John Smith tax issue: 1a). How is the $300‚000 treated for purposes of federal income tax? The $300‚000 that John Smith received would be treated as income. According to the IRS‚ income is classified as “earned income includes all the taxable income and wages you get from working‚” such as: • wages‚ salaries‚ tips‚ and other taxable employee pay; • union strike benefits; • long-term disability benefits received prior to minimum retirement age; • net earnings from self-employment‚ such as own
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Smith Goes to Washington. In summation‚ this movie shows an idealistic‚ unpolitical man who is appointed as a US Senator by a manipulative party. Smith proposes a bill to start a camp in his state; unfortunately‚ the development of the camp will interfere with another bill regarding the creation of a dam in the same area‚ which is actually a ruse for the manipulative party to make money. Once Smith discovers this‚ he does everything in his power to
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Tort Laws | Tort Laws | Tort laws in the working world | | Janeen Abdo | Rasmussen CollegeNovember 04‚2012Authors Note: | This research is being submitted on November 04‚ 2012‚ for Larry Cooperman FAL12-6WS1-B371-04 Research and Report Writing course. | | Have you ever seen the commercials for a lawsuit based on a disease cause from working with asbestos or heard of law suit for unlawful termination; these are tort laws that make these lawsuits happen. The definition of a tort law
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When dealing with rape trial cases‚ lawyers utilize linguistic methods and antiquated rape laws to control their cross-examination and frame their desired version of the case to their benefit. Rape trials are viewed more leniently and victim blaming is present when these circumstances revolve around an acquaintance rather than a stranger. An analysis was focused on the Kennedy Smith rape trial‚ where the role of the defense lawyer’s ‘controlling’ act was examined. It was noted that syntactic repetition
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markets and horizontal relationships that Adam Smith proposed were intended to afford all citizens the opportunity for economic growth and success. However‚ I firmly believe that our modern system of capitalism falls short of that envisioned by Adam Smith‚ especially regarding wages. Smith believed that if an individual worked diligently‚ the compensation for such labor should be more than sufficient to sustain the needs and well-being of a family. Adam Smith maintained that the purpose of government
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When I was reading my American literature book about John Smith it made my eyes open very wide on for the fact reading what I read in high match but some was left out. I think from the reading on John Smith a reliable narrator. The reason I think this is because he is clearing up myths about America. I think the way The Native Americans were treated was horrible when I was reading about John Smith. One thing I liked about John Smith is he liked to be at every moment of action or opportunity to
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In the book‚ Just Kids‚ Patti Smith elaborates on the successes and struggles that she and Robert Maplethorpe experienced throughout their amateur life in New York City. These two icons lived in the city during the 60s‚ 70s‚ and parts of the 80s — an era of counter-culture where rebellious artists took up various drugs and acted out against the government. Ranging from music‚ art‚ photography‚ and filmmaking‚ they were molded into the individuals they turned out to be in the end. The duo lived in
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Both Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and John Smith hold different attitudes regarding their accounts of Indian life. The difference in attitudes may have resulted from the difference in treatments that each man received while in captivity. De Vaca’s experience is a humbling one. His account of Indian life is written in a thoughtful manner‚ and he describes the Indians kindly. While he describes his captivity as “melancholy and wretched” (De Vaca 34)‚ it’s clear that he harbors no ill feelings towards
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By most accounts‚ Bessie Smith was a rough‚ crude‚ violent woman. She was also one of the greatest Blues singers of the 1920s. The road that took her to the title “Empress of the Blues” was not an easy one. It was certainly not one of the romantic "rags to riches" tales that Horatio Alger made popular during her time. For a young black woman from the South the journey was anything but easy‚ and it would require a special kind of person‚ and Bessie Smith was definitely that. She was a woman who fought
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by Captain John Smith. John Smith was a soldier‚ explorer and an adventurer. Smith was the leader of Jamestown from 1607 to 1608. Many of the settler were not fond of Smith because of his strict discipline government policies. Smith believed if he would have remain leader of Jamestown the people would have experienced better conditions than what they did. John Smith returned to England in 1608 after a gunpowder accident. George Percy took over control of Jamestown after John Smith. George Percy was
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