Proportional tax

pocketed $275 million earlier this month from NBC Sports, Time Warner's Turner Sports and other investors; including Google and Comcast” (Harwell 2015). This shows that investors have a strong interest in online gambling. States could enforce sales tax on every online gambling transaction. This would increase funds for states and make a much stronger economy. If investors and advertisers were able to help to fund and promote state lotteries, more people would play and the jackpots for lottery…

Rough Draft- Super-PACs: How the Riches’ Votes Matter More than Everyone Else’s America prides itself in having equality of opinion, however some opinions are valued more than others. This irony is due to the presence of super-PACs in recent American elections. These super-PACs are organizations that allow the wealthy to have a louder voice over the many by flooding the airwaves with propaganda and by donating to politicians to buy favors from them. The presence of Super-PACs in the 2016…

In Paul Krugman's essay "Confronting Inequality," published in his 2007 book "The Conscience of a Liberal.," I personally believe this article could have the potential for a wide audience. Inequality is something a majority of Americans deal with whether they realize it or not. Krugman discusses the many ways America had fallen into distinct gaps of inequality. He presents a highly logical argument in which he reveals why, and how, America has gotten to different points of inequality whether it…

I have chosen to write about “It’s Consumer Spending Stupid” by James Livingston because it provides enough details to agree or disagree and to construct a strong response. In Livingstons essay, he argues that if Americans continue to spend, the economy will become stronger. On the other hand, in “Thrift: The Rebirth of a Forgotten Virtue” by Daniel Akst, the author argues otherwise. Thus, using these two essays will fulfil the requirements and will create a strong synthesis. If I incorporate…

Is the penny needed in the United States anymore? Some people believe the penny should be preserved because it is an important historical part of the United States.However, other people believe the menny should be eliminated because it is costs more to produce than what it is even worth. The penny should be eliminated in the U.S. currency because pennies are a waste of time, not worth a lot, too much to make, and nobody can buy something with just one penny. The penny should be eliminated…

produce, that Canadians were hoarding pennies rather than using them, and the environment. On February 4, 2013, Canada officially stopped using the penny. They stopped production and distribution, and they asked all businesses to follow a new rounding tax. To this day, the government is being sent pennies to recycle into new things. They are sorted, and then melted down and sold for building projects and electronics. So far, they’ve gotten 4 billion pennies. If people go directly to the mint,…

Social Security and Public Assistance differences According to “Segal (2015) The indigenous social insurance provisions were a federal system of old-age benefits for retired workers and a federal- state partnership for unemployment insurance. The system of old-age benefits was called the Old- Age Insurance program. It contributes benefits for retired workers who had paid taxes into the system while employed in industry and commerce. The program was to begin collecting taxes in 1937 and pay…

Washington Post states that “ Nickels cost twice as much as dimes - 9.4….” This indicates that the government will have to pay the double to make more nickels. When people know that the will have to pay more tax to pay for something in this case nickels, they will not want to. Know one wants to pay more tax money to make more nickels when…

the administrators. An added benefit is administrators, founders, employees, and members are not personally liable for nonprofits debts. The limited liability of a nonprofit is protected by the law from personal assets being claimed by creditors. Another missed opportunity is the ability to solicit charitable donations to the public. Growing charitable donations is in other words is another stream of income for organization purposes. The overall ability for Kaiser Permanente to rein-invest in…

Debt in America has gotten out-of-control and the blame is upon one other. Most people in America believe that if they live up to the standards of their peers around, they are fitting in and it increases their self-esteem. However, even given the chance to happiness in life with values people still have to deal with draw backs including debt and stress. There are 160 million people in America who have debt which is a lot comparing it to the 318.9 million people who live in the country based…