What evidence does this author provide to show that colonies were a negative financial drain on the Europeans?

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

The red arrow shows the direction that wind from the south pole would travel if earth were not spinning. the wind's destination is at point a. because earth is spinning in the direction shown by the blue arrow, the coriolis effect will cause the wind to terminate closest to which point?

Latonya was just hired as an engineer for an electric company. she will make a salary of $50,000 a year. how much of latonya's salary will be taxed at the 10 percent rate? how much of latonya's salary will be taxed at the 28 percent rate? latonya was just hired as an engineer for an electric company. she will make a salary of $50,000 a year. how much of latonya's salary will be taxed at the 10 percent rate? how much of latonya's salary will be taxed at the 28 percent rate?