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What Are Some of the Highest Taxed Items? By Helen Harvey eHow Contributor  Pin  Share  Tweet Share  Email Save Cigarettes and tobacco products are highly taxed. Steve Mason/Photodisc/Getty Images Excise tax, also known as duty or sumptuary tax, is an indirect tax that is charged at federal and state levels on the sale of particular items. It is an indirect form of taxation, since the government does not apply the tax directly on the consumer, but instead charges manufacturers, producers…

The fourth week for the exercise provided me that I did not eat at all when it comes to a fast food place location, there was one point during the week where I was tempted to eat out at a fast food place.This was because I was on my way to work and didn’t have time to make food at my residence. During this time of wanting to eat fast food, there was extra food at my workplace, and I did not end up stopping at Taco bell before work. During this time, I felt a lot healthier and being aware of what…

Is The Exercise time related to the number of Study hours? Research Question: Is there a relationship between how many hours I exercise each and how many hours I study? Hypothesis: I have noticed that when I exercise I often study more. Therefore, I predict that there is a positive correlation between how many hours I exercise each day and how many hours I study. Specifically, the more exercise I do, the more time I study and do my homework. Methods: The two variables I measured for this…

from the Revolutionary War, during which time a great amount of debt had been incurred. United States Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, proposed a bill to help prevent the national debt from growing any larger. This bill would put an excise tax of 25% on all distilled spirits and was approved by both houses during the 1791 winter session of Congress. “The Treasury Secretary considered liquor a “luxury” item, when in reality the tax burdened the poor farmers on the country’s western…

In school, students are trapped in a class room all day. This causes them to be sleeping and talking which leads them to get bad grades. With short breaks during the day students will be less likely to get bored at school. Students and teachers could benefit from this. There would be no more disturbances, students will get better grades, and it cold help with the school being a positive environment. Therefore, students should have breaks during school. With breaks students have no reason to be a…

Voter Participation Voter participation is often reflected by the candidates, the issues, and the economy. There are times however, that voter participation is reflected by a “What’s in it for me?” attitude. For example; in the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, running for his second term, promised free cell phones, free welfare, and again…a fundamental change in America. After spending more than $1 billion in his campaign, he was able to clinch his re-election. This brings to question…

In 1800 Thomas Jefferson and his Democratic-Republicans won back the presidency from the Federalist they claimed that it was a revolution and that they would be guardians of “agrarian purity, liberty and state rights”(The American Pageant). They believed that the Federalist had brought a bureaucracy to the newly founded nation and had betrayed the ideals of the American Revolution. Though Jefferson claimed he would do away with the Federalist actions like Alexander Hamilton’s bank he actually…

The first case that has established the power of the federal government by Supreme Court is McCulloch Vs Maryland. In 1816 Congress created a bank in the state of Maryland. Two years later Maryland Assembly passed a law to impose taxes on the bank. McCulloch was a cashier at the bank and refused to pay the tax. The Constitutional questions that were being asked Did Congress have the authority to establish the bank? Did the Maryland law unconstitutionally interfere with congressional powers?…

Australia has a very strong economy that has seen many highs and lows in the past few decades. The main characteristics for Australia is free market but it still categories as mixed economy system which that is a successful phenomenon, Western market economy where the GDP is high and the rate of poverty is low. Australia is phenomenal and this country is among the first five developed countries of the world. There are four main component of the Australian economic system which had finance,…

Hunting use to be a way of life, people had to hunt to survive. Hunting and gathering is how everyone used to get food to eat . Hunting is a conservitual topic because it involves animals and the taking of a life. Hunting is a sport because of the money made from it, there is risk involved, and hunting controls/manages wildlife populations. Like any other sport or recreational activity there is risk involved when hunting. The International Hunter Education Association estimates that there are…