Subsidies

for it possessed unique military qualities as each Prussian soldier represented a great investment in training, time and money unlike any other. Moreover, the Anglo-Prussian Convention with Frederick, in which they committed to pay him an annual subsidy of £670,000 gave Frederick the advantage to produce and maintain his masterpiece of an army and tactics. Finally, the death of Tsartisa Elizabeth was the last miraculous factor that saved Prussia and gave Frederick the advantage to withdraw his…

Taxpayer 's are encouraging Electronic Health Records (EHR) in the form of government subsidies so they can make it available to medical practices through the Meaningful Use (MU) program. The use of computer systems in healthcare are not wide-spread like the other sectors. Transportation, finance, retail industries and manufacturing are examples of other sectors. Deltev (2007) definition of EMRs is a form of computerized medical record implemented to facilitate health care delivery. EMRs are an…

farmers have been enjoying rising farm subsidies and growing poverty, and a Walmart in Ohio is holding a food drive in its store… for its own employees!” (Leonard 2014, P. 67). Current supplies outweigh demands, yet farms continue to expand unfettered. In a normal situation, a farm would be forced to downsize or go out of business. Instead, taxpayers bail out farmers while requiring assistance for their own livelihoods. The practice of government subsidies is controversial as it protects the…

Current farming practices are unsustainable, unethical and inefficient and limitations ought to be put in place. The methods used to obtain a large percentage of the food being consumed are environmentally detrimental and will result in long term, high costs such as irreversible damage to ecosystems, overdrawing natural resources, and harms to human health. Alternative methods exist but aren’t chosen because they’re not as cheap. Cheap food doesn’t account for true costs and as long as cheap…

enough, through subsidies the farmer makes his wage. These wages are, admittedly, poor, and often cannot help cover other debts related to their farming endeavors. In many cases, farmers who cannot make ends meet are being forced off of their land, but truth be told, the job of the farmer will become practically obsolete. With the technology of today and the rate at which it is increasing farming will become a mechanized industry. Our nation’s current farmers rely on subsidies to make ends…

etc. The sustainability of high-quality childcare services, that is accessible and affordable for all, depends on the amount of public funding available (Lai, 2013, Pg. 5). Public funding could be made available through vouchers, tax credits, and subsidies, and the funding could either be supporting the childcare services directly or indirectly, through parents/families in form of vouchers, tax credits, and…

The Justice department prosecuted a subsidiary of Duke Energy for killing golden eagles and other protected birds, ending the legal double standards on enforcement. The federal subsidies had fueled the wind turbine growth as well as wind-related jobs are costing millions of dollars to the common taxpayer. Apart from this, suburban and rural residents in areas where these wind turbines have come up, do not want them in their neighborhood…

be applied to companies or institutions in order to protect the environment such as subsidies, external costs on goods and services, and taxes on pollution and wastes. Subsidies can be harmful or beneficial to the environment. It can be harmful to the environment because sometimes companies try to get as many subsidies as they can to be more competitive in the market. In other words, industries try to get subsidies and tax breaks that allow them to make profits while offering cheaper prices…

The article “PRO/CON: Are Federal Subsidies for Electric Cars Worth It?” written by the McClatchy-Tribune on January 8, 2014, identifies the advantages and disadvantages of government funding for electric cars. From the information provided, the CONS definitely outweigh the pros. Federal subsidies for the manufacture and purchase of electric cars are not in the best interest of the American taxpayers. First and foremost, electric cars do not provide the value families require. The lifetime cost…

As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure, every one of us should take preventive measures to prevent diseases such as Japanese Encephalitis and rabies. Besides these two diseases, steps should also be taken to prevent the other chronic diseases such as heart attack, tuberculosis and diabetes. World Rabies Day is on the 28th of September. On this day, activities such as promotion of information about rabies, prevention, and elimination of the disease are carried out. As all of us know…