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Chavis Carter Death: Suicide Ruling Does Not End Questions In Case Of Handcuffed Arkansas Man

Chavis Carter Death: Suicide Ruling Does Not End Questions In Case Of Handcuffed Arkansas Man There is still doubt as to whether Chavis Carter committed suicide. In my mind, I don't like the fact that the trajectory was "slightly down and backward. Only if Mr. Carter were very flexible would  he have put his head into a position that would explain the trajectory. BTW, was the bullet impact on the roof of the police car mentioned anywhere? Where are the diagrams from the M.E.--why do we have to rely on written descriptions of trajectory? One other major fact, of course, is the family's claim that he was left-handed and the medical examiner stating that the wound was to the right temple--an  obvious contradiction. However, if Mr. Carter had killed himself, it is far sadder than if he had been murdered for it would show that faced with the prospects of possibly losing his college dreams at the hands of drug war mavens who allowed two White men to go while arresting ...

Small business hiring

This matter of small businesses and their taxation needs to be put to rest with regard to the effect  increased taxation has on hiring. The owner of an established business deducts, among his numerous expenses, the cost of labor from his taxes. The labor he employs in his business is the minimum required to fulfill his obligations to his customers and meet demand--no more, no less. If he hires beyond what is required, he is doing so for an ulterior purpose other than profits and, as such, obtains some degree of personal satisfaction from the superfluous hiring--that's his prerogative and is not to be considered here. But the true businessman hires only what he needs and deducts the expense from his revenue so as not to subject it to taxation. This businessman then obtains a profit that can be taxed by the government. At this point, it is no different than the salary that is obtained by the vast majority of U.S. taxpayers. If profits over 250,000 dollars are taxed at a hig...