Society Articles
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
The final and best means of strengthening demand among consumers and business is to reduce the burden on private income and deterrents to private initiative, which are imposed by our present tax system... -John F. Kennedy Dec. 1962
The Left does not seem capable of coming to grips with the benefits of tax cuts, including reducing the cost of capital to business. One former president, however, understood perfectly.
The individual income tax cuts proposed by JFK took place, after his assassination. While JFK lived, however, and against the advice of many economic advisers, he enacted measures to lower the cost of ... [
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Saturday, October 27th, 2007
What do I know about international relations? I’m no man of the world. I’m not cunning like Richard Perle. I don’t pretend to know anything about the required ingredients for Democratic reform, like so many involved in that budging cottage industry. I have my own, mundane problems to solve.
Still, there’s Saddam Hussein’s execution, weighing on my mind. I suppose it should be since so many of my tax dollars have gone to see it through; since so many of my fellow Americans have died to enact this justice. For what it has cost us all ... [
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
The Death Penalty
While watching the news reports of the execution of Saddam Hussein by hanging it made me think about the death penalty in the United States. The death penalty is meant as punishment and more importantly as a means of deterring others from committing serious crimes.
Based on the ever rising murder rates throughout our country it is my position that the death penalty is not a factor in reducing crime. I firmly believe that the death penalty could act a deterrent if we changed the system that we use to execute condemned inmates.
In the United States, 38 states ... [
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Living with the effects of Attention Deficit Disorder can be overwhelming and enormously demanding. Everyday activities that are barely noticed by other people take on a whole new set of challenges when you have Attention Deficit Disorder. The impact on one’s daily life can really only be understood by those who have also experienced it. For this reason, many who suffer from this condition often find participation in an Attention Deficit Disorder Support Group to be enormously helpful.
Those who have studied Attention Deficit Disorder are unclear as to its origin but are in agreement that it is most likely a ... [
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Long ago there was a treasure-hunting magazine with an article about a house that was being remodeled. It was an old house built at the turn of the century. Construction workers had removed all of the old appliances and then began ripping out the old plaster and lathe. As one wall was being ripped out, small bundles, wrapped in aged white linen cloth came tumbling out. Workers opened the bundles and were stunned at what they found. Inside the bundles was $20,000 in cash and 1000 ounces of gold. The owner apparently stashed the bundles in there and then died, ... [
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Luigi Frascati is a Real Estate Agent based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics and maintains a weblog entitled the Real Estate Chronicle where you can find the full collection of his articles on Real Estate Economics and Finance. Luigi is associated with the Sutton Group, the largest real estate organization in Canada, and is based with Sutton-Centre Realty in Burnaby, BC. [
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