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The libertarian leaning Cato institute has come up with a solution to reform Social Security. The so called 6.2% solution would let workers divert half of their Social Security payroll taxes to individually owned, private investment accounts. The remaining half of payroll taxes would fund transition costs as well as survivors’ and disability benefits. Currently, the Social Security payroll tax rate is 12.4% with half coming from employees and the other half from employers. Those who opt into the

The welfare policy is one mirrored by ideology and negativity, with few satisfied with its current status. The conservatives think of it as some kind of “culture of poverty,” personal choice (Furlong, 2013, p. 328) that is riddled with fraud and waste. While the liberals, site welfare as a state of unequal opportunities caused by unfair economics or less than ideal social conditions beyond their control (Furlong, 2013, p. 328). The conservative see the failures and the liberals see the need to

Director, introduced monetary reform and abolished all of the ACC economic controls (Cowan, 1985). Monthly production skyrocketed to highs not seen even after Marshall plan aid started to arrive(Cowan, 1985). Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the Cato institute, echoes Cowan's study by pointing out that the European economy that performed the worst, Great Britain, actually received the most Marshall Plan aid (Bandow, 1997). Madrick also points to LBJ's Great Society, and FDR's new deal as big government

The term power has in different occasions been described differently depending on different areas. The areas that it would depend on are the person that is describing it, the time in which the description is being made, and also the situation that leads to the description of the word power. A few people have defined power as being in the position to do something even though there is some resistance. Others define power as the ability to outmaneuver the opposing side. Due to power leads to someone’s

Would you be willing to let go of your deepest darkest fears to pursue the honorable? According to Seneca, “For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast - a mind that is placed beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that counts virtue the only good, baseness the only evil, and all else but a worthless mass of things, which come and go without increasing or diminishing the highest good, and neither subtract any part

In what is arguably one of the most infamous episodes of the Roman Republic, L. Sergius Catilina plotted the murder of a number of senators, and planned to assume control over the Republic. The conspiracy is the depicted in Sallust’s historiography, ‘Bellum Catilinae,’ as well as it is the subject of Cicero’s most famous speeches, ‘In Catilinam I-IV.’ Primarily, the fame of the unsuccessful rebellion known as the Catilinarian Conspiracy of 63 B.C. stems from the comprehensible body of work which

A tragedy is a story in where the main character obtains a flaw that leads to their downfall. This main character, called a tragic hero, possesses qualities that cause their demise. These qualities are called tragic flaws. In Julius Caesar, both Julius Caesar and Brutus can be seen as tragic heroes. However, Brutus is the most tragic hero of the two. The qualities that make Brutus a hero are also the qualities that lead to his downfall. He cares about everyone, and makes each decision for the good

Cicero and Sallust present very different views of the beginning of the Catiline conspiracy. By making a villain out of Catiline in the name of elevating himself in society, Cicero stands to gain a lot from this prosecution. While enumerating his flaws as a citizen and father Sallust reminds us that Catiline is still human and was not going for the destruction of Rome. The difference between the two men becomes very clear when comparing their accounts. Cicero is presenting his version of events;

In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, great emphasis is placed on what it means to be a good Roman. Honour, honesty, service, and dignity were among the qualities considered virtuous and which contributed to a sense of Roman duty. Along with the virtues, Shakespeare also seems to examine the nature of philosophical Stoicism. The treatment of constancy and Stoicism has many thematic and moral implications in Julius Caesar. In analysing Brutus’ supposedly noble character, Shakespeare calls into question

Oration is the act of giving a formal speech with a certain style and manner. When one is listening to a real orator, they believe in what he is saying. Persuasion is an important aspect of a good orator. A good orator persuades the people believe in what he is say through the proper means. The orator is successful when the people agree with his statements and recognize this by applauding him. The orator has then done his job by making the people agree with him through persuasion and other means