With the 2012 Election right around the corner, the issue of tax reform has been one of the most talked about subjects during this campaign season. Some argue tax rates need to be drastically reduced while others argue for a more progressive taxation system. Conservatives have called for a...
Immigration
posted by Jennifer
“Immigration has made the United States of America” ~Hasia Diner, professor of history at NYU. Civilizations need people, and like every society that came before it, and every society that will come after it, America has garnered its strength from its people. But what sets the United States apart is that, from the very beginning, we have relied on the migration of people from other parts of the world in order to grow our population, our economy, and our ideas. That being said, from the involuntary migration of Africans as slaves to the illegal border-crossings in America’s Southwest in the 21st century, immigration has been a...
Health Care
posted by Jennifer
Health Care in the United States Currently, the US Health Care system is run by a number of both public and private entities. The federal government offers services such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Heath Insurance Programs while the private sector controls most other health...
