Agenda‚ Volume 5‚ Number 1‚ 1998‚ pages 49-60 Abolishing Income Tax Deductions for Work-Related Expenses Jonathan Baldry NDER the Australian personal income tax‚ wage and salary earners are allowed to claim tax deductions for work-related expenses (WREs). In income year 1993/94‚ 67 per cent of wage and salary earners (59 per cent of all personal income taxpayers) claimed deductions for WREs amounting to $4.86 billion‚ or 2.6 per cent of total declared wages and salaries. The most important
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The novel‚ The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ is about Ponyboy Curtis who is a fourteen-year old who goes on a journey through depressing times. Now his older brother‚ Darry‚ is responsible for Ponyboy and his other older brother‚ Sodapop. Ponyboy is a greaser on the west side of town and with his friends that have bad reputations‚ things could get out of hand. Throughout the book‚ there are big decisions being made whether to go one way or the other. Making one decision could influence how another decision
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Because of the negative effects of casinos‚ the government should ban them from populated areas in the United States. Gambling is a growing addiction in America‚ and casinos will only provide residing citizens with a larger opportunity to progress in their gambling addictions and allow room for others to gain the ensnaring addiction. Gambling addiction is also called compulsive gambling or pathological gambling. It also is said to be a disease‚ like its neighboring addiction/sickness‚ alcoholism
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physically able to do the job at hand. One example of this would be women in the military‚ specifically women in combat. There are many pros and cons about the subject and frankly‚ it could be considered a controversial issue because there are so many different viewpoints on it. After doing extensive research on the subject‚ I’ve found a few articles that state both pros and cons of women in combat. It has been an eye opening subject to read about after knowing that there are some articles that have been
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Pros and Cons of Fast Food Business Bryan Lee San Francisco State University The fast food industry has come a long way from its humble beginnings nearly a century ago. The first restaurant considered a fast food restaurant was called White Castle. White Castle was opened in 1921 in Wichita‚ Kansas by Billy Ingram. He opened it so that he could sell his slider-style burgers at a price of 5 cents per patty. White castle is in business today and its belief of selling
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Taken root in ancient times‚ the Olympics were created as a means of celebrating and exalting the physical specimen‚ in order to show peak human performance on a multitude of different fronts. The foundation of the Games still lies today in the values and ideals of the “Olympic philosophy‚” which basically serves to bolster the ranged inclusion(s) of athletic practices‚ particularly amongst the younger generations: “Blending sport with culture and education‚ Olympism seeks to create a way of life
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should be used as a medical treatment. Medical marijuana is defined as using any part of the marijuana plant as a treatment for health problems. It is to be used to help relieve symptoms‚ not for the high. In this essay‚ I am going to discuss the pros and cons of medical marijuana and why I believe it should be used as a medical treatment. Medical marijuana is used to treat pain‚ nausea‚ side effects from other treatments‚ and a variety of diseases. It is made from the dried leaves and bud of the Cannabis
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feeling. On one hand‚ there are a few motivating factors to consider: A sense of moral obligation to hire “your own”‚ a natural allegiance to your friend‚ neighbor‚ or community member‚ social pressure (your mom knows his mom-‘nuff said) and of course‚ an honest to goodness desire to help your friend. On the other hand‚ you feel torn between walking the fine line of doing what’s right for your business‚ and doing what’s socially perceived as right (or obligatory). This is a very sensitive issue for
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April 2013 Public Forum “CON” Analysis Recently‚ we gave our comprehensive analysis of the Pro side of the April Public Forum resolution‚ Resolved: The continuation of current U.S. anti-drug policies in Latin America will do more harm than good. Today‚ we’re discussing the Con side‚ which‚ while slightly trickier‚ if done properly can be argued very persuasively. To recap‚ the pro’s argument is‚ essentially‚ that drugs are such an intractable and complex issue
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attending the Public Policy Workshop in Washington‚ DC? We discussed different bills such as: 1. The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act‚ 2. The Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act & 3. The Child Nutrition Programs Reauthorization. Today I bring to your attention the Child Nutrition Programs Reauthorization (CNR) and will discuss what problems might arise from the changes the Senate and House of Representative want to make to CNR‚ but most importantly
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