Higher income individuals can afford to pay higher dollar amounts in taxes. The least fair tax is the sales tax - specifically sales taxes levied on life's necessities, such as food purchased in grocery stores. There is large variation across the country in terms of state/local tax burdens on the poor.
The U.S. Air Force recognized the merit of Weibull's method and funded his research until 1975. Today, Weibull analysis is the leading method in the world for fitting and analyzing life data. Dorian Shainin introduced the author to statistical engineering at the Hartford Graduate Center (RPI) in the mid-fifties.
August 8, 2016 Two Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have received the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Clinical Investigator Award for their innovative research. August 5, 2016 Scientists have identified a critical function of a protein that is a frequent indicator of cancer when the protein is in its mutated state. August 3, 2016 Two of Weill Cornell Medicine's partners are among the nation's elite hospitals, landing on U.S. News and World Report's Best Hospitals Honor Roll.