18 March 2013 Sin Tax Bill: Dashing Expectations How good does the decrease of the number of smokers in the Philippines sound? Moreover‚ wouldn’t an increase in the government’s health care revenue be pleasing to hear? The Sin Tax Bill‚ now signed into law‚ aims to promote health by discouraging vice whilst raising additional revenues for the government’s Universal Health Care Program. It aims to do so by increasing taxes in so-called sin products such as alcohol and cigarettes. The largest percent
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Hawthorne illustrates how Goodman’s views his family‚ as good people and worshipers of god even though they themselves have committed sin either by lashing at a Quaker women
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Sin is the main theme in The Scarlet Letter. All of the characters in the book were somehow affected by the main sin‚ which was adultery. The three main characters were the most widely affected‚ and their whole lives were molded by the way they dealt with the sin. The sin surrounds‚ encloses‚ and strangles them. There was no escaping from its cruel consequences. Hester Prynne’s sin was labeled an adulteress‚ and the result of this was that she had to wear the scarlet letter "A." She feels that
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OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997‚ AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9334‚ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Commonly known as SIN TAX REFORM ACT OF 2012 “Stick to One” OVERVIEW Sin Tax is a tax levied on products or activities‚ which are considered sinful or harmful and considered as objects of social disapproval‚ such as liquor and tobacco. Sin tax or sometimes called sumptuary tax is meant to reduce the consumption of those products or services by taxing them‚ aside from the common
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Based on Dimmesdale‚ what is Hawthorne’s view of sin‚ guilt‚ and the consequences hidden sin? Throughout the novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne constantly references the bible and sin. Hawthorne’s view of sin is that there can be good within sin and vice versa‚ and his view of guilt and hidden sin is that by hiding sin one would feel guilt which would eat them alive. It is believed by many religions that the devil is always trying to tempt you to sin by using things that look appealing. Dimmesdale
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the society. He writes down what he is feeling‚ what he has discovered‚ and what has happened that day. In this society it is considered a sin to do these things. However‚ Equality believes that his actions are not to be considered sins. Equality’s eventual assessment of his sin is correct because by the end of the book he has more experience with these sins. He has gone to the uncharted forest‚ read books from the past and shared his own feelings with no harm. When Equality meets Liberty he starts
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The Scarlet Letter: Tales of Sin and Confession By: Zack Phillips "The happiness of the wicked passes away like a torrent!" This quote from Jean Baptiste Racin summarizes The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne in one sentence. The novel’s main focus is on three main characters and how the sins they commit affect their lives in the strict Puritan town of Boston around the year 1642. Hawthorne was very knowledgeable of his Puritan ancestry and shows it by incorporating some important thoughts
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Porphyria’s Lover: Love‚ Sex‚ and Sin While it is easy to say that this poem is simply a frightening and perverse account of a man who cannot properly express his feelings for a woman‚ it is much more complex. Two major motifs in the poem‚ love and sin‚ create a sense of contradiction. Browning uses this contradiction to explore the relationship between art and morality. The title of the poem leads the reader to believe that the speaker and the woman have been in a relationship for some time. It
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people look at the play and just think that Shakespeare was a weirdo who was obsessed with death. This may have been true‚ but the story can also be viewed as a cautionary tale warning about the danger of committing sin. Although all of the Seven Deadly Sins are represented in “Hamlet”‚ the sin that is most responsible for the death and destruction in the story is wrath because it is shown by Claudius‚ Hamlet‚ and Laertes. Wrath is choosing to respond with hate and anger towards someone rather than responding
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adversely towards most. We would avoid certain people who we find strange. We would treat people differently once we have seen their sins. We would have a very minimized friend group for fear of adding someone who has horribly sinned. We all have certain people we do not particularly like to be around‚ but what if everyone was forced to publically announce their sins by wearing a letter on their breast? Much like in The Scarlet Letter where Hester was forced to wear the scarlet letter “A” on hers
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