Flat Tax The Flat Tax Debate The National Center for Policy Analysis reviews Texas Republican Dick Armey’s flat tax proposal to reform the current taxation system in the United States. This information can be located on the world wide web at http://www.ncpa.org under the article titled, “The Armey Flat Tax.” The National Center for Policy Analysis is a credible, non-partisan site

Focus Groups Can the rhetoric of experimentation be used to improve the practice of focus groups' Professors’ instructions—Talk about external and internal validity, the threats and three ways of dealing with them. (Experimental Control, Pre Test Post Test, Randomization matching & combinations of them. What are the shortcomings in doing a focus group' What are the problems' Give i

Francisco Franco FASCIST SPAIN The Rise of Francisco Franco A cruel militaristic dictator is emerged when a broken Spain becomes a republic. 1931 king Alfonso XIII resigns and goes into exile. However the country is unable to maintain any political stability. A temporary administration is replaced first by a republican left government in October 1931 then a conservative government

Freedom And Equality' What is the relationship between freedom and equality' The relationship between freedom and equality is a complicated one, as it is something people have struggled for since the beginning of time and to continue to struggle for today. These two terms are closely connected, though not inseparable. Equality has a fairly simple meaning. It is likeness or sameness

Freedom In America Have you ever thought about not having the freedoms that you have today' What would it be like if no one fought for our rights or freedoms' Freedom is knowing who you really are. Freedom means so much to me, and I don’t know what I’d do without it. We, the people of the United States, have many different freedoms, which most people take for granted. Therefore, I will a

Freedom Of Speech What Freedom of Speech Means to Me To me, having the right of freedom of speech means that I can voice my opinion wherever and whenever I feel the urge to without the fear of being prosecuted. The United States would be in an extremely weak state if citizens did not have the right to freedom of speech. Without freedom of speech in our Bill of Rights, people could not n

Freedom Of Speech Freedom of Speech Along with being an American citizen comes certain rights. However at times these rights seem to be limited due to beliefs and customs of others. In a perfect society everyone would be able to express themselves however they see fit, except we do not live in a perfect society and therefore certain provisions need to be made in order to create peac

Freedoms Obligation Freedoms Obligation I don’t think freedom has an obligation. Everyone in America has some sort of freedom and everyone is entitled to some sort of freedom, so that is why we as Americans should not think freedom has an obligation. We were born in freedom and I hope we will die in freedom. I think the only obligation freedom has is to never leave. I think we are

Gambino V. United States Gambino v. United States Argued Oct 12 and 13th 1927 Decided Dec. 12 1927 SUMMARY On August 1, 1924 Gambino and Lima were both arrested by two New York state troopers . They were driving near the Canadian border when their car was searched with out a warrant and intoxicating liquor was found and was taken. The liquor and other property taken was immediately turne

Gambling Many kids in the United States grow up playing some form of organized sports. Whether an individual or team sport, sports are purest at this young age. There is an emphasis in the United States to be successful in sports. Success is defined as a degree of measure (Webster’s Dictionary). Most athletes measure success in millions of dollars. Only 5.8% of all high school footba

Biological Terrorism The President’s FY 2003 budget, which was delivered to Congress yesterday, increases funding by 319% to help defend America against bioterrorism. President Bush proposes $5.9 billion in bioterrorism funding, an increase of $4.5 billion from the 2002 level. These funds will be used to improve America’s state and local hospitals and health systems, improve response

Gingrich Revolution The Gingrich Revolution The Gingrich Revolution changed congress in a major way. During the Gingrich revolution, Newt put together a strong coalition of “freshman pit bulls” to push through all his legislation. Because of this, he all but eliminated the need for Committees. Instead of Committees, he had everything brought before the House floor, and with his contro

Gentrification Gentrification is defined by the Random House Webster’s Dictionary as the upgrading of run down urban neighborhoods by affluent people who buy and renovate the properties, thereby displacing the resident poor. All over the country, the cycle of gentrification is displacing lower-income residents. In most American cities, as sociologist William Julius Wilson has argued, de

Global Globalization The idea of globalization is a greatly misconstrued, detrimental policy to those countries and people outside of the North American sphere of life. Today there is much controversy over economic globalization concerning free trade and fair trade. This is a very powerful debate because it concerns globalization and whether or not dominant, developed countries are bei

Give Us An Offer We Cannot Refuse Make Us An Offer We Cannot Refuse— How the Utility Market Can Be Set Up To Provide Reasonable Prices In the United States, we have already seen significant developments in “unbundling” activities of former monolithic utility industries. This is not just a matter of identifying the separate activities and hiving off those that are supplying into pote

Glass Despite all of the political forces on the side of women who attempt to break through the glass ceiling, limited progress has been made. Numerous studies lament the virtual absence of women in the elite tier of corporate positions: chief executive officer, chairman, president, and executive vice president. Unfair employment practices strengthen the glass ceiling and hinder the ad

Good And Bad Points Of War The Positive Points of the War War can have many good points. War can lead to peace. Even though we may not be the country or people who are being directly attacked by Saddam Hussein, we choose to help the Iraqis who are being attacked by him. The people of Iraq cannot protect themselves so American and British troops have gone overseas to fight for these

Birmingham Jail Letter From Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King Jr., while serving as the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, went to Birmingham to undertake in a nonviolent organization against racial discrimination. While organizing the group with a few of his co-workers they are thrown in jail. Birmingham is one of the leading cities for racial discrimination

Governorship There are many aspects of government and politics. One of these aspects, that tends to most often be overlooked, but is extremely important is the Governorship. Governors play a major role in shaping many facets of government. The office of governor is one of high-pressure, and it is demanding not only emotionally, but physically as well. There seems to be a trend amo

Goverment Securities Government Securities Many of us, at one time in our life, have thought of a savings plan or some form of financial investment. While some people think either the complexity of investments or the lack of funds with which to invest is a deterrent, this is the best opportunity to join the many Americans who have already started their savings plan by purchasing U

Goverment Summary The struggle over who gets what, when, and how is largely carried out in the mass media. Media power is concentrated in the leading television news networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN), national newspapers (Washington Post, New York Times, Wall St. Journal), and newsmagazines (Newsweek, Time, U.S. News & World Report). Television is the first true mass communication medium bec

Government Is Failing Us Modern Democracy is Failing Us Since democracy’s first conception in Ancient Greece, over 2500 years ago, it has evolved quite a bit, but the fundamentals have stayed the same. Recently, a different sort of evolution has dawned on our political system, one driven by fear, terror and greed. In these new circumstances, both radical and progressive changes to the

Government Spending Every day, the government wastes your money. Even as you sleep, eat, shower, brush your teeth, work, or shoot pool on the weekends, your money is being thrown away under false pretenses, without your knowledge. Social Security is a financial drain on you; the government takes your money, uses it for the benefit of others, and leaves you high and dry. The ‘others’ are

Incivility Incivility "Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion, and character." Apparently when President Bush said this in his Inaugural Address last year not too many people were paying attention. In fact, a study conducted by the Pew Charitable Trusts shows that 79% of the Americans surveyed consider rudeness and lack

Gulf Of Tonkin During the spring of 1964, military planners had developed a detailed design for major attacks on the North, but at that time, President Lyndon B. Johnson and his advisers feared that the public would not support an expansion of the war. An incident in the Gulf of Tonkin served to justify escalation of the U.S. effort. On Aug. 2, 1964, an American destroyer in internat

Gun Control Controlling sales and the registration of guns and owners is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns and the violence caused by criminals using guns. Since the early days of the United States, firearms have been part of the American tradition as protection and as a means of hunting or sport. As we near the end of the 20th century the use of guns has changed sign

Gun Control Gun Control Defining gun control is like defining our constitutional rights. In our constitution, the second amendment states, “a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Now how one interprets this right is the question. Who can say what a well regulated militia act

Gun Control Gun Control You’re sleeping in your bed late one night, when you hear breaking glass and the footsteps of an intruder in your home. You, fearing for the safety of your family, AND your possessions, not knowing what their intentions are, can do a few things, depending on how prepared you were for the situation. Most people think Gun control saves lives, and you may belie

Gun Control At the end of the summer of 2000, a naked man broke into a Merced, California, home and used a pitchfork to stab to death 9-year old Ashley Carpenter and her 7-year-old brother, John. Three other sisters barely escaped, with two “bleeding from dozens of puncture wounds.” Little Ashley bravely slowed down the killer as she held on to his leg while screaming, “Stop.” Her acti

Hamilton Versus Jefferson Hamiltonian vs. Jeffersonian Concept of the United States Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson both had concepts that were accurate towards the long-range view of the United States. But it seems that Jeffersonian or Anti-Federalists concepts of the United States is the one that lasted in the long run even though some of the Hamiltonian ideas stayed inta