Consider a five-person family consisting of a father, mother, twin 16-year-old sons attending high school, and an 85-year- old grandfather. The grandfather receives Social Security but has no other sources of income. The father and mother provide the majority of the grandfather's financial support because of his expensive in-home medical care. In 2017, before the change in the tax laws, what is the approximate amount of money that the parents would be able to deduct from their adjusted gross income based on their personal exemptions?

How does cultural diffusion affect civilization

Recently, there has been pressure to loosen clean air standards. use economic arguments to support or oppose this proposed action.

Supreme court. jim, who is a bit eccentric, says that he is fed up with the way a certain employer in his town treats employees and that he is going to sue that employer in an effort to improve matters. jim also says that he is going to start his case at the appellate court level, skipping over all those "lesser" judges. jim says that those justices will surely hear him out and that he will also seek a jury. although he is not a lawyer, jim believes that the offenses of the employer are so severe that the justices will appreciate his attempt to make things better for the employees involved. will jim get a jury at the appellate court level?