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An Essay on Personal Responsibility and Technical Advances                 There is currently a popular misunderstanding in vogue.                 Martin Luther King once said, “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”                 In today’s world this phrase has taken on a wider meaning in its warning.  In the modern world information has become the main commodity of exchange.  It is valuable.  To have information is to have wealth and ability.  To get to this information a certain amount of technological experience and knowledge is necessary.                 The work necessary to get to the information has been defined as difficult.  In the not too distant past the term ‘geek’ was placed upon those persons who not only could extract th...

An Essay On The Financial Value of Volunteering                 Volunteering has a financial value similar to education.  The return on volunteering can be almost instantaneous or delayed depending on the circumstances not only of the event but as a direct result of the actions taken by the volunteer.                 Mother Teresa , recently canonized as a Saint, is quoted as saying, “To show great love for God and our neighbor we need not do great things.  It is how much love we put in the doing that makes our offering something beautiful for God.”                 As with most things in life, if viewed from a point of Faith, when we do things for God or for others the ideal is that we expect nothing in return.  This essay is not denigrating ...

An Essay On The Ownership of Production By Alfred Brock                 The ownership of production in American society has changed from what was typically the case to a more diffuse and disorganized situation.                 In the past the role of the ownership of production was normally performed by the owner – that would be a private individual or some group of individuals forming a corporate body.  This individual or individuals would then carry out the duties of ownership of a business and thereafter extract a profit.  That is the primary motive alluded to in capitalist society.  The reward of profit for hard work done.                 Andrew Carnegie, wealthy steel magnate once wrote, ‘The contrast between the palace of the millionaire and the cottage of the laborer with us to-day measures the change which has come with civil...

An Essay On The Monetization of Government By Alfred Brock                 To be of true value local government must generate income.                 Thomas Paine wrote, “It is the art of conquering at home; the object of it is an increase of revenue; and as revenue cannot be increased without taxes, a pretense must be made for expenditure.”                 At this time taxes are increasing yet the perceived value received from that further expenditure imposed on individuals, households and businesses has become obscured.                 The generation of income by local government provides true value to the taxpayer and society in general, which, in view of good government, is generally agreed to be the best result.                 Income from local government comes in differe...