Afghanistan Fiscal Policy

Financing the war in Afghanistan is a complex and multifaceted issue where the Canadian government must decide the most efficient and effective approach to disperse its resources; in terms of monetary funding and providing supplementary goods and services. The Canadian government must act, think and approach the issues faced in Afghanistan in an ‘economical manner’, meaning, the Canadian government must “deal with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management” {www.thefreedictionary.com}. This concept is the fundamental principle behind economics and demonstrates how Canada is financing the Afghanistan mission. This report will demonstrate the economical significance of various financing

With the tales of these three individuals told, it is hard not to feel a sense of pity and uncertainty about Afghanistan and especially the United States’ role in Afghanistan. With the consensus of entering Afghanistan originally being to stop terrorism, throughout Gopal’s book it seems that the goal, or better yet, the idea of wiping terrorism away had certainly been lost. No longer does it seem that the United States is helping, rather that the U.S. is one of the main problems in the country. The details and facts listed in the book open a

The Special Inspector-General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s (SIGAR) quarterly report for January is a bleak read. At close to 30%, not only do the Taliban hold more Afghan territory than any time after the 2001 invasion, but "The insurgency is spreading (Afghan forces) thin, threatening rural districts in one area while carrying out ambitious attacks in more populated centers." The Taliban trifecta of high-stakes attacks in late 2015 adds weight to SIGAR’s assessment. Moreover, even before militants briefly overran Kunduz, Kandahar airport and besieged Sangin district, UN figures revealed a 19% increase in “security incidents” between August and October.

A contractionary fiscal policy occurs when government spending is reduced either through from an increase in tax revenues or reduction in public spending and is used in periods in which it seeks slow the growth of aggregate demand. While an Expansionary Fiscal Policy implies an increase in public spending through increases in public spending or lower tax revenues. You can apply expansionary fiscal policies when seeking to increase aggregate demand.

The war between Afghanistan and the United States has been one that has lasted longer than any war; the civil war combined with both World War I and World War II do not match the duration the United States currently faces with Afghanistan. With both countries engaging little to no military conflict, the U.S. continues to be on Afghanistan’s territory, securing the country from the rise of militias potentially threatening our counterpart’s sovereignty. Many people have been arguing whether the US should withdraw from Afghanistan and when. Currently, as the U.S. plans to withdraw from the Afghan nation, the issue is not one that pertains to the U.S. and Afghanistan, for they are not the only two involved. American forces had planned to leave the opponent’s nation but fear the security along with the sovereignty of Afghanistan continues to be one that is porous. The initiation of the war was the 9/11 attack and has been lasting for 13 years. However, many people complain about the extreme high cost of the war The United States should withdraw completely from Afghanistan because of the high cost of the war, popular opinion’s support, and very few al-Qaeda members are left.

Nowadays, Afghanistan can easily be linked to subjects such as war or be seen as a chaoses country, however, Afghanistan is a country of exquisite history and absorbing facts. The country of Afghanistan is located in Southern Asia, bordered by China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran. The land’s hostile mountains and parched deserts surround a great area of Afghanistan's territory. Moreover, the country is separated by the mountain range of the Hindu Kush, due to this mountain range three geographic regions are created. The regions formed are The Northern Plains, The Southwestern Plateau, and The Central

December 2007, a recession happened again in the United States; this lasted until June 2009. In between the years of 1948 to 2011, there have been 10 recessions total.(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2012) The government used a policy called the Fiscal policy which was a starting point of the recovery after the most current recession in 2007. The fiscal policy includes government spending, taxation, and other factors that influence the economy. President Obama was trying to increase aggregate demand by using the Fiscal policy. Aggregate demand is a relationship between the price level and the output of goods as well as services.

Prompt: On balance, did the US policy in Afghanistan from 1979 to 2016 do more harm than good?

The articles that made up the reading for this week deal with the causes of war in Afghanistan today, and shifts in US strategy. They provide different explanations on why the US has maintained a military presence in the country, ranging from terrorism and security to economic and human rights concerns. All of the authors, however, agree that US intervention has largely been a failure, as the US remains no closer to peace than in 2001.

The people of the United States are by the fiscal policies. Team C will address the how and why the U. S. budget deficits, budget surpluses, and debt affect different individuals and institutions. There is a wide array of individuals affected by fiscal policy, which include tax payers, future Social Security and Medicaid users. The unemployed individuals and University of Phoenix students will be affected by fiscal policy. The U.S. financial reputation, an exporter, and importer, and affects of the GDP will also be covered about the affects of the U.S. fiscal policy.

Afghanistan, a small mountainous country in the Middle East has experienced over 80 conflicts in the past 172 years1. The world’s major powers, Britain, the Soviet Union and America have all been to war in Afghanistan and failed to successfully conquer it. The Saur Revolution and following Nuristan Uprisings caused the Soviet Union to send military aid to Afghanistan, however when the aid was not enough to keep Soviet interests in Afghanistan, it launched its invasion. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, expecting a small, decisive victory against what seemed a rebellion compromised of mainly farmers and local tribesmen, the Mujahedeen. However, in the following 9 years, the Soviet Army was trapped in a foreign country against a seemingly

Afghanistan has a high percentage of Muslims in the country, about 99%. This has affected the country a great deal throughout history. The effects of Islam in Afghanistan are numerous, including - but not limited to - The Taliban’s rise to power, the discrimination against different sects of Islam and other religion, and the treatment of women. Many of these effects have lasted for years and have spread throughout the world.

In Afghanistan, opium drug trafficking is present. This form of organized crime is the production of supply and financing of illegal markets in good and services4. With opium being transported from Afghanistan, this unauthorized activity is dominant in the state. Because drug trafficking is prominent in the region, there is an organized threat legitimacy of the state4. Through money lending also being an illegal activity present, the state is unable to protect its citizens against debt settling with children. This type of money lending involves loaning families’ money with a high risk of using their children as goods for trading4. Because of these two illegal acts of organized criminality, traffickers in Afghanistan have the advantage over the state. Thus, through transporting illegal goods and loaning money out to families, these drug traffickers dominate and threaten the Afghanistan

For any economy, fiscal policy has two primary goals, an economic goal and a social goal. Regarding the economic goal, fiscal policy has to ensure suitable and sustainable economic growth rates that maintain unemployment rate at its natural level and at the same time do not generate inflationary pressures. At social level, on the other hand, fiscal policy has to ensure a degree of equity regarding the distribution of incomes in the economy, and to direct considerable part of available resources toward essential investments that provide necessary goods and services consumed mainly by the vast majority of population.

Since the fall of the Taliban and Al-Qaida in 2001 the United States and the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) have been fighting the Al-Qaida and the Taliban insurgents throughout Afghanistan. After 10 years of conflicts, war and deadly clashes between International community, Afghanistan government and the Taliban group today Afghanistan is entering into a new phase by taking security responsibilities from the US and International forces. One of the biggest problems in the history of Afghanistan will be the 2014 Withdrawal of US and International arm forces. The US and ISAF will withdraw around 147000 troops by end of 2014. It will affect Afghanistan in several ways from security to economic to political