...though our governments high spending habits are believed to contribute is our Government at fault for our "Crisis", the Housing Market crashing was a major cause to the economic downfall because when the housing market fell so did all economic markets and with Banks and Government Offices loaning on "sub-prime” loans it further sealed the deal. With America’s mounting debts, funding wars, and import of goods when will they stop and look at the big picture? If America is capable of making products, our country needs, and then why not do it? We export billions of dollars to other countries for goods that we can easily make our self. So why not save the money? If we were to begin manufacturing our own goods, we could not only save money but also give more jobs to people in our country. Americans need to realize that the products they buy from other countries imported into America do not put the money back in our own country. We can grow our own produce, and have for many years. Now days it seems we import more and more food to feed our families when we have the ability and know how to grow it our self. If we all Dearman p2 Only purchased items made in America I feel that our economy would begin to improve drastically. When will our government say enough is enough? How many big parties and dinners must they have to make this revelation? Our government officials’ must hold large elaborate dinners to say we are in an “Economic Crisis”. It should be our government official’s...
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...We, the Federalists, under the leadership of George Washington, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton, believe in a strong central government to run this nation. We believe in a nationalistic view of our nation and in the cooperation and support of the citizens living in on this land. The laws, rules, and acts that are enacted under this government are made to benefit the nation, not to oppress the people. We hope to establish a nation that is well off, one that is stable in all aspects. As Federalists, we understand the importance of certain acts that are being passed, such as the Alien and Sedition Acts. We understand the need for Hamilton’s Financial Plan, a plan that will overall help this nation prosper, and we understand the need for...
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...HOW CAN WE IMPROVE OUR POLITICAL CULTURE Political culture is referred to what people believe and feel about the government, and how they think people should act towards it, and to understand the relationship of a government to its people and how those people are going to act towards that government and others. Political culture is important because it establishes against which politics unfold. It covers the: 1. Obligations of the government 2. The relationship between government and the people 3. The rights and responsibility of the people 4. The limits on governmental authority They have been for sometime we say that all politicians lie and that none can be trusted. Politics and Politicians are most hated by us because they intend to distance themselves when certain problem arises. We need to change how politicians do politics. They think they are doing more good than than harm. As we know it is impossible to get both the parties to combine as one, but if they could I know for sure that this society would be better, although everyone wants to be a leader. But above all that they campaign, bargain, organize, and do all types of work of making phone calls, making promises of fixing roads, bridges, market places, decrease of crime getting jobs and more. Secondly we need to consider getting more police personnel in the streets, and mostly at the schools. Nowadays the children are bringing all sorts of weapons to school to hurt each other. So the police would...
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...in a state of nature, we can see that the two-theorist’s share opposite views in making an assumption of what the state of nature is like. Thomas Hobbes’ views include pessimistic views of nature and how its effects can influence man to selfishly consider what he would need to do to secure his safety while John Locke presents a natural concept that assumes there is a universal thought of good that man is aware of. Attempting to justify the role of government or justice by understanding the state of nature can be somewhat accurate and can be considered for such purposes, but may fail to answer some aspects of society overall and leave other things unanswered. In regards...
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...Social Justice and the Bible While it appears one is compassionate when this term of “social justice” is used we now know where it comes from. You find neither the term nor the principle in the Bible; nor in the US Constitution. There are liberal/progressive Christians that claim “social justice” is part of the gospel. We are not commissioned to transform society and make sure everything is equal. We are called to rehabilitate sinners by the power of God, not government. The gospel is the cure for sin and it has absolutely nothing to do with “social justice.” The Bible speaks a lot on work and laziness. We have all heard the story - if you give a person a fish he will be fed today, but if you teach him to fish he will be able to feed himself and his family everyday. Giving people the tools to grow and be productive is better than having them become dependent on government for their sustenance. When Pres. Bush introduced the faith based initiative many felt religion would intrude on them and they were appalled. The Administrations “faith base initiative” was to be a partnership with many religions to help reform “communities.” Recently Pres. Obama has given a new and stronger influence to faith based initiative. All of a sudden religion with government is permissible and nothing is being said because it advances the socialist agenda. Its all about the green, both the environment and money. The environmental movement is being synthesized inside the church. There are faith based...
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...as “taxation without representation” and many colonist wanted to rebel or protest against this act. Right now a meeting is taking place between the leaders of the Sons of Liberty about what to do about this cruel law placed upon us by Parliament. “Violence won’t help the problem, it will only make it worse! We need to use words not actions, we need to write how we feel about the Stamp Act and send it to the King. He will have to listen to us!” cited the well known writer Benjamin Franklin. “We need to act, we already tried to write to the King and it didn’t work, he rejected our declaration and declared the colonies in full rebellion.” stated the well known leader Samuel Adams....
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...What is a federal form of government? What image do you have of when you think of federalism? \Do you think of the federal level of government? State government? Local governments? All three? Layer Cake, Marble Cake....21st Century View: Intergovernmental Relations Do democratic governments need to be organized as federal systems? Great Britain has a Unitary form of government How does this differ from the U.S.? Powerful central government with federal or central government mandates (laws) that are implemented (put into place) throughout the whole country= Unitary govt. Examples: National Health Policy throughout the whole country so that you can go from city to city in Great Britain and use your health card at any hospital. (Portability of health insurance in U.S.: can get care anywhere in our country) Current American example of an issue that is being discussed as a national issue: elections Should we have Congress pass federal rules for identification, times polls are open, voting ahead of time, etc.? Do you personally tend to look to the federal government to solve problems in the U.S. ? (synonyms for federal govt.: national govt. and central govt) OR Do you tend to focus on your state government or on your city or county (local) government? We do not have good political theories of when federal minimum national standards are appropriate...
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...into cities. Finally, the cities are divided into territories. Each territory has different culture for instance, in a territory, people who wear short pants and crop tees are considered to be bad people. But in another territory, people who wear something like that are very usual. Even though every territory has different culture, but all of them will be united into one culture of a country. They have to follow and obey the rules of the country otherwise they will be considered as bad people. Because of that, this world has various types of culture that are adopted by different people. Still, even though every culture is different, we cannot judge the other culture is bad only because in our culture doing those behaviors are not considered as good things. The differences on culture make the leadership type of every country is different too. First we have to know what the meaning of leadership is. Leader is someone who gives positive direction to the organization and has the full responsibility of an organization. Leadership itself is the ability of someone to give directions to his or her organization in order to accomplish the mission of the organization. Not all people can have the ability to become a leader because by being a leader means that that person has a full responsibility of everything that has been done in the organization. If that person cannot be a good leader for his or her people in an organization, surely the work of that organization will not be done as what...
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...people the chance to be able to gain a health care plan that they can afford. Several people have a big issue with this because some regulations of the law give a large amount of control to the federal government. People argue that this involvement from the government makes the law unconstitutional. The biggest question being is if the pros outweigh the cons and if the plan will benefit the people of this nation There have always been issues in this country with healthcare being extremely expensive. This being the case, many people have been forced to go uninsured and put their own health at risk simply because they could not afford to make it a priority. Not only does this cause them to go without preventative care, but when the time comes in an emergency and medical attention is needed the average American cannot afford to pay the out of pocket medical bill and ends up filing bankruptcy on the medical bill resulting in the hospital losing a ridiculous amount of money. President Obama along with many Americans agreed that something has to be done to change this travesty. There are many pros and cons to the Affordable Care Act that needs to be evaluated in order to decide if this law is good or bad for our country. The following are some main points that we all need to think about: Pros: • Affordable benefits • Children’s CHIP program expands to 9 million participants • Small business tax credits • Children remain on parents insurance until the age of 26 ...
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...and not shown to others. Yet, as much as we enjoy these rights, they are slowly slipping away as laws are passed to fight terrorism. Privacy was never guaranteed in the constitution. The closest thing to protecting our privacy was the 4th amendment. The amendment protected people from unwarranted search and seizure, but only from the government, not from individuals. Federal privacy laws have only dealt with the actions of the federal government and its agencies. The burden of personal privacy laws have fallen to the states. After the attacks of 9/11, the federal government took unprecedented steps to prevent more attacks. One of these steps taken was wiretapping U.S. citizens. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez (2006) claimed “We cannot defend the nation without such information”. However, The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978 was passed because of the governments wiretapping of dissidents in the 60’s and early 70’s. The act setup a panel of judges to review requests for domestic surveillance, in cases of national security, these requests could be “fast tracked” to be authorized quickly. It also allowed government wiretapping of people for a limited number of days in special circumstances. About 20,000 warrants have been requested since 1979, with only four being rejected. Still, Gonzalez (2006) argues that when it comes to terrorism, “Obtaining FISA warrants currently takes too long and requires the government to submit too much information, and the...
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...unemployment still so high? Why is our economy not improving? Why is the government not doing anything about it? Why are American jobs being lost to overseas competition? Why are American workers being overlooked, and our economy continues to get worse day by day? These are questions that we hope to answer for you, and tell you what we plan to do to help the unemployment rates in your community. While there are many factors that contribute to unemployment, many of them cannot be controlled by anyone. Some of the contributing factors are rapid changes in technology, our recent recessions in the stock market and real estate, inflation, undulating business cycles, climate conditions, attitudes towards employers, employee values, and a person’s ability to look for employment. We have thoroughly researched these causes and issues, and we promise to provide answers to you, and solutions that will help solve the unemployment problem. One solution we would implement involves unemployment benefits, which are meant to help those citizens who have been laid off. Unfortunately, there are people who have been receiving unemployment benefits who are not complying with the requirements for receiving unemployment benefits. These benefits are meant to help citizens while they search for and hopefully obtain a new job, but some are abusing this and taking advantage of the system and ruining it for others. We...
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...Jeray Perkins Waste in Government July 4, 2014 Introduction The way the government spends the tax payer’s dollars and the way that they operate using Americans tax dollars is a controversial topic in the United States. Americans have a sometimes misplaced distrust in the way our Government spends and manages money for programs. The perception of waste and governmental inefficiency has led to a call for reform in most governmental activities. While the public may believe that there is wide spread fraud and intentional waste, I have a very different view as it pertains to governmental money management. In this paper we will discuss the inefficiencies of the federal government and some of the root issues to the problem that is governmental waste. GAO Report and Overlap The United States Governmental Accountability Office release a transparent report in efforts to recognize some of the spending concerns that are currently happening across governmental offices. The dissection of these programs ranged from Agriculture to Training Employment and Education. While reading through the GAO report I found a few common themes. Duplication being at the very forefront of governmental agencies and by duplication I mean two or more departments involved with these same tasks USDA are two programs where we see some overlap in their functions. According to the GAO report the USDA is responsible for catfish but the FDA is responsible for seafood. The fact that we have two very similar agencies...
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...Mireles III AP Macroeconomics – 1B Mr. W. English 2 September 2013 Traditional Economy VS Command Economy In economics we study how individuals and society seek to satisfy needs and wants through incentives, choices, and allocation of scarce resources. We know that we cannot have everything, we have to make choices. We then asked ourselves, “How will society choose between what they do and don’t have?” that’s why economic systems were created. They were created specifically to answer the three economic questions. What should we produce? How should we produce it? And Who should get it? There’s different ways we can answer these questions, it all depends on the economies goals and values. The first type of economy I will be discussing is Traditional economy. This type of economy is found in rural, underdeveloped countries such as Vanuatu, Pygmies of Congo, Eskimos, Indian tribes and Belarus. Which are all very small groups. In this kind of economy customs govern the economic decisions that are made, so they do things based on the ways they’ve always done them. The advantages of this economic system are that people have very specific roles, they have a sense of security in the way things are done. Men and women usually have very defined roles, usually very gender specific. There’s no question on what you’re going to do or how you’re going to do it, you will do it the way that they’ve always been done. The disadvantages are that there is absolutely no technology used so it makes...
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...Prospering for a Better Society Do Belizeans hold back from showing their full potentials? Why do they stick to having low class jobs that don’t contribute much to economy? Careers in science and technology have contributed a great phase of change to the world today. Belize is in desire need of individuals to pursue these careers. Everything now a days can be accomplished with the use of technological equipment’s hence, there can be a myriad of job opportunities associated in this given field. Wewant studentsto dedicate themselves and have all the responsibilities to take up the challenge. In order for more Belizeans to pursue careers in science and technology, the government should provide them with scholarships, the government should grant them access to the necessary professional tools and the government should grant them accessible training for the career. First and foremost, in order for more students to pursue science and technology careers the government can provide students with scholarships. Why do only a few students tend to get it rather than everyone? It has been proven that only top students tend to get scholarships, but again, all of us have the same rights as them. “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Instead of applying for a scholarship, why can’t a standard six graduate get a scholarship without having to apply for it?As a fourth form student, I tend to have financial problems but why can’t the government realize that a little help could be the way to success...
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...regards to the thousands of people in the world that are in need of life saving organs, specifically kidneys. The author goes on to describe the grueling dialysis treatments for patients suffering End Stage Renal Disease and the lengthy wait for a cadaver donation. Unhappy with these outcomes patients start to look for other options, which leads them overseas into the pit of the black market (MacKay). The reason? The United States government bans the selling of organs. MacKay’s argument is that the government should legalize and...
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