The amount of Social Security income which is taxable depends on your taxable income. Most high-income retirees will have 85% of Social Security benefits taxable. For lower-income retirees, less than 85% will be taxable, but many retirees in a 15% tax bracket will face a marginal tax rate much higher than 15%.
Matsushita and Japanâs Changing Culture 1. What were the triggers of cultural change in Japan during the 1990s? How is cultural change starting to affect traditional values in Japan? Answer: During the 1990s, Japanâs economy began to slow. The prolonged economic slump forced many Japanese companies to abandon their traditional ways of doing business like lifetime employment.
Digital Cultures Examines the social impact of the Internet, video games and related computer-based new media. New media interactions both reflect the surrounding culture, and provide unique new experiences that, for better and for worse, shape the wider world.Social Movements and Culture Looks at the role of culture as a force in social change movements, historically and in the present.nvironmental Justice Cultural Studies Examines how the unequal environmental burdens placed on women, working people, and people of color in the US and around the globe, are shaped by mainstream culture and resisted by cultural texts from within the movement for Environmental Justice.