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- 1661: Taxation & Democracy
- ... taxes, and the need for economic growth are pressures faced by taxing authorities everywhere. As a result of these common forces, income, general consumption, and social security taxes have tended to go up since World War II both as a percentage of tax revenue and as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), while property, corporation, excise, and a host of other smaller taxes haved tended to decrease." Next, Steinmo delves ... in a trilemma of a need for greater revenue, knowing those with political power did not want to pay taxes, and those with political power had nearly nothing to tax. In the era of Word War I, there was a growing need of every nation to increase revenues for defense. Consequently, the first income taxes on the wealthy and on corporations were introduced in nearly every industrial nation. However, income taxes ... the development of tax policy during that period was the strength of both labor and capital to represent and protect their own interests in their respective legislatures. In all three countries, the stress of World War II forced all political parties to pull together and compromise over revenue issues. Just how much money is to be made in the business of war? "The new taxes will be severe, but it' ...
- 1662: 1984: Dystopian Visions
- ... Orwell intends to happen? Orwell's view on the future may have been influenced by the activities going on in the world around him. The allies had just defeated the Nazis in the Second World War and people were starting to know all the details of what the Germans had done during the war. There are many similarities between the book and the war. For instance, the Germans tried to control the citizen's thoughts by burning books and discouraging higher learning. They wanted the people to be just like one another and have interests in only the ...
- 1663: Antigone, War Of Beliefs
- War of Beliefs In the play, "Antigone" written by Sophocles, Antigone and Creon battle a philosophical war based on their beliefs of what is right and wrong. The conflict arose when the principles that backed up their actions clashed with each other, making it a contradiction between morals. Antigone's side of ...
- 1664: Winston Churchill
- ... S. Churchill It was words such as these and the certitude in which he said them that played an important role in guiding Britain’s people through the trials and tribulations of the Second World War. Churchill was also an accomplished writer who composed several campaign reports and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 for his six volume history of World War II. But there is much more to this noble man other than his tongue and his pen. Sir Winston Spencer Churchill is a great mind because of the everlasting impression he left on Britain through ... a fine example of his beautiful art of speaking as it filled the people of Britain with much needed hope and bountiful courage: You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea, and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us, and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and lamentable ...
- 1665: Jimi Hendrix
- ... Dylan" (Fairchild, "Electric Ladyland 20). "All Along the Watchtower" is a protest song, pure and simple. During this period of the late 1960’s, music had become a popular medium for protest against the Vietnam War, the draft, and the government in general. Hendrix recorded "All Along the Watchtower" after a period in 1967 in which he wore a military jacket to all of is performances (Fairchild, "Electric Ladyland" 3). The military jacket represented both Hendrix’ support of soldiers in the then on-going Vietnam War, and served as a type of protest against the war. "Come On," another cover, this time from Earl King, was included on Electric Ladyland and was inspired by five days of anti-Vietnam protesting and rioting in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention ( ...
- 1666: Jimi Hendrix
- ... Dylan (Fairchild, Electric Ladyland 20). All Along the Watchtower is a protest song, pure and simple. During this period of the late 1960 s, music had become a popular medium for protest against the Vietnam War, the draft, and the government in general. Hendrix recorded All Along the Watchtower after a period in 1967 in which he wore a military jacket to all of is performances (Fairchild, Electric Ladyland 3). The military jacket represented both Hendrix support of soldiers in the then on-going Vietnam War, and served as a type of protest against the war. Come On, another cover, this time from Earl King, was included on Electric Ladyland and was inspired by five days of anti-Vietnam protesting and rioting in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention ( ...
- 1667: Eisenhower
- ... at Fort Sam Houston, near San Antonio, Texas. Shortly after his arrival, he met Mamie Geneva Doud, and later on July 1st of 1916, they got married. In 1917, when the United States entered World War I, he was promoted to captain, and he was assigned to training duty at Fort Oglethorpe and also Fort Leavenworth as an instructor in officer courses. In 1918 he commanded 6,000 men at Tank ... promoted to temporary major and then lieutenant colonel when he commanded the Tank Brigade at Camp Meade. Even though he never went overseas, he was given the Distinguished Service Medal for his work. After the war he was reverted to rank of captain and soon after, he advanced to major and commanded the 301st Tank Battalion. In 1922 he was again reverted to rank of captain and was again promoted to ... he returned to the United States, he attended the Command and General Staff School, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He graduated 1st in class out of 275 in 1926. In 1928 he graduated from the Army War College and went on to serve in the Office of the Chief of Staff as aide to General Douglas MacArthur. In 1933 Eisenhower was sent to the Philippine government as a military advisor under ...
- 1668: Adolf Hitler
- ... interest in politics. At the time, two of his closest friends were Jewish and he admired many Jewish art dealers and operatic performers and producers. Hitler later was arrested for avoiding military service for World War I. When he was eventually caught, he was found “unfit…too weak…and unable to bear arms.”1 Later, he served four years. Near the end of the war, Hitler was partially blinded when he was exposed to poison gas. In 1919, Adolf joined the German Workers’ Party (later renamed National Socialist German Workers’ – or Nazi – Party). In 1921, he was elected as the ... the members of his own people," he wrote.2 A second volume of Mein Kampf was published in 1927, and more than five million copies of the book were sold before the beginning of World War II. ____________________ 1. http://remember.org/Facts.root.hitler.html Hitler’s Early Life. 2. http://remember.org/Facts.root.hitler.html Mein Kampf Picture: "And so I believe to-day that my conduct is ...
- 1669: Life Of Hitler
- ... dream of a Thousand - Year Reich" lay in ruins. German cities had been bombed, German armies captured or destroyed. A week after Hitlers death, Germany offered unconditional surrender to Allied forces. The nightmare of World War 2 in Europe came to an end. Hitler was the only man responsible for the horrors of World War 2. But it was his dream of world domination that possessed Germany. For twelve years he had the opportunity to make the world over in the image of his sick fantasies. He nearly succeeded. Hitler ... to Munich to study art and architecture, while in the mean time becoming fascinated with politics as he continued to struggle as an artist. When all hopes of Hitler becoming an artist were lost World War 1 had started when Archduke Franz Ferdinan was assassinatedon June 28 in Sarajevo. After that Austria declared war on Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia and France. Hitler volunteered for the German army and ...
- 1670: Walden
- ... a section devoted to the battle of ants. Thoreau s subsequent narrative of the battle is very detailed and peppered with historical allusions. These allusions make the reader become fired up over the subject of war and patriotism. About seventy-five percent of this essay was about patriotism, heroism, and courage. After reading the essay, one gets the impression that Thoreau is making a mockery of humans in general. and heroes ... and than mentions the fierceness of the ants. One can conclude that Thoreau does not think too highly of humans on a whole. The first allusions of human battles and people is to the Trojan War. Thoreau makes many references to this great struggle which has popped up many a philosophical debates. The legions of these Myrmidons covered all the hills and vales in my wood yard, and the ground was already strewn with the dead and dying, both red and black. This is the first reference to the Trojans and their war. The Myrmidons were the people of ancient Thessaly who followed their king, Achilles, to the Trojan War. Or perchance he was some Achilles, who had nourished his wrath apart, and had now come to ...
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