b) Assuming the government collected $43 million in cigarette tax revenue last year. If the average price of a pack of cigarettes is $2.50, calculate how much of an effect this tax increase will have on (1) quantity of cigarettes consumed and (2) cigarette tax revenue. 6. Sony cut the price of its 42” HDTV plasma TV from $3000 in the first quarter of 2005 to $2500 in the second quarter. Sales increased from 25,000 to 30,000 a) Based on this information, what is your best estimate of the price elasticity of demand?
In the 1960’s and 1970’s when many states had lowered the MLDA, besides the rise in drunk-driving deaths, studies showed that people raised from childhood in under-21 states were involved in higher rates of alcohol and drug use as adults, and had a higher rate of homicides and suicides. (Moses, 2011) This in turn convinced federal law makers to raise the MLDA again to 21. However, in order to encourage states to comply, the federal government would tighten their purse strings and states would receive little or no funding towards highways. So while there are those who do not necessarily care one way or the other about the actual age limit on alcohol consumption, they do prefer having the federal
1. The use of firearms has been taken advantage of which increase the rate of murder. d. “In 2011 - the latest year for which detailed statistics are available - there were 12,664 murders in the US. Of those, 8,583 were caused by firearms.”
We cannot legally purchase a handgun, gamble in a casino, or adopt a child until the age of twenty one. These are a high level of responsibility and our leaders and patrons feel they are at equal levels. Our Minimum Legal Drinking Age has reduced traffic accidents and fatalities. 100 of 102 analyses inquired in a 202 meta-study found that a higher legal drinking age associates with lower rates of automobile accidents. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated a 13% decrease in car fatalities in 1975-2008 saving approximately 27,052 lives since then.
There has been a steady decline in homicides since around 1994 with a little peak in 2001-2002. This is the data that will be used to analyze and get results from. The research will be looking specifically at the time of day, the day of the week, and even the months that most homicides are occurring. It will also look into what kinds of homicides are occurring mostly around those times as well to see if the routines activities theory is supported by the data. Results: When researching the frequency of homicides in relation to the month they occurred to see if there was a trend in higher months the data that was gathered is in the figure below Table 1.
51% of yearly crimes are due to the use of weapons against only 13% to knives. Most studies show that hand-guns are used for personal defence, around 2 million times a year by the American population. It is estimated that over 250 million hand-guns now circulate in the US owned by around 90 million citizens. The possession of guns is legitimated by the 2nd amendment to the Constitution which authorizes the people to keep and bear arms. A series of mass murders, for example, the Columbine High School mass murder in Colorado in 1999, which left 13 students dead, widely reported and debated in the Medias, help expert gun laws in the past 20 years.
In the article “No Sympathy” was a quote by Prime Minister David Tusk stated two years before as he replied to a human rights group as said “I do not believe that we can call these individuals -- these creatures -- human beings," he added. "So in this case, we don't need to discuss human rights." At the end of the day the important question to ask is this. Is castration about punishment of offenders or public safety? Dr. Keith Albow gave his analysis on Fox News.com in the article “chemical castration” his article conveniently contains info discussing of a scientific study that found that offenders on Depo-Provera re-offended less than 1 percent in comparison to 68 whom were not taking the drug.
Web. 28 Oct. 2010. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/feb2009/suic-f04.shtml. In this article Mr. Cogan talks about the army suicide rate, it is higher than the general American population. “The rate has been calculated as 20.2 per 100,000 soldiers, compared with 19.5 per 100,000 civilians”. Mr. Cogan also states that in 2008 an estimated 30 percent of soldiers took their own lives while on deployment and that another 35 percent committed suicide after returning home.
Joseph (Jo) Rotblat was a nuclear scientist. He helped to make the first atomic bomb. But for decades he campaigned against what he had helped unleash. Until he died last year, aged 96, he pursued this aim with the dynamism of a man half his age, inspiring others to join the cause. He was born in Poland in 1908.
The Sandy Hook shooting has led to more discussion about gun policy on social media than previous rampages. The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism released a report saying that gun policy accounted for almost 30 percent of discussions examined on blogs and Twitter in the three days the shooting. The report also states users advocating for gun control were more numerous than those defending current gun laws. I don’t know or believe that gun control could prevent tragedies like the Sandy Hook or Belcher shootings, but I do believe that a fear of gun control will prevent us from understanding them. Gun ownership is a cultural thing, and discussing whether gun control is right or wrong requires us to acknowledge this.