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tax layout, I thought he would be an interesting interviewee for this assignment. Throughout the interview, it was clear he would prefer if the government would limit its spending, and pay it more directly to better causes. The first question was, “What percent of your total income do you pay in both federal and state taxes?” The question regarding federal taxes was slightly difficult to answer. Since the IRS technically views my father as ‘self-employed’, he is required to pay both his…

prosper. In order for this vision to come to fruition America had to go through wars and conflict within it’s own borders to establish a stable government. There were a few issues that threatened the survival of the early American republic, one of the first problems America faced, it’s breaking with the United Kingdom and establishing a republic government the size of the United States (Ellis, p. 11). Many problems arose as the new nation was…

The students are suing the United States federal government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property. The government is being blamed for allowing the oil companies to continue using and making the supposed dangerous fossil fuels. The judge in this case ruled against the oil companies’ and government’s motion to dismiss the case. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin of the Federal District Court in Eugene, Oregon in deciding the case will proceed…

the government has on limiting freedom of speech, as mentioned in the Constitution under the first amendment. However, various Americans are unaware that restrictions to the first amendment in particular to freedom of speech exist. Obscenity, hate speech, defamation, commercial speech, and child pornography are not protected by the constitution. Restrictions are not only stated in the first amendment clause, but have been applied by the government throughout history. The United Stated federal…

be violated […]." Ultimately, the government has no right to intervene in any private belongings of a United States citizen unless…

placed far too much power in the hands of the people, and the heavy weight of this power provided them with a mace with which to carve their own individual paths. The government,…

the take over after Spanish-American War. The island is considered a part of America, but votes on whether to remain a Commonwealth separate from 50 states or become the 51st state. Political relationship is quite extensive with United States Federal Government, but the residents are not tax payers. Puerto Rico’s possibility of becoming a state is closer than ever, and with half the population supporting, statehood is looking to be a great economic option. I. Geography The island of Puerto Rico…

will be arguing whether the United States government should or should not continue to fund public television. The United States funds public television using $445 million dollars of our tax money, when our nation is 14 trillion dollars in debt, which is just wasting money. They should not fund the public television because it's wasting tax money, when it could go to a better cause, such as paying off the national debt. First of all, the U.S. government should not fund public television because…

limitations of the federal government were to be. Although some of Jefferson’s past can be dark and questionable, he was no hypocrite, but a man who understood that his decisions would have lasting effects on the new country, and that putting his own personal…

years, new policies enforced by the U.S. government regarding children’s health care have resulted in major progress in Medicaid coverage for children. This progress is evident in the steep 8% increase in the number of insured children between 1998 and 2013 (Child Trends Databank, 2014). It seems as though the U.S. government is making milestones where children’s health care is concerned. What worked? What didn’t? By examining past approaches that the government has taken to counter specific…