they were not getting equal pay for equal work. Even with the passage of the Equal Work Equal Pay Act of 1963‚ employers still see women as lessor of an employee. However‚ as the job landscape changes from manufacturing to more technology based jobs‚ women have started a new educational revolution by retooling and going back to school to prepare for jobs of the future. Meanwhile‚ men are slow to adapt and are starting to go backwards. Within the next decade the gender pay gap that does exist today
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Poll: Most Oppose Tax on Junk Food This poll was taken as part of CBS News’ "Where America Stands" series‚ an in-depth look at where the country stands today on key topics and an outlook for the future decade. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most Americans want to lose weight‚ a new CBS News poll finds – but they do not favor a tax on junk food and do not believe that such a tax would help lower obersity. The poll results reveal that the vast
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that churches should be tax exempt‚ it is apparent that if a church requires the same infrastructure as any other taxpaying enterprise‚ it should not be free from from paying taxes. All of which is demonstrated through the unbiased facts in Source A‚ the logical presentation of Source C‚ and the hardly opinionated Source G‚ which all include a sense of responsibility and equality. Although it is thought by many believers‚ such as in Source B‚ that churches should be tax exempt because
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Writing Assignment #3: Should obese people pay higher health insurance premiums than people who are not obese? - Rishard Rheyas Obesity has become a serious problem with more than one third of adults being obese in the United States. Obesity is seen as a self-destructive behavior accompanied with smoking and use of other drugs thus‚ government officials and other business bureaucrats expressed the need to impose higher health insurance premiums on the obese. Obesity is not always due to the personal
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Persuasive Essay Churches should be tax exempt for the good they do for the community around them. Some feel that the Church should pay taxes. Those people believe that the Church should not receive “special treatment” and should pay taxes like everyone else. If the Churches were to pay taxes‚ that would mean that the government was controlling the Church. Since the year 1894 Churches have been tax exempt as a way of separating the Church from the state. The Churches being tax exempt shows that religion
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Tax Avoidance Analysis Tax Avoidance is a legally manipulation for the corporations to lower their tax bill by structuring transactions‚ is also called tax planning. Different with Tax Evasion‚ the Tax Evasion is Criminal and completely illegal. And in generally‚ company which have more profit should have higher tax rate‚ but with the growth of the company‚ many tax avoidance strategy were used by management as result of minimize the tax bills and also without obey the law‚ There are 3 strategies
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The Government Should Pay for Healthcare The costs of affordable health care and government run healthcare have become an enormous political argument over the past few years. The healthcare debate dates back to 1934‚ when President Franklin D. Roosevelt included government-funded healthcare in his "New Deal" as a part of his social security legislation. Government run healthcare has been debated many times. Many people believe that government run healthcare is a mistake. Many believe that
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‘The social life of smokers: Processes of exchange in a heroin marketplace‚’ (Dwyer‚ R. 2011) is a controversial study about the development of heroin users and dealers‚ exposing their everyday lives‚ practices‚ and struggles. Dwyer argues that illegal drug marketplaces are formulated through ’complex and dynamic social processes and relations.’ However‚ he accentuates the prevailing notions of drugs and markets that we perceive as ’driven by the mechanism of supply and demand‚ ignoring the fundamental
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Persuasive Speech Tax on Cigarettes I. Opening Statement of Interest- Imagine every year a town the size of Bakersfield disappearing‚ well you don’t have to imagine because it’s happening already. A. Speaker Credibility- According to Centers for disease control and prevention 443‚000 people die prematurely from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke‚ another 8.6 million people live with a serious illness caused by smoking. Despite the factors of smoking 46.6 million adults in the
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THE TAX LAWS SHOULD BE REFORMED TO ENCOURAGE SAVING A nation’s saving rate is a key determinant of its long-run economic prosperity. When the saving rate is higher‚ more resources are available for investment in new plant and equipment. A larger stock of plant and equipment‚ in turn‚ raises labor productivity‚ wages‚ and incomes. It is‚ therefore‚ no surprise that international data show a strong correlation between national saving rates and measures of economic well-being. If a nation’s laws
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