Legalizing marijuana will not only benefit the users but the us economy could be stabilized if this drug was legalized. First of too much money is being out into the war on drugs,contributing to the useless spending the country already does. For instance 16 billion dollars of your tax paying dollars goes towards keeping marijuana under control. But you may want to task yourself is it really working. We send so much money to keep it at bay,but yet most of the people who are locked is because of small crimes that include marijuana offenses.
Finally, a cartoon about the Occupy Wall Street movement describes how the truth can mislead and warp meaning, thus creating perspectives that generate diverse and provocative insights. The role reputation plays is an idea that influences perceptions relevant to conflicting perspectives. In The Justice Game, Robertson accentuates his own perspective by juxtaposing the more progressive attitudes of his side of the case. Sarcastically, Robertson writes, referring to Judge Michael Argyle’s “novel campaign to end burglary by sentencing burglars to prison for life.”The word ‘novel’ provides sarcasm from the beginning, by discrediting Judge Michael Argyle QC, and pointing out that Argyle is a failed politician, ‘whose judgeship was a career consolation for the Tory MP he had tried several times to become’. Hence, Robertson’s perceptions influence the readers’ mind, which is exactly what he wants, and he continues to sway the reader’s perspective.
Another episode from the case study where Diane had intrusive obsessional thoughts of strangling her own children with the dressing gown cords suggests that Diane had maladaptive cognition and she believed that her thoughts would help to cause events (thought-action fusion) e.g. ‘If I wish my children dead, that increases the chances they will die’, and for that reason she had an urge to control those unwanted thoughts and carried out the compulsive rituals. Salkovskis et al (2003) also outlined that neutralising intrusive thoughts usually involves carrying out actions that are intended to reduce any potential threat. This supports the cognitive model as it shows the importance of maladaptive cognition
In William Lutzs’ essay “With These Words, I Can Sell You Anything” , he explains how advertisers use weasel words in advertisements. These words are misleading and often times leave it up to the consumers to fill in the blanks. This type of technique often lead the consumer to believe the product will do exactly what that want it to do. Many contemporary cosmetic ads use some of the techniques that Lutz addressed in his essay. Some of those techniques include: the use of unfinished comparisons, unfinished claims, scientific words, and the use of words that make consumers forget about the product and focus on something bigger, better, and more attractive.
Whereas, in the alternative article that discredits the book ‘Freakonomics’ and Levitt’s argument; written by Dinardo he places his view on ‘Freakonomics’ and states that it is more about Levitts’ personal beliefs and thoughts and less about facts. Levitt begins to prove his theory about names by providing an anecdote. While Levitt discusses the names people give their children and how it will have a affect in their lives later on, Levitt asks, “Was Temptress actually ‘living out her name,’ as judge Duggan saw it? Or would she have wound up in trouble even if her mother had called her Chastity… So does the name you give your child affect his fate? Or is it your life reflected in his name?
Many reasons of conflict in the invasion of Melos resonate to the reasons of invasion of Iraq such as capitalism, violation of international law, only the strong survives, homeland security, help from another nation. Capitalism is an economic system that is operated for profit. The US is seeking oil that is becoming more expensive and harder to find. The Athenians are seeking tribute to pay for their army. The Athenians and US are both conqueror and both are driven by money.
Furthermore, proposed indirect taxes on luxury goods such as motor cars and petrol would have affected the Lords as they were among the few rich enough to afford such luxuries. The Lords set up a budget protest league and denounced the budget as “confiscation and robbery”, and breaking with convention overwhelmingly vetoed the budget. A less important reason was that the Lords believed the budget amounted to a social revolution. They were worried by the idea of progressive and redistributive taxation which taxes the rich more heavily. They feared once these principles were established they could be extended to ‘soak the rich’ and even out the unfair distribution of wealth in Edwardian Britain.
Although the Containment policy seemed successful for many in the Middle East was a failure. In Iran and Egypt two affairs happened at the time it created a more stronger fight than the U.S could handle. The government of Iran resisted against the control of petroleum by western companies.The American Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) created a coup and helped fight against communism.The dictator was elected. He was Mohammed Reza Pahvlevi. The CIA protected oil for the West.Americans intervened in this issue which caused a major conflict against the Iranians.
US Taxation System is Unfair to Ordinary Workers Kesha Krider Devry University Does anyone find it hard to shake the feeling that the wealthy have ways of hanging on to more of their money, while year after year the middle class dutifully hand over their hard earned money to our abominable tax system? It is past time to overhaul the way we pay for the services that our government provides for us in the United States. The current system of multiple taxes, when considered as a whole, is grossly unfair to ordinary workers. Two major points to acknowledge about the unfairness is the fact that middle class workers have no representation or knowledge of the establishments of laws and the dreaded burden of continuous tax hikes. The federal, state and local tax systems in the United States have been marked by significant changes over the years in response to changing circumstances and changes in the role of government.
One great solution that was raised recently, was that of “legalizing” all of the eleven million illegal immigrants within the United States. Doing so, they would have to all come forward, go through extensive background checks, and also begin paying taxes and penalty’s for being illegal in the first place. John McCain came forward with the conclusion that this “solution” would not work in any way, shape, or form. Why in the world would these illegal immigrants want to do this without any incentive? Unless you are going to offer a sort of “reward” for coming forward, this just wouldn’t work.