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  The Henry Tax Report and Capital Income Taxation
  Article by David Ingles

  The Henry Report implicitly maintains the myth that wealth is the product of past labour income combined with a prope...

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  American Governance: Allowing Taxpayers to Decide How Their Own Tax Payments Should Be Spent
  Article by J. Marvin Herndon

  From a pragmatic standpoint, the proposal I am making could be phased in gradually and would be voluntary. Those so c...

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  Why Do We Pay Fees for Free Public Education?
  Topic by Marta Segal Block

  Yesterday I received a bill in the mail. In order to send my kids to my local public school I will need to pay $160 each. It's not a huge amount, and it certainly isn't as much as private school. It's about the same as what I recently paid for one week of summer camp. But it still confuses...

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  Raleigh, NC "Oh Sheetz!" Z-4-13 New Hope Road, Zoning 102
  Article by Lillian L Thompson

  Farm land becomes waste land! Homes go up for sale! Families move! Traffic increases! Open 24/7 lights flood bedrooms...

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  Netherlands Cracks Down on Cannabis Coffeeshops
  Topic by Ed Murrieta

  Foreigners visiting three southern provinces of the Netherlands are now prohibited from partaking in one of the nation's most famous tourist attractions: purchasing and smoking marijuana and hashish in coffeeshops. Since the early 1970s, soft drugs such as marijuana and hashish have been...

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  What is the Relationship Between ethical and Legislative Policies regarding the Media and Innovation?
  Topic by William W Bauser

  This topic is designed to focus upon the public sectors innovation and ethical policies of the service providers such as hospitals, schools, police department agencies and the policy decision making actions of policymakers which include legislations, civil servants, municipalities and...

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  The Third Party Problem
  Topic by Carrie Kirby

  Come election time, my husband and I often find ourselves on opposite sides of the voting booth. It's not that our political beliefs differ much -- we're both liberals. The difference is that he believes in voting for the candidate who most closely matches his personal beliefs, which often...

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  Frank Marshall Davis: Barack Obama’s “Communist” Uncle Frank
  Article by Lawrence Hogan

  For me, he was someone who in 1977 I needed to interview for my dissertation research. Unbeknownst to me at the time,...

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  Should the United States Kill Americans Abroad?
  Topic by Saideh P Jamshidi

  For the first time in the U.S. history, the Obama administration is manipulating constitutional laws to create a platform to kill U.S. citizens abroad. According to legal memorandum, the administration opened door to the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born extremist Muslim cleric...

• Raleigh, North Carolina Z-4-13 New Hope Road Zoning 101
  Article by Lillian L Thompson
• Neuroscience for Military and Civilian Law Enforcement Applications: The Need for Transparency
  Article by Charles F Barnaby
• "Protecting" Women from the Front Lines Holds Them Back
  Topic by Nora G Hertel