Electoral College Reform Since the fiasco that was the Presidential Election in the year 2000, many Americans have been calling for a reform of the Electoral College. Most of these people were Gore supporters; disillusioned by the fact that Bush won the office of the President while, in fact, he lost the popular vote. The American people did not elect George W. Bush; the Electoral College did. Last year’s circumstance was the first of its kind in over a century. There have been many close elections
The Controversy Over the Electoral College System A number of Americans fail to realize that when they vote they are not voting for the president and vice-president directly, but for electors who then cast their ballots in the Electoral College. Until the recent battle between Gov. George W. Bush and Vice-president Al Gore for the presidency, this new generation of American voters has never witnessed a controversial election. Historically, there have been problematic elections allowing voters
Analysis of the Electoral College Many people argue that the Electoral College is an outdated system. After all, many things have changed in the last two centuries. For one, technology is much more advanced now than it
Electoral Reform in Canada The issue of electoral reform has become more important than ever in Canada in recent years as the general public has come to realize that our current first-past-the-post, winner-take-all system, formally known as single-member plurality (SMP) has produced majority governments of questionable legitimacy. Of the major democracies in the world, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom are the only countries that still have SMP systems in place. Interestingly enough
Literature Circle - Discussion Director By Matthew Wong Why do you think that Holden is relieved when Sally leaves him? Holden has always been the type to cherish personal connections with people over materialistic things and social status. She ends up being late for their date but he immediately looks past it because he finds her so attractive. This attraction and strong guidance of it based on his actions can be seen in the the quote “ (Salinger 129). He attempts to look past her “phoniness”
David Bowden November 8, 2016 English 11: Mrs.Fowler Domestic Surveillance In America we take freedom and privacy for granted, we as people are unable to comprehend how safe our country actually is, especially in today's society. With that being said there is something that we must all understand, in this age of technology if people are not surveillanced it puts everybody else in our country and the country itself at risk. There are aspects of our privacy and life that we have to sacrifice in order
Although Holden’s age is a large contributing factor as to why he feels the way he does, he is still a phony because his thoughts and feelings do not justify his dishonesty and hypocrisy. In The Catcher in the Rye, the author JD Salinger uses words such as “phony” and “bastard” to project Holden’s stern feelings onto the reader. By using colloquial language, readers are often intrigued by the uniqueness injected into the main character’s voice. However, the use of the word “phony” goes much deeper
Mortgage Fraud The state of Pennsylvania takes all allegations of fraud very seriously, and lenders or borrowers can face criminal charges if they lie about or omit certain information during the mortgage application process. In certain cases, alleged offenders may also face federal charges for this type of fraud. The penalties can be quite severe if a person is convicted of this offense, with punishments including several years of imprisonment, substantial fines, and possibly even restitution
making a lot of money and not looking too hard at what is really going on. He backs the idea that an 18 year old, already a millionaire, either made it by fraud or legitimately and no one wanted to believe it was by fraud. Ironically, auditors did not detect Minkow’s fraud. As he became the boy wonder, the small people he scammed early in his fraud career started to make some noise. The noise came from a Los Angeles housewife. One of Minkow’s many tricks to raise money was to overcharge customers
The fraud had started since 1999 to November 2006, somewhere around 78 retail owners and 131 retail employees had won lottery prizes which were worth around tens of millions of dollars (Marin, 2007). During the seven year period 200 out of 5,713 prizes were retailer wins. The OLG in 2004 found, that retailers would scratch the surface of the instant win tickets to see if they would win. The OLG found 67 scratched tickets from Oakville at one location (Richmond, 2007). Corporation was already familiar
Graham Blanks Mrs. Street 9th Grade English - 1 7 November 2016 Phony: A Literary Analysis In J.D. Salinger’s fiction novel, The Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden Caulfield, has a very unique set of vocabulary that he utilizes to characterize himself and other characters or situations in the book. One of these unique words that Holden often uses is phony. The word phony, as used by Holden in The Catcher in the Rye, is used to characterize dishonest people who would rather look good
Throughout history there have been many different types of crimes regarding money and greed. This paper will be focusing on fraudulent financial crimes and how they develop among a desperate hopeful society in which only the type of crime can flourish. These conmen are not only criminals, but performers in a sense, and maybe even appear to be magicians hiding ultimately a behind the scenes act. Nothing is ever as it seems, it is what it is made to look like. The performers/con artists not only need
Kaibin Wang Week5 Assignment Fraud Vulnerability Assessment prepared for the Wake County Board of Education 1. Is the report well written and easy to understand from the client’s perspective? In my opinion, fraud vulnerability of the selected organization had been assessed in a systematic way which helped the auditors in giving constructive suggestions for fraud prevention and detection in this case. The overall approach and methodology is very educative and it could be replicated in other environments
Holden’s definition of the word “phony” a person who’s fake, a moron, ordinary, or superficial. Although he thinks most people are phony, especially adults, he never considers himself one. Holden wants to prevent the loss of innocence for children. If someone were to be exposed to adulthood, then Holden automatically will view them as phony. Because of this, he tries to seclude himself from the phonies around him, when being an adult is inevitable. In The Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger, Salinger
This essay will go through imperative elements for implementing fraudulent misrepresentation and to provide innocent party to recover civil damages, gain an injunction or other remedies from the other party. This essay will discuss imperative elements of implementing fraudulent misrepresentation, recover civil damages and gain an injunction or other remedies from the other party. Business law is very broad concept of law which covers all the legal issues that include many commercial and domestic
Healthcare fraud can happen when there are deceitful care providers who do not have their patients’ best interest at heart. There are many different types of healthcare fraud such as, unnecessary or duplicate tests and procedures, to hacking into a patient’s personal medical records to submit false claims ("Healthcare Fraud", 2017). According to, the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association the most common kind of healthcare fraud are: Medically performing unneeded services for the sole purpose
Warning Signs of Workers’ Compensation Fraud Recognizing the red flags can save your company time and money Worker’s compensation fraud is a multi-billion dollar problem that can be countered by watching for common warning signs. Occurring when someone knowingly or willfully makes a false claim or withholds information in order to receive workers’ compensation benefits or to prevent others from receiving benefits to which they are entitled, fraud can be perpetrated by employees, employers, and healthcare
Characteristics of Fraud Misstatements in the financial statements can occur from fraud or error. The distinctive factor between fraud and error is whether the fundamental action that results in the misstatement of the financial statements is intentional or unintentional. The term “error” signifies to an unintentional misstatement in financial statements, comprising the omission of an amount or a disclosure, such as the following: • A mistake in collecting or processing data from which financial
J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye provides a provocative inquiry into the crude life of a depressed adolescent, Holden Caulfield. Without intensive analysis and study, Holden appears to be a clearly heterosexual, vulgar yet virtuous, typical youth who chastises phoniness and decries adult evils. However, this is a fallacy. The finest manner to judge and analyze Holden is by his statements and actions, which can be irrefutably presented. Holden Caulfield condemns adult corruption and phoniness