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I think that the high cost of living here in the United States of America is one of the most important problems that the US is facing right now. Towards the end of the pandemic, US has been facing increase in cost of living and in the meanwhile salaries are still not enough to cover the daily expenses. The cost of living is much higher than the people would make in their jobs. From where I live our rent before covid was about $1600 whereas now we are paying $2000.
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Arvin De Jesus Professor John Orth SO 223 January 28, 2023 Chapter 1 Summary What is a Social Problems? Social Problems is consisting of multiple issues in the society such as crime, poverty, lack of medical care, violence, drug abuse, and other situations. The main sociological methods for understanding the social problems are studied from a functionalist, conflict, as well as interactionist viewpoints. In the society, people are given status based on their jobs. People who worked at the hospitals or any medical group companies are considered as healthcare workers. While teachers, professors, and coaches of any kinds are placed as educators. People from the social status are expected to play their designated role. If people disobeyed or did not behave accordingly to their roles in society, then it becomes into a problem. People, laws, economy, and societies are always changing and never constant; people whose minds are unchanged and unadopted can cause problems in the society. When this problem spread to other organization and social group, it becomes a social problem. The conflict views first started with Karl Marx. Marx tried to prove that problems such as poverty, crime, and war are not because of people or their organizations. He believes that these social issues are caused by capitalism. Marx mentioned that capitalist are compelled by the profits of their companies and do not care about the workers situations. Bosses do not care if people will lose their jobs if it means that they will save more money and gain more by building factories run by machinery. Situations like this creates a problem because many people will be jobless and can increase the numbers in poverty and homelessness. The final view is the interactionist perspective. Some social roles or people are seen more superior than others. In the labeling theory, the deviant and nondeviant people differs from each other by what they do and how the society views it. For example, criminals of different colors with the same offence are treated differently. Black criminals are sentenced much longer that someone that is white. This becomes a problem because if a group is labelled negatively, then that group will encounter problems such as discrimination. People who are labelled negatively by the society will have difficulties getting rid of the label that was put on them eventually falling into its negativity. For example, if a person made a mistake of shoplifting, the person could be labelled as a criminal. As a result, depending on how the society see and treats the person, the person could be forced into following the acts of a criminal.