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This is a straightforward question of fiscal policy “ should people who earn more pay direct tax (tax on income) at a higher rate or not? Definition: Progressive Tax A tax that takes a larger percentage from the income of high-income people than it does from low-income people. For example, if a person who earns a yearly income of $20,000 would be taxed at a rate of 10% ($2,000 taken) while a person who earns a yearly income of $120,000 would be taxed at a rate of 30% ($36,000 taken). This is in contrast to a flat tax of 15% which would take 15% of the person who earned $20,000 and the person who earned $120,000. This can also apply to corporate taxes as we…

I think that the major news stations in America are becoming way too much like gossip magazines for teenage girls. I was in the airport when I saw that there was a breaking news story on CNN. The breaking news turned out to be that Paris Hilton, a stuck up, rich celebrity, was just sentenced back to prison for her DUI. I don't think that that even qualifies as news. I really could not care any less about her. My point is that most major news stations are reporting on celebrity gossip instead of reporting the actual news. What do yall think? Do you think that news stations should report about celebrity gossip such as Paris Hilton's Arrest?

The Cruel Fate For A Boy Named Osama (link) Discussion Ideas 1. Would you change your name if a person of the same name commited a crime against your country or another?Examples - Hitler, Mussolini , Saddam, Ho Chi Minh 2. What is your take on the story? (Should the boy win his case) 3. Other comments?

So I've been wanting to hear the theories my fellow TDNers LOL XD have in mind about the last book of Harry Potter. I pre-ordered it and I so can't wait to read it. It will finally end and already the fans are hoping Rowling wrote a decent ending for the series. Will she be able to satisfy most of the fans? My answer is, maybe, but it is not likely. Rowling has said that AT LEAST 2 characters will die and only her husband knows! (let's find him! JK!). So, who do you think these characters will be? And why? I wish every evil character would die, but we have to try to link the future deaths to past books. Will Harry and Voldemort die? Will evil triumph? We do know that …

But when i was at work sorting the papers out, I found an interesting headline on our Cities Paper (every town has its own, like London has a paper for london etc) At the top, is a picture of an Boy in hospital with the gas masks on, for oxygen? Below the headline was: TEENAGE KICKS This 13-year-old boy almost died after downing two litres of vodka as his friends looked on. This harrowing picture is a stark warning youngsters of the damage of binge drinking. Thats the first part, which tells the story, it goes on about talking to the mother about it, the alcohol poisoning and how he turned yellow. But the question is, Should we actually feel sad about …

It's official, the non-profit organization New7Wonders announced what it claims are the new seven wonders of the world. The seven were choosen from a list of over 200 nominations and 100 million votes. They are The Statue Christ the Reedemer in Brazil Machu Picchu in Peru Chichen Itza in Mexico Great Wall of China Petra, Jorden Colosseum in Rome and the Taj Mahal. Picture essay is here http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288541,00.html So discussion time! Any comments, concerns or criticism of the list? Favorites or Can't-believe-that-made-the-list?

How do you feel about the 19 hostages held by the Taliban? State your views here.

Last week an 11 Year old boy (Rhys Jones) was shot on the way home. But the worst part is, that a 15 Year old could be the killer. From January, there has been at least one killing per month. Though not talking about all ages, these are killings between 11 and 16 year olds, FROM kids that age. If I was asked 5 years ago, what is safer, the UK or the US, I would have easily said the UK. But now im not so sure, Now kids between 11 and 15 are walking around with Knifes, Guns and who know what. This is the of the biggest problems in the UK, I don't think I've ever seen this many killings by young people in soo long. So what do you all think about this, How do …

How do you think the world will end? State your views here.

Life is a condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects, i.e. non-life, and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally. - Wikipedia Personally, I think that the answer is yes. Life is quite probably the most powerful force ever known to man, and life as a while can't be destroyed. Sure, maybe a few million species could be wiped out, but there are, what, another billion that are still thriving and continuing to adapt to their environment. The simple fact is that life is built to survive, and no matter how hard you try, you might get rid o…

Hi guysSorry to break the news, but looks like all of those warnings were real!!The use of msn and mail will cost money from summer 2007. If you sendthis message to all people (18 people is enough) from your list your littlemsn icon will become blue and that will make it free for you. If you don'tbelieve me go on (www.msn.com ) and see it yourself. Don't forward thismessage, copy paste it so people will actually read it. Hey it is Andy andjohn, the directors of MSN, sorry for the interruption but msn is closingdown. this is because too many inconsiderate people are taking up allthe name (eg making up lots of different accounts for just onperson),we only have 578 names lef…

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/world/mi...amp;oref=slogin http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/12/....soldiers.dead/ After several years, Iraq still hasn't quieted down. Do you think it's justified? Will it ever end? What should be done now? Edit: I found another article. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7091400636.html If you find anymore tell me and I'll put them up.

Lemme start this off with a story my physics teacher told us last week. She told us this story to compare the level of security in her school compared tot he little security we had because we have been having rumors of food fights. She said when she went to high school her older sister's driverside seat in her car was broken, the recline part would stay down. Her brother suggested to prop it up with a baseball bat. She went to school the next day with a baseball bat propping up the driverside seat. Apparently the school took notice and threatened to suspend her because it was a "weapon". I think a weapon is only a weapon if is being used as a weapon. A car is …

What is an unforgivable sin? Taking the life of another is considered an unforgivable sin. However, if you're taking a life to protect yourself or someone else, is it forgivable? If you're a kind-hearted person, and you have to take a life to protect a life, is it not forgivable? I want to hear your input on this one....

This is a rather sad story: http://www.abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3903188 I mean seriously: a parent - who should know how damaging cyber-bullying can be, and who should be a pillar of the community - befriends a child (who she knows) online under a fake identity, then begins abusing her AND encourages other children in the community to do the same, finally driving the child to the point of suicide. This is a gross misuse of the internet.

Bhutto's death was so suden... I heard Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility.

Well seeing as levy would rather have this discussion here. and to not break possible rules here goes. DO you believe all humans should be able to marry any other person of their chosing regardless of sex, race, religon, etc? Mainly of sex beacause many people dont believe in homosexual marriage. I personally believe being gay is not a choice. You are born gay and its almost scientificaly proven too. and you cant help who you love or are attracted to

I got this email from someone at my church near the beginning of December. (I don't check my old email account often) Check her sources if you want, I aggree with her.

Why not. I'll start a debate about it. So V told me a couple of hours ago about some new things Apple related. She points out to me the iPod Touch updates, where I'm like "Oh, yeah. Finally. Some decent updates for this thing. Mail, Maps, Weather and stuff. Nice.". Then I see a "How to pay" button to the left hand side. Yes. Apple are trying to charge me $20 (£13) to update my iPod to things which should have come loaded onto it on release. Needless to say, people around the world are a little miffed at the whole thing, seeing as the iPhone gets a nifty update for free. No questions asked. The only free thing iPod Touch owners get is a 130MB silver bar at th…

Full article here. With this advance, we are faced with the fact that human cloning isn't a far-fetched notion of science fiction, but a very real possibility that could be achieved by some institution or other within the next decade or so. However, there are some people who are opposed to this notion for one reason or other, and therefore a worldwide debate rages (or will rage shortly) on whether it would be right to create a human clone. Go ahead and debate. :) Note: The article I referenced refers to the recent replication of human embryos for the purpose of creating stem cells. I linked to this article because the fact that they were able to clone human embr…