...our government is and how it works? Has anyone ever thought about another country's government and who runs it and how it works? I have thought about these questions which are what led me to read about the United States government and Russia government. The United States government and the Russian government are run very differently than each other. Although the United States and Russian government can be somewhat similar to each other in their unique way. The United States is run by the federal government branches as to the Russian government it is run by the Prime Minister’s, the deputy Prime Ministers, and the federal minister. The United States and the Russian governments seem to some of us very different to one another, but they have more in common than what we think. The United States government has a part in making the rules. The government is has three different distinct branches. The branches of the United States government are the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the...
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...Federalism Division of powers among the local, state, and federal governments Weakness of the Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation gave final authority to the state governments, creating conflict between states. For example, if one state passed a law that affected citizens visiting from another state, no one could settle the dispute. Also, the federal government had no way to protect the people and nation as a whole. Solution in the U.S. Constitution Article VI of the Constitution makes federal laws supreme over state laws. Article IV of the Constitution says the states must respect each other’s laws and explains the duties of the federal government to protect the states. Article I of the Constitution allows the federal government to create and maintain a national military force to protect the nation. Limited Government Idea that government should be restricted to its basic function of protecting people`s natural rights Weakness of the Articles of Confederation Under the Articles of Confederation, the central government was too weak and limited. For example, it could pass laws but not enforce them. Solution in the U.S. Constitution The Constitution expanded and listed the powers of the federal government. Through Article I, Congress could raise taxes. Article II establishes the president as the leader of the military. Articles I(One), II (Two), and III (Three) expanded federal power but still limited it by dividing its powers into the three branches...
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...Section 1: 2. What is the Bill of Rights, and how did it come to be added to the Constitution? Many Americans did not like the Constitution because they felt that a strong federal government could take away people's rights. Therefore, most Americans wanted a bill of rights added onto the Constitution. Because the Constitution had already been written and placed into effect, the bill of rights could be added only by making amendments to the Constitution. At this time, the United States Congress made a list of the rights that would be amendments to the Constitution, giving us the Bill of Rights. 4. What is the process of incorporation? What guarantees in the Bill of Rights are not now covered by the 14th Amendment’s due process clause? The incorporation process is a legal act of creating a corporation. The only amendment in the Bill of Rights NOT covered by the 14th amendment's Due Process clause is the 2nd amendment. Most rights and limitations relating to guns are covered by state law. You will find very few laws limiting the sales and ownership of firearms 6. How do you think the United States might be different today if the Supreme Court had not applied the process of incorporation to the due process clause? Due process is the principle that the government must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person according to the law. If that did not exist, we would not have rights, such as illegal search and seizure. Section 2: 2. Why does aid to parochial...
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...2011-12-13 United States Government Political parties & interests groups Political Parties * American political parties do not have clear programs, regular members, annual meetings, party leaders don’t decide who will run for election, etc. – the ideology of American parties is not very distinctive – they are electoral machines – they help people get elected to Congress and help us organize our thinking. * Political parties have existed since the first decade of the new government’s existence. Americans have always had ambivalent feelings about them. * Parties are necessary, and they perform vital functions, they are crucial institutions when it comes to organizing competition when it comes to elections, structuring the thinking of the society. If they help us distinguish various political sides, we can start identifying with them (liberal, conservative) * Ad-hoc coalitions – built in order to pass a specific bill. Party functions: * Organize the competition * Unify the electorate * Inspire and inform voters * Translate preferences into policy * Provide loyal opposition * Organize Government * Help Govern * Act as Watchdogs * Nominate Candidates * Ensure Candidate Quality * Winner takes all election system – if you have to be big to win, it makes no sense for small parties to function. * Party systems – Multiparty and Two Party System. * Minor parties: Persistence and Frustration * American parties...
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...How the U.S. Government Hacks the World "We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions and our air traffic control systems," President Obama, in his State of the Union Address in February. (MacLeod, 2013) At the same time, President Obama signed an executive order to protect our country’s infrastructure from cyberattacks, a very real and dangerous problem. Our own government admits to cyber espionage and while former CIA and NSA agents confirm this, we, as citizens, must wonder how far our government takes this liberty while pointing their fingers at other countries, namely China. While the article gives specific information to secretive government branches and even a secretive unit known as Tailored Access Operations, it cites a Pentagon official as well as two former U.S. government officials, all who asked not to be named. Informing the readers of possible secretive organizations within our own country and how they conduct business was achieved quite well. The facts in the article can be argued, however, considering their sources are unnamed and none of the information in the report can be unequivocally confirmed from the government. The article does consider alternative views, namely the U.S. government. The argument is stated early in the article, “The U.S. position is that some kinds of hacking are more acceptable than others –and the kind...
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...Since the turn of the twentieth century, the U.S. government implemented several approaches to meet the needs of people living in poverty. American beliefs on poverty demanded the government to play a role in addressing the needs of the poor. Some argued a universal approach to income maintenance would secure an income for poor families with children. Many argued, especially social activist, that income maintenance assistance should be temporary for those experiencing financial hardship. This is probably why the government chose a residual approach to income maintenance rather than a universal approach. The purpose for residual approach income maintenance is to provide a minimum level of income to families and individuals. Recipients must demonstrate an economic need according to the (means test), with eligibility based on income and assets (p.116). Examples of residual income are Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), food stamps, Medicaid, earned income tax credit (EITC) and (Section 8) housing aid. Each program includes an incentive or clause that promotes able bodies to increase their income by earing wages to supplement their assistance. In conclusion, according to Antipoverty Strategy, when hourly wages are high, the number of people in poverty tends to decline. (p.163) The purpose of universal income maintenance is to offer minimum income for poor families with children. Universal approach supporter, President...
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...Date 2/25/2013 To Voter Victor From – Brett Jackson Subject – Project Part 1 for Voter Victor I have found the necessary research and findings for Voter Victor's concern on the Economy of the US. They are Provided below. The government for the us is the Federal Government of the constituted republic that are in charge of 50 states, a capitol district and some other territories. The Government follows the Constitution which is the supreme law of the united states that is conspired of rules and powers which the government has to there disposal. The power is shared between the Federal government and the state governments which is called Federalism. Federalism is what powers the federal government has and how they can use it fairly. The government has a couple federal levels. One being the Legislative branch, which conspires the House of Representatives and the Senate which form The Congress. The Legislative branch has 435 Elected members divided among the 50 states. Some of the powers that legislative branch has is initiating revenue bills, impeaching federal officials and many more. The way the bills are initiated is they have to go through a process that has to be Introduced through the congress then reviewed by a certain committee that the bill is intended for. If the bill goes through and gets thrown up to the house of senate and get passed through the congress and houses. The Executive Branch is consisted of the President and the Cabinet members. The President...
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...US Government Significant Powers There are twenty-five states that allow their governor’s to have significant powers. Line Item Veto Line item veto is the power that governors can veto a certain part of a bill while signing the rest of the bill into law. There are forty-three states that allow line item vetoes of appropriations and nineteen states allow this type of veto for other than appropriations. Governors Out of forty-four presidents, only seventeen were ever governors before they became president. The most recent were Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. Term Limits There are fifteen states that enforce term limits for their legislators. Direct Democracy Many states exercise a direct democracy through initiative-twenty-four states; the referendum-thirty-three states; and the recall-fifteen states. Judges All states have trial courts, three-quarters of the states have intermediate appellate courts, and thirty-eight states elect their judges. Municipal Government 1. Commission Plan – This form of government combines the legislature and the executive branch of state governments into a single body. There are around three to nine elected officials who are responsible for running the municipality, and each of these members have a specific duty. This type of government was founded in 1901 by Galveston, Texas. 2. Council-Manager Plan – This form of government is mostly used in larger cities. Under this type of government the...
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...war and seeked a better government. They than thought it was in their best interest to write about their new government down, so they wrote the Articles of Confederation. After they tested out their new style of government, they realized it was inefficient and not working well. They than needed a new government style, so they decided to hold the Constitutional Convention to provide written rules about a new government that would fix their...
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...expand and another cease to liquidate some assets, the reasons for this are as different as each company. One company can be going bankrupt, another company can be poorly managed, and another company may have just expanded too fast and collapse under its own weight; one thing is for sure there are good mergers and then they are bad mergers. Some mergers can actually benefit its consumers by giving them better service and combine the best of two companies into one, however a merger of two companies or more can result in a limited choice of options when choosing one firm from another to do to do business with. In fact this can be so tricky that with some of the mergers with the more larger companies have to be regulated by the federal government, as far as the United States is concerned. This concern can be so big that if too many companies in the same field merge it will begin to create monopolies, with this diversity is limited selection is limited and is the consumer that will pay. If certain companies are allowed to become monopolies they can corner and control their markets and literally drive the price of the goods and services up, almost to the point were consumers are paying entirely too much just for their products and...
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...Environment One of the best strategies that US Airways has is to provide a safe, reliable and convenient service. According to US Airways 10k report, US Airways offers 3100 flights daily to more than 200 communities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Central and South America. US Airways has dominated the Customer Service Key Survival Factor (KSF) by achieving six first place baggage handling, first place on time-performance by also offering a program that allows passengers to earn mileage for each paid flight. US Airways utilize a system that helps to attract more customers, generate more revenues and saves cost that are not necessary. US Airways makes contracts with smaller carriers agreeing that these small carriers would transfer the passengers from a low-density market to their main hubs. The small carriers acting as suppliers to US Airways also benefit by carrying the name from a recognized company and also getting more customers. There is a connection between the strategies that US Airways use and the key survival factor. According to the US Airways 10K report, one of the largest costs for the business is the high cost of fuel. The cost of a gallon of fuel increased by 1.28 billion from 2010 to 2011. This big increase can affect the ability to maintain or increase fares and the passenger demand. We cannot control the environment that we live in political, economical, government regulations, natural disaster, etc. all this...
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...Haji-Ioannou a Greek Cypriot as part of EasyGroup Holdings Ltd. He envisaged it as a low cost airline which could impact on the existing domestic market in the UK which was at the time dominated by large British companies such as British Airways and British Midland. The Company started with two leased airplanes and began operating from London Luton to Glasgow and Edinburgh In 1996 they began operating from Luton to Amsterdam and now in 2014, operate on 633 routes across more than 30 countries and own 217 Airbus aircraft. They employ over 8,000 people including 2,000 pilots and 4,500+ cabin crew and in 2013 they flew over 60 million passengers They now claim that “over 300 million people within a one hour drive of an EasyJet airport” (Easyjet About Us 2013) The obvious move for the airline for further growth may now be outside of Europe and India may be the best market to consider. PESTLE Analysis Political/Legal Up to April 1997 the European Airline Market was regulated strictly and each county controlled their own airline companies. After 1997 and deregulation the European market opened up for carriers and subsequently for example an Irish low cost carrier like Ryan Air was allowed to operate between two other European countries. Since then European routes have increased by140% ( Ingdahl W. “Flying has never been safer” Spiked 19 03 2014) This was followed by the EU/USA Open Skies Agreement allowing any airline of either the USA or a European Union country to fly freely between their...
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...model that is used by IndiGo and their marketing strategic framework which would help us to understand the enormous growth shown by IndiGo. Porter’s 5-Force Analysis for Airline Industry and GoIndigo in particular 1. Threat of New Entrants New entrants in the aviation industry face intense competition from the existing players and these new entrants themselves act as a huge competition to the settled players in the market. Barriers for new entrants: 1. High initial setup cost- The initial setup costs for the entrants include the airbus costs, setup costs, licensing costs, costs to airports, inventory costs, and many other costs including taxes. This increases the entry barrier to the new entrants who are willing to enter the market. 2. Existing player’s defence of market share- The existing settled players have a loyal set of customers, an established brand name and an extensive value chain. With the entry of a new entrant, the existing companies can easily defend their market share from the former. Additionally, the existing companies have an advantage of the economies of scale which the new entrants do not have. 3. Government regulations- The government regulations regarding the distribution of licenses of air travel and the licensing costs of the pilots are a considerable hindrance to the new entrants. 4. Government lobbying costs- The cost of lobbying the government for licenses in the various lines, including the airport authorities for...
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...Capstone: Strategic Management May 13th, 2008 Robert Gibson – Scott McDaniels – Jonah Nelson – David Stark Table of Contents: Strategic Profile 3 * Company Introduction Situational Analysis 4-15 * External * PEST Analysis * Porter’s 5 Forces * Bargaining Power of Suppliers * Bargaining Power of Buyers * Threat of New Entrants * Threat of Substitutes * Competitive Rivalry between Existing Players * Competitor Landscape * Alaska Airlines * Southwest Airlines * United Airlines * Air Canada * Key Success Factors * Internal 16-23 * Resources * Tangible * Intangible * Value Chain Analysis * Primary Activities * Secondary Activities * Capabilities * VRIN Testing * Core Competencies SWOT Analysis 24-25 * Strengths * Weaknesses * Opportunities * Threats Strategy Formulation 26-28 * Strategic Alternatives * Alternative Evaluation * Alternative Choice Strategic Alternative Implementation 29-31 * Action Items * Action Plan References 32 Strategic Profile: Company Introduction Alaska Air Group is made up of two principle subsidiaries Alaska Airlines and...
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...This is a smart move by the DOJ to add Delta as a defendant in the lawsuit. I’m quite sure the DOJ will argue that it is a technical requirement; since Delta is part of a transaction that DOJ believes would violate the Sherman Act, the 1890 US federal law that prohibits anticompetitive business activities, the Atlanta-based airline must be included. DOJ has given Delta every incentive to abandon United in the lawsuit, leaving the latter with less room to maneuver. So Delta has nothing to lose. Delta could decide to stand up for the broader principle the airlines industry to be allowed to swap and sell slots without the government interference, but we all know that Delta is not a “team player” in this industry. In fact, it has just recently made a very public departure from Airlines for America (A4A), the lobbying group that represents the US airline industry. What’s to stop Delta from settling it’s part of the lawsuit with DOJ by simply agreeing not to sell or lease its EWR slots to United? United is, after all, a competitor. Why should Delta help out United what is the benefits for Delta? United now has a big fight here with the DOJ. Newark is very critical to its network, ever more so since it has pulled out of JFK. If the DOJ is successful in this lawsuit, it would essentially...
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