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The U.S. Budget: From Surplus to Deficit and Back? Posted By : Carl F. Smith

admin — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:04:48 +0000

Debt and deficits have become major issues in the post-financial-crisis world. National, state and local government budgets across the globe are under deep stress and their credit is deteriorating. In the United States, though, there was a federal budget surplus only a decade ago. By tracing the ballooning deficit over the past ten years, can we find a way back to a surplus?

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Prisons: Increasing GDP (Grossly Dangerous Profits) [United Kingdom] Posted By : Felix Columbidae

admin — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:04:43 +0000

In a statement, Steve Gillan, general secretary of the POA, said: “This is a disgraceful decision. Prisons should not be run for the benefit of shareholders nor for profit.”

This statement sees the opening of a battle between business and society for the control of UK Prisons. Are there dangers in the corporatisation of prisoners as profit centres?

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A Parable Posted By : Professor Peter Ambrose

admin — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:04:38 +0000

This small article is a parable by a professor who is a leading UK expert in Affordable Housing and Housing Policy. A personal view, an idiosyncratic view but a view that tells in simple fashion a truth about the world we live in.

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Lofty Matters: Gangs, Guns and the British Army Posted By : Felix Columbidae

admin — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:04:44 +0000

Where do gangs receive their guns from? Some of the weaponry used on the streets of the UK is quite frightening, after all this is not the United States where any person who just lost their job and is suffering from deep depression can slip into a shop and pick up an automatic rifle. No, in the United Kingdom you cannot buy an M16 with ammunition on a street corner, unless you are in a drug dealing gang of course.

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An Essay on India’s Nuclear Policy Posted By : Baiju

admin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:03:10 +0000

India has an age old tradition of being peace loving country and this, it has depicted in all its activities and attitudes through the ages. But, with the growth of Science and Technology, the world has gone far ahead in using its knowledge of Science as an instrument of destruction. The movement of the world in its knowledge of Science has been thought provoking for the Indians also, and they have had to do some rethinking in the matter.

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A Guide towards Understanding American Politics Posted By : billhoner1

admin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:03:37 +0000

This guide is designed for those Americans who, by necessity or inclination, do limited reading and analysis of social and political conditions within the United States.

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Lofty Matters: The Age of Transparency Posted By : Felix Columbidae

admin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 03:03:32 +0000

The one good thing about a glass ceiling is that you can see through it, you know what is on the other side so therefore you can see what you are missing out on. This perception comes from the school of positive thinking and that is a curriculum which should really be in demand right here, right now. The twenty-first century has opened the Age of Transparency in my opinion and that is an era common humanity has long been awaiting.

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An Essay on India’s Five Year Plans Posted By : Baiju

admin — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:03:10 +0000

Ever since India got its independence, we are working our economy as per the Five Year Plans. This system of framing Five Year Plans was a good arrangement devised, by which the growth in different spheres could be suggested monitored while functioning and changed if the necessity arose. These mega plans have served us as building blocks of our national economy. A brief overview of these plans would give us a fairly clear picture of our developmental program.

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An Essay on Corruption in India Posted By : Baiju

admin — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:03:42 +0000

The last two decades of the existence of independence, India has seen a steep upward trend in the graph of existing corruption. The media, the public, the variety of forums for discussions and debates for the higher intelligentsia are all neck deep buried in highlighting the rampant corruption in every sphere.

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Attorney C. Ashley Royal Lost a Suit Versus Dr. Malachi Z. York’s Father-in Law Posted By : Dave Wenner

admin — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:03:26 +0000

Before Judge C. Ashley Royal became a Man on the bench he was an lawyer. There was an argument which coupled Dr. Malachi K. York and his consort Shalimah Richardson along with her mom Ms. Ethel Richardson spouse of the departed Mr. Eli Richardson and the undeniable landowner of the realty on 404 Shady Dale Road at the period of the suit.

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