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Incarceration: Is the U.S. Taking It Too Far? The American penal system has been a topic of discussion amongst American lawmakers for many years. The discussion heated up when American lawmakers started the war on crime in which they attempted to decrease crime rates by significantly increasing the incarceration rate of criminals. In this attempt to look tough on crime many American prosecutors may have lost track of the goal of reintegration into society by throwing too many people in prisons…

from the receipts and the Service could not verify the transactions. The judge acknowledged that taxpayers are expected to maintain adequate records to substantiate their deductions. However, the judge cited Cohan v. Commissioner, 39 F.2d 540, 544 (2d Cir. 1930) and held that the taxpayer was entitled to include 95 percent of its calculation of cash scrap purchases. In Cohan it was held that when taxpayers do not have adequate records, but when the record suggests that they clearly incurred an…

Ezgi Ustaoglu Mylan is a global healthcare company founded in 1961 in West Virginia in US. It has mostly generic products in its portfolio distributed in more than 165 countries. In 2016 Mylan reached 10 billion $ net sales. 1 billion $ out of 10 was generated from one product which is EpiPen. EpiPen is one of the most important lifesaving medicine which treats severe food allergies. Mylan was started to be questioned last year because of huge price increase Mylan made on EpiPen.…

Benefits to Using Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug Offenders in America America has a drug problem. Just like when an individual has a problem and it affects the entire family, the country’s problem affects all of society. The possession or distribution of drugs is a criminal act. The criminal justice system, which is in place to serve justice and protect its citizens, is responsible for handling these issues in the form of punishment. The usual punishment is incarceration for a mandatory…

Capital Punishment What would happen if capital punishment were illegal? There are 3,002 death row inmates in the United States as of April 25, 2015 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_death_row_inmates). The United States is highly ranked when it comes to executing prisoners. It is a highly debated issue in America for various reasons, but capital punishment is unnecessary, unproductive and should be terminated. It is more beneficial to keep death row prisoners in prison…

animals can be very expensive for a company. The cost of animal testing is unreasonably expensive and a waste of money. The United States alone spends $14.5 billion dollars every year for animal testing at taxpayers ' expense. This form of payment is a massive waste and mismanagement of taxpayers ' dollars. Much of the testing is performed in labs and factories financed by the National Institutes of Health. The National Institutes of Health distributes 40% of its annual research budget to…

(Cindy Scotland, Feb 2016) FATCA applies to reporting by US taxpayers about certain foreign financial accounts and offshore assets; and by foreign financial institutions about financial accounts held by US taxpayers, or foreign entities in which US taxpayers hold a substantial ownership interest. In this regard, the Cayman Islands Government has signed a Model 1B inter-governmental agreement with the US. Foreign…

The Solyndra company was a designer, manufacturer, and sold commercial grade solar systems and solar panels designed for business rooftops. In 2009, the Department of Energy provided Solyndra a $535 million dollar loan guarantee supported by President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which provided billions of dollars in loan guarantees to green energy companies (factcheck.org). Supporting clean energy businesses was supposed to create jobs and cut America’s reliance on foreign…

than sexual education is and, in fact, is given one dollar for every twelve dollars that go into every other pregnancy prevention program in the United States (Teen Pregnancy). McFarlane reveals her dislike for the way the United States is spending taxpayers’ money by asking, “How many sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies could have been prevented if a billion and a half more dollars had been spent on contraceptives and prophylactics instead of for an untested experiment in…

good education, surely they cannot affect the private institutions but, they can still reduce the cost of getting education in the Public Schools. Further, the Government can start schemes for affordable education for all the taxpayers. This will have two effects, the taxpayers will be able to save money to educate their children, and secondly, the taxation money can be used to reduce the costs of getting a good education. Finally when, it is ensured that everyone is getting an education then,…