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    America

    Italy

    vs

    Leaders
    America
    Barack Obama-President of the
    USA, Elected, 8 years.A natural
    born Citizen,the age of thirty-five
    Years,and fourteen years a
    Resident within the United States

    Italy
    Sergio Mattarella- President of
    Italy, Elected, 7 years. Natural
    Born citizen, the age of 50. Be a
    citizen entire life

    Lawmaking Branch
    United States- Legislative Branch, Congress
    Bicameral
    Italy- Parliamentary Republic, Legislative, Judicial
    Branches

    Individual Rights
    United States- Constitution, Bill of Rights

    Italy- Rights and Duties of Citizenship

    Political Parties
    United States- Two party system, Democratic and
    Republican

    Italy- Democratic, Five Star Movement, Forward


    Italy, New Center Rights, Civic Choice, Northern
    League

    Elections and Voting


    United States- First-Past-The-Post System, Ballots.
    Votes every 4 years, must be 18, and U.S. Citizen.

    Italy- Democratic system voting. Must be 18, Italian


    Citizen, no criminal history

    Taxes and Government


    Financing
    United States- In the U.S. citizens must pay income
    tax, it is collected by the IRS and is determined by
    applying tax rate to income, sources of revenue are
    poll tax, payroll tax, individual taxes and more.
    Italy- Tax rates are progressive and range form 23%
    to 43%. Additional taxes are due at the regional
    level and can range from .9% to 1.6%

    Law
    Number of Reported crimes per 100,000 residents.
    United States- 313,914,716 citizens , 2,220,300
    adult residents facing murder, rape, drug, or life
    sentences

    Italy- 59,838,617 citizens , 608,210 adult residents


    facing murder, rape, drug, or life sentences

    Relations
    Italy and the United States have been close allies
    for almost two centuries, except in 1940 where the
    lynching of 11 Italians in New Orleans caused a
    disruption in relationship. Since then they both have
    sought to foster democratic influence in many parts
    of the world where the current governing system is
    failing

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