A flat tax is a system that applies the same tax rate to every taxpayer regardless of income bracket. Typically‚ a flat tax applies the same tax rate to all taxpayers‚ with no deductions or exemptions allowed‚ but some politicians such as Ted Cruz and Rand Paul have proposed flat tax systems that keep certain deductions in place. Most flat tax systems or proposals do not tax income from dividends‚ distributions‚ capital gains and other investments. Supporters of a flat tax system propose that it
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“The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. It was created in 1913‚ with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act. Its duties today are to conduct the nation’s monetary policy‚ supervise and regulate banking institutions‚ maintain the stability of the financial system and provide financial services to depository institutions‚ the U.S. government‚ and foreign official institutions.” The constitutionality of the Federal Reserve System (FED) has been a topic of
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controversy in college football since it was created in 1998. This system was set in order for the top two BCS college football teams to meet in the national championship and there are 8 other teams that play in four other BCS bowl games. There was much debate for several years whether there should be a playoff system‚ which will allow many teams to qualify for the National championship‚ as opposed to just two teams. Now that the playoff system has been established the question arises regarding the overall
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The Criminal Justice System Is Biased To begin with‚ in today’s society‚ the Criminal Justice system is broken. A person’s trial can have a different outcome depending on their ethnicity. Statistics prove that all races are not treated equally‚ whites always have an advantage for being the dominant group in the U.S. At this period in time‚ there has been a lot of shootings involving African Americans the most. In various incidents‚ law enforcement officers state that they felt that their life was
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the American education system struggling? This is the question that has been brought up multiple times in recent years. Nothing has been done to improve the quality of our education despite the many complaints revolving around it. Steps must be taken in order to come about a change such as: in the classrooms to improve work ethic‚ introducing creativity‚ and changing the current grading system. The level these steps are currently at is damaging the American education system. A major problem with our
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been anything close to a pure and total democracy is debatable. There has never been universal suffrage. The result in 2000 election led many people to call for Electoral College reform or a change to a direct popular vote system. No major changes have yet been made to the system; the electoral college remains the “democratic” way we elect the President of the United
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a child. Children are held back by their mothers‚ just as Americans are held back by their own government. Our healthcare system is not only extremely expensive‚ but almost useless‚ and our educational system doesn’t get our kids anywhere. As great as America may seem‚ our educational system is flawed and our healthcare system is getting us nowhere. Our educational system in America is highly inefficient. It focuses more on standardized testing than it does on helping the students understand the
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illness and the crimes that are related. In order to truly make the American education system equal the schools with a lower graduation rates would be required to reach outside their means of teaching the children and first teach the parents how to parents and raise successful young adults. In many cases schools simply cannot reach the homes and are set to fail. In an attempt to revamp the education system in a very controversial way is the
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ompetency-based pay systems have several pros and cons for both the employees and the employer. Within this pay system there would be no seniority factor. This factor would be eliminated because the importance is placed on the employee’s ability and competency of the employee to do the job. This pay system provides an incentive to achieve. This incentive drives the employees to achieve at a greater level because they would be paid for the achievements that they accomplish. A cultural improvement
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should learn from other contries’ healthcare systems. What our government must learn from USA healthcare system is to support the idea of getting access to universal coverage‚ so that this access to healthcare becomes a fundamental right. we can also raise our quality service standards in order to reach those of USA. It is good that we can also learn from USA’s mistakes‚ the most two common mistakes are: the unstable plans regarding the healthcare system‚ and the high costs of healthcare services.
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