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electriqued's Debates
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Welfare and how it is abused
People abuse welfare too much. People are taking it for granted. They use there food stamps for unhealthy foods, or sell them for things like drugs and alcohol. I think about 80% of the people with welfare shouldn't have it. They're saying "Oh i can't work" when in reality they are perfectly capable. It's not fair to the hard working people who work for the money and pay there taxes AND care for their children. All of their tax money is being spent on people who won't work....
Teenagers have a long-standing problem with body image in which the media has a hand
A New Zealand study found that Young girls are more afraid of becoming fat than they are of nuclear war, cancer or losing their parents. But why is this? It's the media!! You look at the Barbie dolls and i bet you don't know that If Barbie was life-sized her waist would be 18 inches and she wouldn't menstruate. And that Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average American woman. Today she weighs 23% less. Have a look around....