Leonard Rids Reflection

Since the creation of the United States, they loathed taxes, especially when the British taxed them without any representation. The United States anger towards taxes started the American Revolution; However, the United States needed some form of taxes to pay for the military. The military and several other things are what makes a country; however, there are some things that taxes pay for that should either be terminated or improved. A few things that taxes pay for does not contribute to the economy, instead, it costs the taxpayers excessive amount of tax money. In order for the country to decrease taxes or contribute to more education, security, and modern infrastructure, they need to terminate or improve the welfare and the war on drugs.

Socialism along with many other ideologies has a vast number of different strands and with a couple of different roads to achieving what is fundamentally socialism. Socialism being the ideology that utilises collectivisation to bring people together and to unite people by their common humanity. The two most obvious roads of socialism would be that of revolutionary socialism and also that of evolutionary socialism. This are taken on by two different types of socialists, revisionist socialists and fundamentalist socialists. Revolutionary socialism is the belief that capitalism can only be overthrown by revolution against the current political system. To them

In Socialism, I think life can be better for everyone. The wealth of our country would be equally distributed among each other. No one will be living on the streets or be homeless. There was this article called Socialism, American-Style by GAR ALPEROVITZ and THOMAS M. HANNA that showed an important point. ‘Such “socialism, American style,” can produce odd reversals of conservative-liberal political

Lewis. This paper will analyze the argument of the passage above by parsing it, examining formal and informal proof, while also discussing its fallacies.

The federal and state governments provide the American citizens with all of the basic necessities within our communities and society that is taken for granted. Programs responsible for assistance in times of need, providing a quality standard of living, and maintaining the strongest military in the world costs incomprehensible amounts of money and could never exist without taxes from the American people. Taxes are payments made by individuals and businesses to support the government and its services. The constitution grants that congress “shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises and to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the people”. Taxes paid by Americans redistribute

“Socialism is a system or theory in which the government owns and controls the means of production (as factories) and distribution of goods.” (Arnold, 2016). Some people would prefer a socialist country as they have a say in what happens to the productivity and economic decisions. Countries that live in such a society have the advantages of elimination of unemployment as well as economic equality (relating to taxes and welfare). During the ‘Great Depression’ in the early Thirties, when all countries of the world were under the grip of depression and unemployment, Russia was markedly unaffected by the worldwide depression; the reason being the socialistic type of economy which protected against business end economic instability. (kudya, 2017) a socialist country has some disadvantages along with their merits, a few examples are the loss of efficiency and productivity securing labor efficiency is difficult in socialistic country workers don’t get paid by productivity, in fact, everyone gets paid the same income so why would a labourer

However, believers in socialism would completely disagree with this ideal. Socialism is the economic system in which the workers, instead of a rich minority of entrepreneurs, own all industry. Workers receive the full fruits of their labors instead of being given miniscule compensation for backbreaking labor. Since the people are paid well for their work, work becomes a cooperative entity where people come to rely on one another and people actually are more inclined to do their fair share to help the advancement of society as a whole.

One of the main principles that socialism was built upon, the principle that people should cooperate to improve their society, causes some problems. Such as the community that was formed in 1825, New Harmony Indiana. This was a utopian community that was founded by Robert Owen as an experiment to see if a community could survive based upon utopian ideals. This community failed because it lacked the skills needed in order to thrive. It also failed because it’s cooperation could only go so far. So socialism can only go so far to try to improve society before it starts having some major

Socialism is defined as a centrally planned economy in which the government controls all means of production. Basically, the government is in control of all business in the country that adopts it as an economic strategy, in our case, The United States of America. Now when we dissect this idea of socialism we find that there are to thought processes behind it. Some truly believe that socialism could truly be the answer to the problems of our nation, both economically and morally. These people try to push socialist policies in hopes of helping the nation and they are doing so with the purest of intentions. However, there are also the people who completely understand what socialism leads to, and want nothing more than to gain while others

Equality of man is a foundation for any true liberal democracy. It is not surprising that both documents, The Declaration of Independence, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man, establish the idea of equality as an intrinsic right for individuals. However, to fully understand the meaning of equality for each author, it is necessary to recognize the sizeable contradiction surrounding the time each declaration was written. In Colonial America, the authors of the Declaration proclaim, “all men are created equal,” with the, “unalienable rights,” of, “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness” (US 1776). While in France on the verge of creating a new government

Socialism Violates personal freedom. It eliminates “injustice” by transferring rights and responsibilities from individuals and families of the state. It completely stops true

In this essay, I will take into account Russel and Coplestone's debate about the Metaphysical Argument. I will be arguing my opinion that Russel's view on the matter is right. First, I will briefly discuss both philosopher's take on the argument before I begin discussing my reasons for picking Russel. I will also take into consideration what someone taking Coplestone's side might respond to my opinions and defend myself.

Taxes have always been a contentious issue of debate in the United States; furthermore it is exacerbated by the specific philosophy of individuals, states, and regions. Too be clearer, nobody enjoys paying taxes, however it is the cost we pay for having civilization. Nevertheless, selfishness creeps in to many individuals who feel no particular benefit. Taxes have a real way of polarizing many people from different socio-economic backgrounds, because a tax is inexorably linked to a person’s belief-system. For instance, in the context of social welfare policy liberals are inclined to feel that the tax-burden should be heaped on individuals who have benefited the most from “the system”. On the other hand, we have conservatives who feel they did not receive any support, and all that is necessary is hard work and perseverance to succeed. I am not suggesting either one is correct; it is only a simple illustration to show the relation between pocketbook and personal belief. I hope studying the tax structures of New Jersey and Alabama will give me insight they both reconcile their political beliefs with their individual tax structures.

Socialism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital and derives its wealth through exploitation.

When the government gets involved and taxes goods and services, it raises revenue for the government, decreases the quantity of goods produced and consumed and therefore, both consumers and the producer of the good will pay, splitting the costs of the tax and leveling up with society’s.