is a tax based on the quantity produced. It is not a function of the value of the product being taxed. Cigarettes are a product being taxed in such category. The use of specific tax could have been a good idea since it is evident that even though the Philippines is a small country‚ it is the 12th largest in the cigarette industry with an annual volume of around 85 billion sticks of cigarettes. At P1.00 per stick‚ it could easily translate to P85 billion tax revenue and yet we had only collected
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Sanchez‚ an illegal alien due for his sixth deportation‚ sanctuary cities such as San Francisco continue to evade federal law. The continued existence of these municipalities violates numerous laws pertaining to and abiding by the United States Constitution under Article I‚ Section 8 and Article VI‚ Section 2‚ Clause 4. It cannot be dismissed that while the United States Constitution addresses immigration and the citizenship process‚ it does not directly address the processing of illegal aliens in
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About ten million cigarettes are sold around the world on a daily basis. Facts like that make one wonder of the effects that come along with smoking cigarettes. Although cigarette consumption is a growing market around the world‚ its production and sale should be made illegal due to its addictive additives‚ the physical toll it take on one’s body and the growing use of e-cigarettes. Addiction is a condition that results in a recurring behavior of a pleasurable substance or activity that becomes
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The struggle of an American beauty Everyone in the world seem to struggle with some type of obstacle in their life. What matters most is what you do with that struggle. In the picture candy cigarette by sally Mann it shows a young girl who is being deviant to the fact that she is facing hardship and poverty. It also shows how the lack of parental guidance could play a big factor into her struggles. On the other hand‚ there are evidence that shows that someone is helping them through the struggle
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No Smoking in non-smoking designated areas In discussions of smoking electronic-cigarettes‚ or e-cigs‚ in designated smoking areas‚ one controversial issue has been that the vapor coming from the e-cigs does not cause damage to a person’s health. On the other hand‚ the vapor coming from the e-cigs contends quite an overwhelming amount of damage to a person’s health. Others even maintain that smoking e-cigs help people with a smoking problem stop smoking. My own view is that‚ although e-cigs help
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much as was donated to all the churches and religious organizations in the nation. The July 10‚ 1989‚ issue of Time magazine reported that the yearly gambling estimate had increased greatly. The estimated amount of money changing hands each year in illegal betting alone surpasses our national debt‚ which is $2.15 trillion. Here is a basic fact. If you forget everything else in this report‚ remember this: Every time someone wins at gambling‚ someone else loses. If one man wins a million dollars in a
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English 102 25 June 2013 Illegal Immigration Illegal Immigration has been a problem for a very long time now in the United States. It has also been a very controversial subject for as long as I can remember. Illegal immigration goes back hundreds and thousands of years. Living in such an anti-illegal immigration state has been tough‚ there is always something about illegal immigration laws going on‚ and politics talking about it and the saddest part families being separated‚ daily. In
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Illegal immigration “Education Benefits for Illegals?”‚ written by Ralph P. Anderson‚ discusses weather or not offer free education to the children of illegal aliens. The author expressed his view for the government should not provide free education to the illegal children because of lack of education fee and space for these children. In this case‚ different people hold different views about whether or not denying free education to the children of illegal immigrants. Some people
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Illegal Immigration Illegal immigration has been an ongoing problem for Americans. It refers to the entry of foreign citizens into a country without legal documents. In addition‚ illegal immigration is the continuous stay of a person in a foreign county with an expired visa. Illegal immigration has both pros and cons to any given country including the United States of America. The main merit of illegal immigration is boosting of the economic growth and creating diversity in the economy. On the other
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In the chapter‚ “The Cigarette” Satrapi uses a brilliant job of conducting image analysis within the reader by using extensive use of scale. One of the main ideas of this chapter is to describe how disgusted Satrapi is with the decisions the government is making: “When I think we could have avoided it all… It just makes me sick. A million people would still be alive.” (Satrapi 116) On this full page spread‚ Satrapi demonstrates her use of scale in multiple ways. First‚ Satrapi depicts a large amount
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