Should all public transport be free and paid for by the state? | [Edit]Background and Context of Debate:Some governments have considered paying for public transport out of taxpayers’ money‚ making it free. This would take cars‚ along with congestion‚ off our roads‚ and help the environment‚ so many people think it’s a great idea and everyone would be able to see its advantage. However‚ like nearly all policies‚ it does have its cons. This debate article explores that.In Belgium the government
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8/26/2014 Should Cities Pay for Sports Facilities? Share on: E-mail Print T HE REGIONAL ECONOM IST | APRIL 2001 Should Cities Pay for Sports Facilities? By Adam M. Zaretsky "We play the Star-Spangled Banner before every game—you want us to pay taxes‚ too? —Bill Veeck Americans love sports. Watching the home team in any of the four major sports—baseball‚ football‚ basketball and hockey—march to victory in the World Series‚ Super Bowl‚ NBA Finals or Stanley Cup Finals arguably generates more
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Have you ever wondered how much the votes would change if we allowed kids to vote? If kids are able to vote‚ the ballots would change drastically‚ children´s voices would be heard‚ and it might change who won. I believe that kids should be allowed to vote because the ballots would change drastically. Also‚ according to youthrights.org‚ “ People don’t care who votes or how many people vote. In the 1998 elections‚ only 36.1% of the voting age population turned out to vote‚ the lowest percentage since
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that students should be paid for satisfying grades?” A student asks her parents. “Well‚ probably not‚ because it can be used as bribery‚ and students would care more about the accolades than their education.” The parents respond. Paying students may be an exceptional idea‚ but the outcome may not be a good one. It can cause many dilemmas. It can also cause many controversies all around the school. Parents might not approve of this while students definitely will. Paying students money for satisfying
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them that was not enough to revoke the license. "It was surprising to us that they would give him another license‚ given all the information we had for them‚” Pat Mitchell said. These incidents are not surprising to Jerry Wall of Aledo. Wall has a prosthetic leg‚ from a near fatal head-on collision with 82-year-old Vernell Ingram in 2010. "I’ve got a scar almost all the way from my knee up to my pelvis‚" said Wall‚ who spent 25 days in a hospital. Wall was awarded more than $5 million
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Who should pay for worker training? The word training in and of itself can have a wide meaning. However‚ in the context of workforce training it is defined as the training undergone by workers that allows the worker to carry out a job or increase work efficiency (Carliner and William‚ 2015). The cost incurred when training that is usually considered is the money it costs. There are however other costs that are not considered. It can be suggested that the time taken to undergo training and the potential
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March 29‚ 2012 English 112 (B) Research Paper 1 Should We Pay College Athletes? Should we pay college athletes? That is a big topic in NCAA sports right now. People think that college athletes work hard and that they deserve to get paid. Michael Wilbon is one of these people. At first he was against paying college athletes‚ but now he is all for it. He says that he is interested in seeing the people that make revenue share a little piece of it. Then you have people like a reporter from the
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We should keep cars‚ they have been here for so many years. Cars have done a lot of great things to this world. As it states in paragraph 3 Cars let people free‚ people don’t have to live in the city where your job is‚ cars also helped the growth off suburbs. Cars have grown to be so much now you have 100 types of cars to pick from way let all that hard work on cars go to waste? Cars do have some things wrong like the population‚ but nothing is perfect but cars come close! When I’m in my car I
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Michael McHugh Composition II Julie Herskovitz 08/10/2011 Should Governments Legalize and Tax Marijuana? Marijuana Legalization and the Revenue from Marijuana Sales The war on drugs is an expensive battle‚ as a great deal of resources and time go into catching those who buy or sell illegal drugs on the black market‚ prosecuting them in court‚ and housing them in jail. These costs seem particularly exorbitant when dealing with the drug marijuana‚ as it is widely used‚ and is likely no
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killings and mass murders that take place all around the globe. The practice of terrorism has increased exponentially over the past twenty years and is now becoming a major world problem. Terrorists strive for money and they will do virtually anything to get their hands on it. The most popular way of doing this is by taking citizens captive and demanding the families or government to pay a large sum of money for their safe return home. If the government refuses to pay or the ransom is not paid in the given
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