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Edward Vang Ms. Sweet English 2 Gate November 12, 2015 The Problem with Eminent Domain Eminent domain, in the dictionary, is the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. This means that the government can take any piece of property and change it into something for the public use through some sort of payment. There are many examples where eminent domain is being used. It has been used to facilitate transportation, supply…

Is Renting Better Than Buying? Tough question, isn’t it? Some folks fall squarely on either side for very legitimate and often personal reasons. Where you find yourself in life also might affect whether you choose to rent or buy. Then there’s that wild card called the economy, which affects us all. But, absent current variables, here are more questions to ask about renting versus buying. Is it cheaper to rent? The quick answer is it depends where you are. A small town in Montana? Maybe…

Would you want to be couped up inside an apartment all the time? Neither would your dog. A town dog park would benefit Muscatine by making resident dogs happier. The main argument against the dog park plan is that: "Noise from barking dogs and yelling owners will disturb nearby residents." (No Dog Park for Muscatine, paragraph 3, line 2.) This is silly because in Muscatine, noise complaints are only taken after 10:00 in the evening, while the dog park would close at sundown. If the…

Is Youtube dying? A Lot of people think think that youtube is dying due to the fact that the new youtube rules that the youtube channels have to follow. Such as no bullying and no violent content. For gamers this is a crushing blow to their channel that they have worked so hard to obtain. For youtube to do this is a question that still lingers in the mind of a lot of youtube fans and channel creators who built their channels through this. Does this mean that if the creators do not comply would…

that prevents A from engaging in environmental direct action, or an atrocity does not take place as a result of A not participating in environmental direct action or violating property rights substantially reduces the wellbeing of others and does not lead to a very good outcome], then it is permissible to not violate property rights to engage in environmental direct action. If these conditions are not met, then it is morally wrong. To further clarify, I will go over the terms atrocity,…

people in the middle class need to ‘pick up the slack’. For those who believe that the wealthiest Americans already pay most of the taxes, they couldn't be more wrong. Lower-income earners pay a much higher percentage in combined state, local income, property, sales and excise taxes. When all taxes are considered; middle-income and upper-middle-income earners pay about as much as the richest 1% (Buchheit). This is a clear example that people in middle class are paying their fair share of taxes…

Introduction: The U.S constitution’s Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8, “congress has the proper power to pomote the progress of science and useful arts, by protecting for the limited times to authors and developers the exclusive right to their respective writing’s and discoveries.” First Copyright Act 1790: The first copyright Act was passed in 1790 in US that contained most of the principles in English Law. When in 1790 the copyright was enacted, it protected published maps, charts and books…

California Proposition of 187, which is also know as the Save Our State initiative was an initiative that was passed by voters in November 8th 1994. The law aimed to reduce the state cost by denying public services to illegal immigrants. It prohibits state or local government agencies from providing illegal immigrants with public services, such as public education, emergency medical care and other social services. It would also have established the system of screening citizenship across the…

John Locke was regarded as the “Father of Liberalism” for his ideas on freedom, limited government, and property rights. In the Second Treatise of Government, Locke lays the framework for a civilized society with based on natural rights and social contracts. One of his major premises states, “The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but to have only the law of nature for his rule.” It seems like Locke…

Confused about the property market? Cannot afford to get in, cannot afford to get out? Well you are not alone. Surely getting and keeping a roof over our heads should not be this hard. But the housing crisis continues of defy all attempts at a solution. It gets more shambolic and divisive by the day. The haves against the have-nots, rich versus the poor, even old against the young. It used be that Australian’s would spend three or four times the annual income per ABS Surveys of Income and…