The federal progressive income tax has been an issue that has been argued on the floors of Congress, in front of the United States Supreme Court, in front of television cameras, and around the dinner table. The tax served its purpose in supplementing revenue during the Civil War and World War I,...

Taxes: A Necessity For Everyone Imagine not having to pay taxes. Many of us dream about what we'd do with that solid chunk of money that gets sent away to the government. We don't exactly know where that solid chunk of our earnings goes. What we do know is that it can't go exactly where we want it t...

Tax Cuts When there is a government surplus or an election approaching politicians propose a plan to reduce taxes. In this recent election the two candidates Al Gore and George Bush Jr. have proposed to different plans for these returns given to the U.S. citizens. Even though tax cuts are o...

The so-called \"flat tax\" concept has made the rounds of the U.S. Congress and local, state and regional discussion panels for many years now, but as yet the flat tax has not received enough support to be implemented. Advocates say it is far fairer and healthier for the economy than the current sys...

Introduction Implementing a flat rate tax would greatly improve the economy in theUnited States. A flat tax rate would increase savings, discretionaryspending, and prosperous investments largely by reducing marginal tax ratesand simplifying compliance costs. In addition, any negative impact o...

The popular initiative process has played a role in the evolution of a stronger state presence in local affairs. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the California Constitution was modified with a series of measures approved by the voters that reflected the \"progressive\" mood of the times, ...

Brain Drain and High Taxes: Is there a correlation? Introduction: Campaigners against high taxes use the problem of brain drain as the perfect scapegoat to portray themselves as defenders of national interest. Brain drain is a pejorative description of the tendency for skilled workers to seek...

The United States is an exceedingly unhealthy nation. Its citizens are sufficiently educated to know that their eating habits could lower their life expectancy and decrease their overall quality of life. They may know this: however, the amount of food and the foods themselves that they choose to con...

Tax This! The Declaration of Independence may be the most widely known piece of persuasive writing ever, especially in the United States. Thomas Jefferson was widely respected in the American colonies for his revolutionary principles and his eloquent use of language and words, making him the per...

Most public schools in the United States depend on local property taxes for their initial funding. Admittedly, the wide disparity between schools in the poorest and wealthiest communities is due largely in part to the unequal funding created by unequal property values in said communities. Critics ...

The United States government is expected to receive 1.8 trillion dollars in tax revenue in 2001. After the government spends this initial amount on various federal agencies and programs, they decide how to use the remaining budget. They have estimated a 184 billion dollar surplus this coming year. ...

Dependent on British goods for the survival of their agricultural economy, the Southern States strongly opposed any attempts by Congress to tax foreign and interstate imports. This was seen as a direct affront to the South as well as to states' rights in general. Those who believed in a str...

At the end of the French and Indian war, the British lost more in terms of money and supplies than the American did. The Americans were fighting a defensive war because they could win the war without taking any land. From the events that took place throughout the Revolutionary War, the Britis...

American colonists were denied the rights the deserved, which created the desire for a Revolution. The colonists\' right as English citizens to have a voice in the Parliament was being denied. Taxation, Navigation Acts, and the theory of mercantilism were being forced upon the colonists. The objecti...

Causes of American Revoltuion Life in the colonies, up to 1775 was undisturbed by Britain. Britain had been fighting wars in both Europe and North America, so they didn't concern themselves with the Colonies. When the wars were over Britain was in great debt and they decided to impose taxes o...

The Articles of Confederation, active from March 1, 1781, to June 21, 1788, was the first constitution established in the New World. The articles were drafted by the British colonists in order to help unify the 13 colonies under a common government. This document expressed the form of government the...

The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. This document stated that the American colonies were now the United States of America, and were now an independent country, separate from Britain. This document also explains to the world the reasons for the revolt against the British. T...

The writers of the Declaration of Independence were trying to create a country in which there wasn't an all powerful leader. Their goal was to create a country that instead being ruled by a king, was ruled by an elected official. They believed that a king was too powerful. They specifically at...

The Stamp Act of 1765 was a tax put on the British American colonies, sponsered by George Grenville and was the first direct tax placed on them. Parliament needed means to help fund expensive costs of keeping troops inside the colonies, so they imposed a tax on all of the colonies everyday printed m...

The Stamp Act of 1765 was a tax put on the British American colonies, sponsered by George Grenville and was the first direct tax placed on them. Parliament needed means to help fund expensive costs of keeping troops inside the colonies, so they imposed a tax on all of the colonies everyday printed m...

On Tuesday, February 19, 2013, Barack Obama, President of the United States, presented his State of the Union Address to a joint session of the United States Congress. President Obama began the speech describing several goals that nation already reached - such as businesses having created more than ...

Legalization of Drugs Drug use in the United States is considered to be one of the largest problems in the country. Everywhere one looks, drugs can be seen in one form or another. Illegal drugs may be harder to spot, but they are there, according to the statistics. Many people in the United States...

American\'s first government, The Articles of Confederation, was completely ratified in 1781. Under the Articles of Confederation, the central government was extremely weak. There was no chief executive, no power to levy taxes, and the federal government could not settle foreign affairs along with d...

The American Revolution was a fight between the American colonies and the British Empire that had been brewing for years. Before I begin to discuss certain key elements that jump-started this war, I must discuss what took place beforehand in the New World that set the stage for the Revolution. A war...

There has been a lot of things that led to American Independence. Many things were done by both the colonies and Great Britain that all built up to the Declaration of Independance and the Revolution. Economics, religion, society, and government all had parts in the American Independence. Economi...