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Orfalea, a credible American author, argues in his article “Self-Inflicted Carnage” that there is a desperate need for modern gun control measures in the United States due to the recent increase of gun violence. Robert A. Levy, chairman of the Cato Institute and co-counsel in District of Columbia v. Heller, on the other hand, states in “Our Core Second Amendment Rights” that gun control measures not only violate the rights protected by the Second Amendment, but would also be ineffective because…

Many people see civil asset forfeiture as a defective tactic used by the government. Civil asset forfeiture refers to a legal procedure by which the government is able to seize and ultimately forfeit the property of people suspected of wrong doing. The reason why people see this tactic as execrable is the fact that the government can seize property from people who were never convicted of or charged with a crime. Civil asset forfeiture is constantly seen as a way the government can victimize…

While this may be true to some extent but the reality is that immigrants have little to no effect on these matters. Studies from CATO Institute have found that immigrants either decreases American born wages by 2% or increase them by 2% depending on time (Nowrasteh 1). These statistics show that immigrant’s impact wages balances out and only has a measly impact on the economy. Alex Nowrasteh…

Matt Malcolm Mrs. Snyder English 9 16 December 2014 The Problem of Homelessness Three out of every ten homeless people can credit their current living environment to their choices to do and abuse drugs (Gerdes 69). Furthermore, many become homeless because someone related to them chose to abuse them while under the influence of drugs (Gerdes 69). What is homelessness? How can we stop or fix the problem of homelessness? The answer to this question is quite simple, but many choose to ignore or…

Lyndon B. Johnson was the successor of President Kennedy deeming him the 36th President of the United States from 1963 until 1969. Johnson desired to create a “Great Society” that was beneficial to the American people. This desire led to the creation of the legislation in 1964 called the Great Society, also known as the “War on Poverty”. “The Great Society was a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted in the United States…” “Two main goals of the Great Society social reforms were the…

Credit cards have been used in the United States since the early 1920’s, today they are used worldwide and are part of our everyday life. Credit cards allow people to carry around large amounts of money without actually having the bills on them, these cards allow us to quickly access our money and buy things we want and need. . The effect of credit cards on the economy is very complex, it has a positive and negative outcome. The financial stability of the economy depends on us as consumers,…

permits and assuring that immigrants would arrive with employment. These policy innovations would need, as well, resolution of the position of the probable about 11 million "illegal immigrants" now living and working in the U.S. The Brookings Duke Institute Roundtable has recommended that an answer to the issue of illegal foreign immigrants would start with the establishment of a workplace verification system, confirmed to be effective, which permits employers to know promptly whether a…

Within the criminal justice system one of the most renowned weapons used, is a handgun. It has been around as early as 1364, when the first firearm was built. The invention of handguns started off as a tool of protection and tactical defense, but later evolved into many more uses such as hunting, sports and even hobbies. Many have considered it to be one of the greatest inventions but like any other inventions there are flaws that comes with it, like being known as one of the biggest cause of…

That was not the case according to an analysis report used by Mark Thornton on the alcohol percentage of distilled spirits sales between 1890 to 1960. In Thornton’s report, “Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 157: Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure” the results clearly show a dramatic increase in the total “Expenditure on Distilled Spirts as a Percentage of Total Alcohol Sales.” The percentage of distilled spirits sales were at…

sources: the portion of taxes on Social Security benefits currently used to fund Medicare that he claims should be redirected back to Social Security to provide estimated $8.3 billion annually; corporate welfare funds that were identified by the Cato Institute that could be redirected would provide more than $87 billion annually; the portion of returns “recaptured” through corporate taxes before returns are realized at the individual level would provide a substantial and growing source of…