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Like most of us, Raoul Wallenberg grew up in comfort and security. His native Sweden was a peaceful haven form the trumoil that swept much of Europe in the 1930s. Being from a well-off family of financiers, he spent his college years abroad, at the University of Michigan. In his studies, he showed promise as an architect...
...answer is that the City of Cambridge does not allow property owners to benefit fully from what is rightfully theirs. The city dictates the rent landlords can charge for their property and then lets well-off individuals take advantage of this...
Although Harvard has many alumni in Washington, notably Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass), theUniversity can be perceived as well-off and not inneed of assistance--in both Massachusetts andnational legislatures...
Even if the consequences of minimum wage laws weren't so harmful, they would still be highly inefficient. Less than 20 percent of minimum-wage workers live below the poverty line, meaning that the benefits go primarily, not to the poor, but to people such as well-off students who have summer jobs...
...story. Despite my nose ring, I'm still identifiable as someone well-off and comfortable. The cops had on trouble taking me at face value...