Federal Budget Must be Reduced
The annual multibillion-dollar federal budget
threatens the future of the United States and must be
reduced.To cut the size of the deficit, federal revenues
must be increased, and federal outlays must be reduced,
or a combination of the two may be used.Under the 1990
budget agreement, Congress cut defense spending and
benefits to veterans, farmers, and Medicare and Medicaid
patients. In addition, the agreement increased taxes
for the wealthiest Americans and phased out some of
their tax exemptions. The act also raised taxes on
cigarettes, alcohol, gasoline, and airline tickets.
("Current Issues". Close-Up Foundation,1993.) This was
a good first step, at balancing rather than rolling
over the debt to future generations. However, the
Republicans need to find some more support to get
another such agreement passed.
Expensive defense programs that were once
necessary are no longer needed. The money that was once
used for defense should be put toward lowering the
budget deficit, which grows at the rate of $10,000 per
second and stood as $5,020,705,156,014 at eight o'clock
p.m. on November 13, 1995. This is according to the
National Debt Clock ([Debt Clock], //www.fusebox.com/debtclock/).
Because Americans are not willing to sacrifice social
programs, the only alternative is to raise taxes.
Americans may not like it, but they need to pay for
the government services they want and need. However,
this increase in taxes should be kept in perspective,
since a tax increase will reduce personal income and
business profits. Too high of an increase in taxes
will only stifle economic growth by reducing the money
businesses would have to invest in expansion and job
creation.
The latest step in balancing the budget was
a stop-gap spending bill which passed through the
House of Representatives November 8, 1995, ([CNN-House
passes stop-gap spending bill-Nov.8,1995],
http://www.cnn.com//US/9511/budget/index.html) This
bill reduces the funding for some programs. On Monday,
President Clinton vetoed the stop-gap spending measure,
and a debt limit extension calling them "too high a price"
...ession. Among many spending proposals Hoover proposed one that was notable was The Revenue Act of 1932. This increased personal income taxes noticeably, but also brought back a multiplicity of taxes that had been used during World War I.
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What is a Crusade? How did a Crusader crusade? What caused him to seek “holy war?” Is a Crusade a Holy War or a Pilgrimage? Did a crusader only leave to find his own economic benefits? What caused the success of the first crusaders? These are some of the many questions that laid before me when I started my research. The crusading movements are such widely debated among the modern historian that they leave many readers confused about what actually caused the crusades, and what a crusade actually entails. In the coming pages I hope to give my reader something to ponder, understand, and acknowledge about it’s origins, and eventually lead my reader into the first crusading movement. Thus, the argument I intend to make examines the events in previous centuries, and the culmination of political and moral changes, as well as economic ones that occurred before Urban’s call for crusade. We will explore Feudalism, it’s war-centric society and how this caused Urban (as well as some Popes and religious figures before him) to seek a peaceable solution that would ensure safety for the clergy, the peasant, and the non-violent. Furthermore, Pope Urban sought to continue Pope Gregory's (and Cluniac) reform to solidify Papal authority over Christendom, and respond to years of Muslim raids along the Mediterranean and upper Italian Coastlines that threatened Italian unity. In effect, the first crusading movement represented and embodied the European culture, society, and ideologies of the time.
“ Pope Urban Calls for Crusades: November 27, 1095.” Global Events: Milestone Events Throughout History. Ed.Jennifer Stock.Vol.4 : Europe. Farmington Hills, MI : Gale, 2013. Student. Resources in Context, Web. 24. 2014
The preamble of the United State’s constitution sets many goals for the country. These goals are to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense , promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves, and our posterity (US Const). With all of these goals it begs the question are, parts of the United State’s government meeting these goals? One specific case with this relationship is the relationship between the federal budget, and the goals in the preamble. The federal budget is meeting the goals set out in the preamble of the constitution because the federal budget defends the country, promotes the welfare of America’s citizen, and establishes justice
The total cost of the Recovery act to US taxpayers was $787 billion dollars. The bill itself was created with the belief that increases in spending on the federal level would create and save jobs during recessions. More specifically, the purpose of the bill was to create jobs, drop the unemployment rate, stimulate the economy, have better quality of schools, and have better quality and efficiency of everyday life. The allocations of funds designated by the law are as follows: $81 Billion for protecting the vulnerable, $43 billion for energy, $59 billion for healthcare, $144 billion for state budget relief, $8 billion for other needs, $111 Billion for infrastructure and science, $53 Billion in education and jobs training, and the largest portion $288 Billion in the form of tax relief through the use of tax credits and increase business deductions.
Spanning from 1095 to 1212 C.E, the Crusades were an effort made by medieval Christians to regain their holy lands back from the Muslims. There were five crusades in total going in order from the First Crusade to the Children's Crusade. A few were effective in their own respects although these Crusades proved costly to the European Kingdoms as a result of large losses of life. This paper will explore these crusades and explain why some succeeded whereas others failed.
Daisy was like a sponge, and she only absorbed one thing, and that was money. F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays Daisy as a gold digger. Even Jay Gatsby, who loves her unconditionally and respects her states "Her voice is full of money"(120). What Gatsby is trying to say is that she's so spoiled and rich that you could even hear it in her voice. She has a voice that is very flirty and convincing, and she speaks as if she's higher than everyone. " She wanted her life shaped now, immediately--and the decision must be made by some force--of love, of money, of unquestionable practically--that was close at hand"(151). Daisy wanted to feel secure and safe immediately. She did not want to wait for someone who respected and loved her, s...
“The Crusades: series of wars by Western European Christians to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.” (Encarta “Crusades”) The Crusades first began in 1096 and ended in the late 13th century. The term Crusade originally meant that the European’s would use all their efforts to regain the power from the Muslims. They wanted to retake the city of Jerusalem, which was holy to Christians because that’s where the crucifixion of Jesus Christ occurred. Europeans later used it to allocate any military efforts against non-Christians. The Crusaders also created feudal states in the Near East. The Crusades played an important role of European expansion and colonialism. “They mark the first time Western Christendom undertook a military initiative far from home, the first time significant numbers left to carry their culture and religion abroad.”
Riley-Smith, Jonathan. The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading. The United States of America: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986.
Several centuries after they ended, the Crusades are remembered as wars that were fought and lost in the name of God. The efforts and means utilized and maintained to continue to wage a battle for more than one hundred years is memorable nonetheless. While we say that these wars were fought in the name of God, it is simply not that easy to define. The causes for the Crusades cannot be traced to an isolated event but rather several factors that operated together to create a climate of religious fervor to fight for the name of God. Power, piety, zeal, determination are words we can use to define some of the reasons that drove men to establish a war with another race of people, in which little was known. The Crusades are a story as much about the nature of man as they are the nature of politics and religion. The religious reasons led to social and economic ramifications that changed the political landscape forever. We see the Crusades as religious wars but a closer inspection reveals that they were fought for various reasons with
Religious feelings were the principal cause of the Crusades. Up until 1065 the Moslems had control o...
Asbridge, T. (2010). Crusades: The War for The Holy Land UK. Simon and Schuster UK Ltd.
The Crusades were medieval military expeditions undertaken by European Christians to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims (Collins new English Dictionary 1997). The word crusade is taken from the Latin word crux (cross) this is a reference to the biblical injunction that Christians carry their cross. Crusaders wore a red cloth that was sewn on their tunics to show that they took on the cross and were soldiers of Christ (Runciman, Steven, A history of the Crusades, 3 vols 1951-1954; Rep 1987). The causes of the crusades were many and complex but religion was the main factor. It was regarded as justifiable war, because it was fought to recapture the places sacred to Christians.