There is absolutely a staggering amount of money in cigarette taxes that the government collects each year. If our government is making billions and not millions in tax revenue, then where are the programs to help people who are dying from smoking each day? It seems as if no one, including our government, is [...]
Apparently the words of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke carry a little more weight with Wall Street these days than those of the Commander in Chief. Bernanke gave his reassuring prognosis to Congress last month that the recession could end before the close of 2009, and Wall Street reacted with a steadier day. But [...]
Through the decades and various conflicts, servicemen and women have enjoyed showing their pride for country and duty through military jewelry. It has also served as a keepsake for the sweetheart who stayed behind. Today, military jewelry, old and new, is collected by those who appreciate its sentiment or those who are awaiting the return [...]
With a popular new President, a clear shift in the US’s political direction, and a public mood that’s open to new ideas, many cigar aficionados are wondering whether the general atmosphere of change will extend to U.S.-Cuba relations.
One group of cigar aficionados–the group that publishes Cigar Aficionado (CA) magazine, which first appeared in 1992 [...]
The North American Free Trade Agreement (abbreviated as NAFTA) is a trading agreement between Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The agreement was originally spearheaded by President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and Mexican President Carlos Salinas. These three leaders signed the agreement ceremonially in Santa Fe, TX on December [...]
On June 30, 1922, a joint resolution of both Houses of Congress of the United States unanimously endorsed the “Mandate for Palestine,” confirming the irrevocable right of Jews to settle in the area of Palestine - anywhere between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea:
“Favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the [...]
It seems Texas has arrived to the recession fashionably late, the question now is how long will we stay? The current economic woes began to be felt in some parts of the nation at the end of 2007, the official beginning of this recession. Texas began to feel the squeeze at the end [...]
Do you feel like our government is overloading their circuits? Are we heading for a political fire that will cause this country terrible damages? We have a new President and most of us are trying to give him the benefit of a doubt and trust that he is doing the right things for the right [...]
The subject that will be discussed in this article is government grants, who gets what and why. This is a very complex subject, like everything our government does, because all the grants and benefits our authorities manage they have to think about everybody for the greater good.
The majority of the funds assigned by the [...]
US immigration (i.e. emigration to America) policies have always supported the movement of non-American residents to the US. Migration to the country has been the chief source of growth of population and cultural changes throughout the history of America.
The economic, political and social aspects of migration have been the basis of a big controversy concerning [...]
