is to slowly lower it so people can get used to the change.
2. He was tagged ‘Scumbag of the Week.’ Now, the frat member is suing over injuries
In April 2018, a 20 year old named Mauricio who was in the fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi at Florida State University was struck extremely hard in the face. The problem is that he was seriously injured. After another fraternity brother hit him in the face, he fell hard on the floor left unconscious and suffered from a skull fracture. Now Mauricio is no longer at FSU and suffers from “encephalomalacia, or a dead area in the brain” in the right frontal lobe “that affects his behavior, mood, attitude, and cognitive function.” The fraternity is being sued and in my opinion should be completely suspended due to this terrible situation.
3. ‘Stateless’ teen in Bahamas can’t get to U.S. for medical care
16 year old Taranique Thurston has been trapped in the Bahamas with a brain cyst while there is a medical treatment in Miami that could save her life. Both her parents and herself are citizens of the Bahamas and because of the Bahamian nationality law she is not allowed to travel to the United States to seek medical help. The problem is that there is a medical treatment in Miami that could easily save Taranique’s life, however the law prevents her from getting there. I think that the Bahamian nationality law should make exceptions especially for cases like this one.
4. Trump’s denial that 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico is an outrageous lie by a U.S. president
On Thursday President Donald Trump tweeted that “3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico,” and the figure had not gone up “by much” after the initial count of 6 to 18 deaths. He also added that “This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible.” The problem here is that it was proven by a public study that around 3,000 did die from the natural disaster and President Trump both denied this fact and did nothing to help out the people of Puerto Rico. Trump and the United States government should have done more to help the people of Puerto Rico and at least help them now recover.
5. Thomas the Tank engine and friends get KKK hoods from NRA after adding female trains
Last month, children’s TV show “Thomas & Friends” announced that two new “girl trains” Rebecca and Nia were going to be added to the show. Nia will be a little train painted with an African-inspired motif. As a response to this, NRA TV host Dana Loesch decided to put KKK hoods on the characters while discussing the shows new change towards diversity. The problem here is that this was very racist and unnecessary. I do not think TV hosts should be allowed to publicly act this way.
Hey Hannah,
ReplyDeleteI think your post was an excellent analysis of local opportunities found in the Miami Herald. In my opinion the most insightful of the 5 opportunities was in recognizing Miami set it’s own minimum wage and is now changing it. Our income decreases slowly in almost all sources of employment due to inflation — so long as pay increases due not exceed the inflation rate. This reduction occurs slowly and over long periods of time and thus is almost unnoticeable, however a reduction in wages of 20% all at once would certainly spell disaster for those affected.
Hannah,
ReplyDeleteGood job analyzing opportunities within economic and regulatory trends. i specifically liked your minimum wage example because that affects a lot of people, including people our age that have to work or have worked for minimum wage. For them to drop the minimum wage so drastically after raising it would be unjust and not the proper way to handle the minimum wage mark. Your solution of lowering it slowly if need be would definitely be more helpful for those having to work for minimum wage. Nice work.