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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Pros and Cons of Patriot Act The House of Representatives passed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 on October 24‚ 2001. This is also known as the USA Patriot Act. The Patriot Act was designed to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world and to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (USA Patriot Act‚ 2001). The events of September 11‚ 2001 led to the near unanimous
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Human cloning has placed many types of impressions on mankind. The majority of which are advantageous. To begin‚ one pro of human cloning is that cloning can help sterile couples bare a child. Thus‚ “... infertile couples can experience happiness of having their own families without enduring painful procedures to treat infertility that are common today‚” (“16 Important Pros and Cons of Cloning Humans” par. 8). In the same sense‚ “this may sometimes be their only hope of achieving this‚ of exercising
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An increasing number of doctors are even not accepting health insurance provided by welfare. Doctor John O’Shea writes‚ “According to a 2003 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) study‚ only 69.5 percent of physicians surveyed were willing to accept new Medicaid patients‚ substantially fewer than the number willing to accept new privately insured patients (99.3 percent)‚ Medicare patients (95.9 percent)‚ and even the uninsured (92
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By general definition‚ the term “resilience” suggests an individual’s capacity to positively transition through times of adversity. Contemporary research in the social sciences has coined the concept of a psychological construct‚ which has gained currency in its application to theories covering trauma and loss and subsequent clinical implications for the treatment of psychological disorders. Within neuropsychology‚ there are a number of arguments about the adequate nature and use of the term as applied
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surgery and media-induced social pressures. First is the issue of how far plastic surgery can be considered reconstructive until it becomes
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can only be controlled through the use of the cane. Corporal punishment helps make children obedient‚ respectful‚ polite‚ etc. In the absence of corporal punishment‚ children likely go wild. Corporal punishment in school makes students take their studies seriously and also helps keep the students under control. Authorities are able to instill discipline in children through the use of corporal punishment in schools. It makes very recalcitrant and stubborn children submit to authority because they
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that’s something many people can relate to. Other students may develop test anxiety which weakens their performance and results. (Pros and Cons). Instead‚ standardized test scores should be regarded as only an approximation of a student’s
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Often times‚ when the word psychopath is mentioned‚ it sends chills through people’s bodies. More often than not‚ a majority of people associate psychopaths with the image of Hannibal Lecter ripping someone’s face off‚ or serial killers‚ serial rapists or sex offenders. The thought that all psychopaths are dangerous‚ is a very popular belief‚ but a considerable misconception. Psychopaths are far more common than people perceive‚ there are thousands of them‚ walking around‚ living lives just like
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communist society‚ everyone is of the same social class‚ every member of the community is provided with health care‚ every member of the society is able to work‚ and everyone has common ownership of property. Communism is a system of government where all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state‚ founded by Karl Marx‚ with the main goal of having equality. Communism has its pros and cons‚ but i would say that the cons outweigh the pros in this situation. Some of the concepts
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