Goods and Services Tax

Massacre the British were blamed for shooting the “innocent” colonists. These Redcoats were frightened by the colonists throwing bricks at them and finally they didn’t know what to do, so they reached their “breaking point”. When the our English Service Men reached their “breaking point” they shot the American Colonists, which any one would do if they were in their shoes. This massacre was caused by the colonists becauses they should have been smarter than to throw bricks at people with guns.…

“extraordinary tax breaks…getting a 15 percent tax rate”(227). One of the reasons the wealthy pay less is based on public policy trying to direct investment and the ultra- rich are playing by the rules of game. The rules are set up by the politicians to direct investment to the public policies they want to support. In addition, the Tax Policy Center reports that 46% Americans of pay no federal income tax at all while according to Huffington Post the top 1% pays 30% of the total overall income…

address the regulatory issues in a Sharing Economy regarding the Airbnb and Uber companies. The term “Sharing Economy”, also known as collaborative consumption, can be defined by individuals directly interacting with each other online to trade goods and services (Zrenner, 2013).Companies utilizing the sharing economy create a market place by having people connect with each other through websites and applications. For example, Uber uses collaborative consumption to rent empty car seats for…

make, to quit my job, buy my partner out of our business, close the business and finally the timing of buying my current home. My first major economic decision was in 1993; my employer Ameritech, who at the time was the main provider of telephone service in the Midwest, proposed to end its local telephone monopoly in return for the opportunity to enter into the more profitable long-distance and cable television market. As a result, the company reorganized and offered attractive buy-outs to…

geographically, unrepresentative of the national racial diversity we observe here in the United States, and has an economy which barely gives the state any political clout. Most importantly, Rhode Island fails to appear often in the media whether it be for good policies, or embarrassing scandals. Simply put, Rhode Island is one of the “loner states”. Being a small prosperous state flying under the radar of…

different cultures and ethnicities, as well as the rebirth of Chicago isolated neighborhoods like Englewood, Roseland, and Pilsen have an opportunity to compete with the Hyde Park, Lincoln Park, and Logan Square? Illinois adopted the once known as Tax Allocation Re-development Act in 1985. This act…

goldmine. Obviously the Government did not approve of this practice. There are a couple good reasons for the Government to oppose this practice. With underground Moonshine sales growing they were losing a large amount of tax revenue; secondly, there was no way to regulate production, and Moonshine could easily become hazardous if precautions weren’t taken. After the American Revolution, the Government began sending out tax collectors which they called Revenuers. These officials would go to…

consideration in the economy. It is normally regarded as economic progress and advancement. It is an increase in the ability of an economy to produce goods and services within a specified period of time. It is termed as long-term expansion in the productive potential of the economy to satisfy the wants of individuals in the society in economics. A good performance or a positive economic growth plays an important role in the national income. A sustainable economic growth of a country is desired…

requirement is for the applicant to attend two years of college or serve two years military service. Perhaps those requirements could be changed to require the applicant graduate with at least a two year degree, making the applicant more marketable to employers. Since few military enlistments are available for a term of two years, the military commitment could be increased to four years, or any length of service with one year in a combat zone. These young people, brought here illegally as…

In 1984 Brian Mulroney led the Progressive Conservative party to a resounding electoral victory, gaining more than fifty percent of the vote, a rare feat in Canadian federal politics (Blake, 2007: 3). He promised to take the country, which was then suffering from an economic recession, in a new direction, as politicians often do. By the time he left office in 1993 he was one of the most unpopular Prime Ministers in Canadian history. But the politics of the time do not speak to the breadth and…