The Progressive

Would you prefer the graduated to flat tax or flat to the graduated tax? The graduated tax system, also known as the progressive tax system of the United States of America, has been in place since the time Abraham Lincoln. Many people disagree with each other that the progress tax system is unfair because tax rates create more of a task on lower income wage earners. Reform is being considered, one plan is the flat tax, which states everyone will pay the same tax rate. Flat tax is better than the…

eventually leading to the unrest of the country and the people whose dignity, pride and the expectation of the American dream was snatched away. The progressivism era was the response of the people to such rapid urbanization and industrialization. Progressives…

"God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself" 2 Corinthians 5:19 "Kingdom of God", according to the interpretation of Christian Tradition and Scripture, was for the Jews particularly as a special message to this group as people of God. The Progressive Theology as liberating experience and the application of the “Kindom” (Kinship, according to Ada Maria Isasi terminology = Family) opens the door for Jesus to people oppressed by suffering, chaos, poverty, prejudice, society and evil. The…

Over the last several years, education in the United States has become a highly politicized topic in which every person has an opinion. Each individual has an idea or new improvement that will help “fix our schools”. This has led the development of No Child Left Behind, the rise of high stakes testing, and idea of nationalized standards. This has also led to a lot of buzzwords being thrown around such as “rigor”, “college readiness” and “growth mindset”. As a nation, we are losing sight of the…

people” (TurboTax). The money that we give to the government is our taxes and while they are bothersome towards the citizens in America, they do help out our government. In America, there are three kinds of tax systems, which are proportional tax, progressive tax, and regressive tax. Even though the government thinks these three systems are equal with one another, I don’t think so as the three tax systems are an economic flaw because they focus too heavily on classes of people and I believe that…

It is 2032 and a guaranteed universal basic income has been in place for about 5 years now. My dad is a doctor and went through 2 medical residencies to get where he is now. He has been in school for as long as I can remember, working hard, studying so much my family barely saw him, he even had to work two jobs when he was in residency so that our family could live comfortably. 6 years ago, all of my dad’s dedication and hard work paid off. He opened his own practice! Back then, we all thought…

The world of education as we know it is a place built on a foundation that is surrounded by enigmas and empty promises. It is for this reason that America has yet to find an effective solution that works for schools nationwide that is “progressive” as well as “consistent” in the field of education. The articles and the book that we have read so far in class have left me a bittersweet taste in my mouth. I think about how far we have come and how many steps we continue taking backwards. The issues…

in WW1 with Germany. His 14 points that was enacted by Congress in 1918 that helped end WW1 helped with expanding freedom of trade which would lead to a new way of Americanism for the roaring 1920’s. All of the presidents were progressives in their own ways since progressives weren’t initially in a group, they had their own innovative ways of trying to advocate for reform; however, they possessed on common goal of…

strial workforce began to become transparent, leading to a push for reforms to fix injustices and restore the economy. The progressives of the early twentieth century took many of the earlier reformer's ideologies, and they transformed these political ideologies into actions. The programs that emerged from the philosophies of the late nineteenth century reformers were the social reform for maltreated populations, the political opposition to big businesses, and the policies implemented for the…

of Alabama, during an interview with PBS, states that “The moral principles of Judeo-Christian ethics demands that our taxes raise a level of revenue embracing the reasonable opportunity for all in that the burden be allocated in a moderately progressive way”. Therefore, as this statement properly…