United Progressive Alliance

The progressives consisted of a group of people who were dedicated to reforming the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The era was termed as progressivism and was meant to respond to the economic and social issues emanating from industrialization within America. As stated by Robert Higgs, the period was a “Bridge to Recent Times.” This is because approaches toward proper government roles were moving from the partial kind favored during the 19th century to the expounded ones…

Wealth Inequality in America is Justified Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”(goodreads.com). We are all handed a card when we are born, some are handed a life in wealth while some are born into less fortunate situations. The American Dream is that one will be prosperous and have the equal opportunity for upward mobility. The card you are dealt at birth determines this, meaning that the American Dream is not equally…

As the nation continues its incessant progression, one must not forget the foundational framework of history that influenced the structure of present-day America. Dismissing the 19th century and welcoming the 20th, the Progressive Era and the Gilded Age saw a rise in economical growth and brought an emergence of social advances that offered America the opportunity to flourish into the nation of achievable dreams. The “american dream” was desired by all, even by those across sea. It’s true, the…

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…

Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage. 2016. Taxing the Rich: A History of Fiscal Fairness in the United States and Europe. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN: 9780691165455, 288 pp., $29.95 (hardcover). Reviewed by Paul Walker, West Virginia University An incredibly relevant and much debated topic in the political realm is the question of how much of the tax burden should fall on the rich. This question has many important facets from what loopholes exist in the complex US tax…

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…

Progressive Education Final Common Assignment Progressive education has maintained an important and extensive influence on American schooling. Planting its roots in the late 19th century, “the progressive education movement was an integral part of the early twentieth-century reform impulse directed toward the reconstruction of American democracy through social, as well as cultural, uplift.” (Gavin Loss, Catherine; Loss, Christopher P. 2002) Led by the ideas of forerunners John Locke and…

Chapter 3. The 1980s Trouble On The Oil Front, Then A Short Span Of Economic Improvement … In the 1980s, economic improvement in the US followed President Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts and Paul Volcker’s defeat of runaway inflation. These achievements led to a fairly solid economy that lasted for a few years. By 1980, it was generally understood that price controls and minimum wage increases were not the answer. Thus, adjustments were made soon after President Reagan took office in 1981. Reagan…

rights. Today many people are concerned about this concept of inequality and how it relates to people economically. There have been countless numbers of initiatives to close the gap between the different socio-economic classes. Having a more progressive tax system and raising minimum wage are the two most common tools that the public look to in order to make our society more equal. However, the issue of inequality is becoming more blurred. As David Weisbach pointed out in his lecture, when…

According to Community Guide rules of evidence, these results constitute strong evidence that raising alcohol excise taxes is an effective strategy for reducing excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. The impact of a potential tax increase is expected to be proportional to its magnitude and to be modified by such factors as disposable income and the demand elasticity for alcohol among various population groups. The reviewed studies provide consistent evidence that higher alcohol prices…