United Progressive Alliance

make changes in our country, American history would be almost non-existent. Progressivism has been such a strong and growing ideal in our country that is has not left any Americans affected. From workers, to women’s rights, and even politically, progressive reformers have left no stone in our country unturned. Wherever there was need for improvement and search for equality, activists worked to solve and reform issues in order to make every Americans’ lives better. What we teach the students of…

Throughout the late 18th century and beginning the 19th century America was changing, the country was in need of reform in all parts of society. Individuals who led this movement were known as progressives and they looked for advancement. America’s government was too weak for the second time since 1776, but this time it’s because businesses ran all things. The population as a whole couldn’t see all the problems that take place in America. The age of industrialization brought these issues, lower…

enforcement, educational funding, and criminal containment, to operate. While Americans will never escape the burden of tax, altercations to the current tax system can correct the issues that taxpayers fear. The current US federal income tax is a progressive tax model that utilizes eight tax brackets ranging from 10% for the lowest income earners to 39.6% for the highest income earners. However, recent…

tariff causing items to be more affordable. Wilson was also a supporter of aiding farmers, worker’s compensation, and child labor laws. All these news Act made the bureaucracy more progressive and modern for the time. The incoming amounts of immigrants and the rise of cities along America gave some concern to progressive who advocated for social control.…

The extent to which the government should intervene in the economy is an issue that has been debated for thousands of years across the entire globe. Is the free market more efficient than the government? To what extent are taxes necessary in a functioning society? Is economic liberty more important than economic equality? These are the kinds of questions that have been debated since the inception of this country. Today, Republicans and Democrats are strongly divided on this issue. Democrats…

“The Texas Franchise Tax” is a kind of tax on a person’s or an organization’s money and assets (Ryan, 2014). “In 2013, The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University” analyzed and suggested that it would economically be beneficial to the employers and the poor in Texas if this tax will be removed (Ryan, 2014). The key points of this article are about mutual gain for the employers and the poor, and it mentions that the money would be left in the employers’ pocket if the government would dismiss…

4. Ghana faced a severe flood that was caused by sewage drains being clogged by plastic bags, killing at least 150 people. These plastic bags serve as a concrete symbol of the spending spree Ghana’s rising consumer class has been on over the last decade. Since, Ghana lacks the infrastructure to support the garbage from the increase in spending, the country suffers multiple day blackouts and multiple hour traffic jams, which has stunted the projected growth of the country to only 3.5% this year,…

The progressive era in America was a time for moving forward and updating time worn ways. Starting in 1890, the progressive era spanned 30 years and ended in 1920. The progressive era was supported mostly by middle and upper class citizens because the reforms were not reared toward citizens whose main priority was trying to support their family, such as immigrants or the urban poor. The reformers were more aimed to fixing the issues in the government. Issues such as corruption and bribery were…

they renamed it as, "fair", to persuade the people of America. If the tax was put into place, individual tax returns would be removed and the burdens of the present tax system would disappear. But if an individual tax return were required, for progressive equity, personal tailoring, incentive, relief, and other reasons, it would not be simple. A consumption tax can be easily twisted by future congresses eager to raise it in return for favors handed out to a certain group of the electorate.…

Americans always want to pay low taxes, especially the rich who make millions or even billions and complain about how it 's hurting their businesses. However in reality taxes on the rich are among the lowest they have ever been. America has seen a steady tax decline on wealthy Americans since the Reagan administration while wages for the middle class have barely increased after adjusting for inflation. All while the rich claim that decreased taxes on the rich will lead to a better economy but…