Society
Exploring "Why" questions about Society
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Why do banks get to charge 20% for credit cards and I only get 0.01% for a savings account?
how exactly is that unfair? it is *their* services that *they* are providing for *their* price. they are allowed to do it because they are a business and are allowed to make profit and charge their cu
Why is polygamy illegal and considered bad form?
Stripping away any moral or religious aspects marriage is a wonderful thing two people do to get a host of legal benefits. Things like tax breaks, joint bank accounts, hospital visitation etc. If you
Why were buildings such as schools made into fallout shelters?
Schools are large buildings, typically in the middle of population centers that typically have facilities built for large group of people (bathrooms, kitchens, etc.). They make natural rally points fo
Why must our vote for president have to be private? Wouldn’t E-voting be alot easier if we didn’t care who saw?
The challenges with e-voting have nothing to do with preserving the secrecy of a voter's choice. Also the reason to protect that secrecy are very important. Being forced to reveal your vote can lead t
Why are farmers so poor when food is vital for life?
Overproduction as well as what Gyrant said. The demand actually isn't stable. Demand is so low compared to supply that the government ends up buying out a lot of food to maintain prices.
why do colleges and even high schools emphasize plagiarism so much
The issue with plagiarism isn't that you're getting your ideas from elsewhere, it's that you're taking credit for those ideas and passing them off as your own (even if in some sense, they were). Sourc
Why do the currency exchange rates change everyday?
Everyday? Try every nanosecond. Just like other items in the market you can trade, such as stock or bonds, currency operates in a very similar manner, there are a trillion and one factors that go into
Why is there so much apparent public criticism against labor unions when they empower mostly low to middle income workers; who make up the massive majority of workers?
The media is owned by corporate capital and has been shifting culture from progressive collectivism to ineffectual individualism for decades on purposes. The real opposition to Obamacare is not over i
Why the American government is apprehensive about raising taxes on the rich
Two answers: 1) Some People say that if you overtax the rich people will stop investing and working towards becoming more wealthy and that we don't have a revenue problem we have a spending problem. 2
Why is suspension from school a punishment? Isn’t that just giving them what they want?
Suspending a disruptive child removes that child from disrupting other children, giving them a better learning environment. By having a kid at home at a time where he or she should've been at school i