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Canada is consisted of mortgages, not consumer debt (Financial Post, 2016). Therefore, advice on Canadian citizens’ mortgage issues was mainly focused on rather than their consumer spending. Finally, other alternatives such as increasing interest rates as well as down payments in Canada would cause disruptive implications within the nation’s economy (CBC News, 2015), so the two possible options given were the ones that was the center of concentration for recommendations on household debt in…

US DEFENSE SPENDING IN CONTEXT The Pentagon Budget and Jobs: How does defense spending rate for job creation? This is a compilation of various reports that seeks to demystify the claim that a cut in the defense budget will lead to job losses. The main arguments are: • Although military budget cuts will lead to jobs losses in some way, the percentage of job losses will be higher if the budget cut rather occurs in nonmilitary programs. For example, a study in the state of Massachusetts found that…

After researching taxable and non-taxable income, the Pontiac G6 awarded to Oprah’s audience would be subject to federal taxation. According to treasury regulations, it states that: “Section 74(a) requires the inclusion in gross income of all amounts received as prizes and awards, unless such prizes or awards qualify as an exclusion from gross income under subsection (b), or unless such prize or award is a scholarship or fellowship grant excluded from gross income by section 117 (Reg §…

The United States Government is being swallowed with debt. Since the three million dollar surplus that was left when Bill Clinton left office, the United States managed to rack up over nineteen trillion dollars and counting in debt. This makes the very limited amount of money that is available for the government to use so much more precious and valuable. Where does over half of the one point eleven trillion dollars that the government has available end up? In Military spending. The…

The biggest problem with finding a real-life example of communism is that communism in practice has only existed under authoritarian government (Investopedia 1). Two great examples of communistic and capitalistic countries are China and the United States. China is the one of two communist countries that are not under totalitarian rule as of the publishing of this paper, and its economy is very large. This makes it a good country to compare with the United States, which also has a large…

and a restructuring plan from the federal government (Kinicki & Williams, 2013). Their plan consist of a goal to reach annual profits of over $10 billion, 10% profit margin increase, becoming debt-free, cutting costs and incentives, and corporate tax exemption for several years (Kinicki & Williams, 2013). At the end of 2011, GM was expected to reach a profit of almost $8 billion (Kinicki & Williams, 2013). This was made possible after a sharp reduction of several billion in costs. A decision…

While it is challenging to work out the financial result of return on investment in social marketing like this, it is possible to measure an indirect impact of increased usage of winter tires, including low rate of casualties in traffic collisions during the winter and ultimate reduction in healthcare expenditure. The message strategy to communicate the benefits of winter tires and use of mass communication channels such as, newspapers, TV, radio, etc. is…

SPEC Analysis Social: SVP primarily rehearses and performs in Tempe, Arizona, it does occasionally venture outside Tempe to surrounding areas to perform. In 2010, the City of Tempe had a population of 161,719, of that population 9,037 were of the age 50 to 54, SVP’s average member age. (Census) SVP is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, consisting of 27 members and one director. SVP focuses on education and female empowerment. While, SVP has an open Facebook group that engages its own members…

What I would contest to be the most significant problems in American government would be the issues of government spending and the ruling of government programs. These two issues tend to give our government a “finger in everybody’s pies” this meaning that the government has their control over our lives and have the control to command our money. The issue of Government spending has caused a problem in our nation of debt for our country and an idea that we have more money than we actually do.…

After the implementation of PPACA, the pharmaceutical companies have restructured their infrastructure to accommodate the methodology of the Act. With the demanding healthcare market and new regulations, unreformed practices can result in penalties and taxes. The steps required to financially survive the requirements are yet to be seen. Evidence shows that various companies are looking to broaden their scope to retain financial earning, by selecting the best possible strategic sources to…