Tobin tax

corporations and pushed policies of deregulation and privatization. They are also worried about Donald Trump and his mission to renegotiate the NAFTA agreement which seeks to have workers turn on each other while the big businesses are charged more tax, which in turn benefits the elite corporate in the U.S and creates an imbalance in economic equality. (IBID). Donald Trump is specifically targeting Canada’s softwood lumber by looking to extract more favourable terms for the U.S. by placing…

Reaganomics or the "trickle-down" policy. Side-supply has three parts: tax policy, regulatory policy and monetary policy. Tax cuts for investors and entrepreneurs gives a greater outcome of benefits for the entire economy. Supply-side economics suggests that the most important thing in economic growth is the production of good and supplies. The more the producers makes of the product and supplies it the more the economy is grow. Tax policy is a choice the goverment makes as to what taxes to…

FEDERAL ESTATE TAX: CURRENT STATUS Proposals to repeal the estate tax in the legislative body of the government were apparent in 2009 but Congress was unsuccessful in the termination of the federal estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes. Consequently, the landscape for the federal estate and GST taxes appears markedly different than it was in 2009, and different from how it is likely to be in 2011. Even though Congress did not reach agreement on the federal estate, GST, and gift…

State lotteries generate billions of dollars a year, but where exactly does all this money go? Many claim that the income generated is beneficial and aids in funding education, programs for senior citizens, and other federal programs. Others claim that the lottery is just away for the government to make more money and has no impact on the funding of federal programs. Charles J. Spindler, author of Lottery and Education: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul, explains that the impact of state lotteries on…

Over the past years the beautiful game of soccer has become very controversial in many ways. One of the biggest controversies is if the English Premier league and other big leagues in Europe. There are so many controversies about this and if it should become mandatory. The first big reason why the English Premier league and all the big european should add the salary cap is because it would get rid of so many debts that these teams have. For example according to Dusan Lucic from Bleacher Report…

The top tier of income earners are allowed so many tax breaks, when that money could be put into public programs to better the lives of everyone (think of schools, libraries, public transportation, etc.). I also think welfare programs are a wonderful way to help people “climb the ladder”, but the stigma…

But using excess amount of tax revenue to cover defaulted or delayed payment seems unfair to the taxpayers. Since this program aims to a small group of people, it cannot be simply treated as a public good. Optimal level can’t be decided by voting since low income population has a…

Child support orders are made as a way to mandate that a child receives financial support from each parent on a fair and reasonable basis. As it has been suggested that Jake will have Samuel for 65% of the time it is likely that an order for child support would go in his favour, with Lana being liable to pay any amount that might be awarded pursuant to s.66C of the FLA. This is determined by: 1. Income, minus a self support amount: First both parents income are considered. Lana earns…

Jean Baptiste Colbert was the financial minister of king Louis XIV. Colbert helped the king in achieving his goals to help France attain economic, political, and cultural brilliance. He pushed mercantilism on France. Colbert believed in the theory of mercantilism. Mercantilism is an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought. There are nine characteristic that…

Domhoff “Who Rules America” and J.Johnson “The One Percent” documentary indicates the connections of the upper class and corporate community through economic and social views. The upper class mostly known as the one percent owns most of the country's wealth. The corporate community are organization that are connect to similar groups and their main purpose that drives them is profit. The upper classes gains new member through participation in their schools, clubs, and other social institutions…