Essays on American Government.

The population and census authorities calculate official poverty figures in the United States. In the 2012 statistics, it was identified that some 46.5 million Americans live under the poverty line. This refers to 15% of the population of the United States and these are people who live in households that make less than $23,283 a year, which is an income per head of about $10,000. In spite of this, the United States is by far the richest country in the world in terms of assets. There is an average gross domestic product (GDP) of $53,470 per ...

Effectiveness of US Private Gun Sale and Showroom Regulation in decreasing crime

In recent years, the campaign regarding gun control and showroom continues to cause immense debate throughout the United States due to the perceived impacts it has on crime prevention. With the growing rate of gun-related incidents throughout the country, calls for revisions to the country’s gun regulation especially for private use have been brought by various groups. Some groups believe that private gun control and showroom regulations should be strengthened to reduce crime. However, there are also groups stressing that increasing of regulation for private gun ownership and sales would not be enough since crime continues to increase. ...

THESIS: An analysis of recent cases in which the United States used military action in international incidents reveals the concept of “policeman of the world” as the government imposed principles that place their foreign operations within the boundaries of law and order. Thus said, while countering the Al-Shabaab’s antics with an air strike against its leaders, the United States responded to North Korea’s nuclear tests with sanctions as a means to regulate the country’s weapons program.

The recent international military activities approved by the United States government echo similar strategies employed at the global capacity.

Associated Press of The Guardian report military actions against the Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia and imposed sanctions against North Korea’ ...

Introduction

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created on 25th November 2002 by the USA Federal Government. The role of the department is to increase the security and safety of USA homeland. Hence, it safeguards the Americans from activities related to terrorism and the threats of illegal immigration. The USA Customs and Protection (CBP) is under pressure to deal with the multifaceted security and humanitarian challenges because thousands of unaccompanied children arrive at the country’s borders. Specifically, the agency faces a challenge of caring and handling the children. This case study reviews the issue offer border control because ...

Introduction

Official poverty figures in the United States is calculated by the population and census authorities. In the 2012 statistics, it was identified that some 46.5 million Americans live under the poverty line. This refers to 15% of the population of the United States and these are people who live in households that make less than $23,283 a year which is an income per head of about $10,000. In spite of this, the United States is by far the richest country in the world in terms of assets. There is an average gross domestic product (GDP) of $53, ...

Introduction: Since intrusion of privacy could prove destructive, it is crucial that we set up a few controls to make sure that it never happens

Body 1: How social networking sites could prove harmful

Body 2: How our internet activity is being monitored by the US government itself Body 3: How the internet is playing with emotions Conclusion Technology is bringing new things to the table, and faster than ever before. We have been provided with social networking tools like facebook and twitter, and those tools are being used to stay in touch with thousands across the globe. This innovation comes packed with a lot of risks too, ...

The incident occurred on Fourth, August 1964 after North Vietnamese patrol boats were reported to have attacked United States boats. The incidence provided a very convenient excuse for the United States military involvement in Vietnam. It was also overstated, so that the United States government could gain support for military involvement. The first incident that occurred in the Gulf of Tonkin was recorded as occurring on August second, 1964. On this particular day, the United States Navy boat known as the Maddox was out conducting its usual patrol. However, they encountered North Vietnam patrol ships which attacked them. The ...

Introduction

The United States of America is the second largest democracy after India by the size of the electorate; the state emerges as the most powerful in its political system. After independence, the American government created an entirely different political system which supported the share of power within three arms of government; the executive, legislature and the judiciary. The American society has been faced with ever changing political dynamics that have been characterized by various civil rights movements, the media and political systems. The aim of this paper is to alienate the various issues that have defined the American political ...

Part 1: Broken Rainbow

The Broken Rainbow is a movie that depicts the displacement of the Navajo people in Arizona by the government of the United States (Maria and Victoria 1). This displacement followed the occupation by the Navajo of a land that had the potential of producing coal, oil and generating electricity.

The power plants

The power plants were built to ease the concerns of the people of California that had rejected the idea of sharing the water of river Colorado. Arizona politicians adopted the Central Arizona Project that led to the construction of power plants in Page and Laughlin. A lot of water was ...

At the time of Spanish American War, the United States went from relative isolation to increased global involvement because it suggested joining of the United States in the struggle for world hegemony; it also began the era of imperialism. The consequences on American society of that greater involvement was demonstration the power of the new state and transformation it into a key player in the political arena. Ever since the beginning of the XIX century, the United States attracted a particular interest to Cuba, as it had a convenient strategic position. By the end of the XIX century, Cuba ...

Delivery date

A community can be described as a social group or unit usually of different sizes and resides within a specific group geographical location at a certain given time. People living in a community usually have common goals, social norms and values, are ruled by the same government, and have similar resources. Community health, on the other hand, can be defined as a discipline in the field of public health that is concerned with the study as well as improvement of health within a community. It focuses on a specific geographical area, not people who have similar characteristics. The community ...

Introduction 3

Problem Definition 3 Economic Theories 3 Analysis 6 Conclusion and Recommendations 12

Bibliography 14

Are the Rich Getting Richer and the Poor Getting Poorer Still Today Introduction Nowadays there is a lot of discussion whether the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer in the modern world. The answer to this question lies in the very understanding of poverty. Various economic schools employ different approaches when describing the causes of poverty. Therefore, they give different answers to the question mentioned above. Some of them think that the statement about the enrichment of the rich and the impoverishment of ...

The case of Manuel Noriega, a former de facto leader of Panama, had several turning points in the last two decades. General Noriega became a military dictator of Panama in 1983 and ruled the country by the year 1989, until was ousted by the US Army forces (The Secret History of America's Disastrous Relationship with Manuel Noriega: CIA Money, 2014). Starting from the 1950s, Noriega was a US ally and worked closely with the CIA. Being an important intelligence source, Noriega provided US government with opportunities to held military operations in Latin America. The CIA was pretty aware of ...

Civil Liberties and Social Responsibility

In 2002, as reported by The New York Times, the Bush administration approved a presidential bill giving the National Security Agency (NSA) the power to track, listen to, and intercept without a warrant the local and international communications (e.g. emails, phone calls) of a vast number of American citizens. Sooner or later, the scheme expanded to involve a certain extent of 'internal controls' (ACLU, 2015, para 2), yet there was no mention of mandating warrants specified under the foreign intelligence surveillance laws. This surveillance program has penetrated and invaded almost all of the communications technologies and networks that the ...

In the middle of the 20th century, after the World War II, all countries were highly disturbed and scared of a new war which could appear. United States, being a powerful country, the influence and power of which helped to end the WWII, were a kind of an enemy for the other countries, who lost at the war. After World War II United States and its enemies and Soviet Union were in the state of a Cold War. According to John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum “Soldiers of the Soviet Union and the United States did not do ...

Prehistory

Soviet suppression of the anti-socialist events in Poland and Hungary in 1956 showed that Western hopes for Soviet Union easing its foreign policy were in vain. As well, the victory of Nasser in events related to the nationalization of the Suez Canal, contributed to a further change in the correlation of forces in the Middle East in favor of the national liberation movement (Hahn, 2001). Arab East - most consistent followers of anti-imperialist positions as well as the Arabian Peninsula started to show the rise of political movements. The British and French imperialists found themselves pushed off to the ...

INTRODUCTION

Every society develops, struggles to find and seeks solutions that will be best for society. What are the best laws, political style and what should be considered right and wrong and good or bad. Science says that for every action there is a reaction. Essentially, this means that there are consequences for all actions and choices, which calls for great consideration in regards to those acts being right or wrong, good or evil and or even worthwhile. Unfortunately, there is no universally accepted means by which attain these social goals that need to be achieved. One area of ethical ...

Importance of privacy policies in a fusion center

Information is the key goal for a Fusion Center. A Fusion Center collects and analyzes data from various sources to determine the likelihood of potential threats from domestic and foreign origin against the US. The information from government and private sources contribute largely to a Fusion Center’s database (Regan and Monahan, 2013). The most potent information often originates from the general population. The case of the Lackawanna Six is a testament to that. The people who provided the anonymous tip believed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation works to safeguard the nation. The FBI, with a long history ...

Essay Outline

Introduction

Discovery of gold and expansion to the West Thesis Statement: White supremacy hindered a peaceful coexistence between the Cherokees and the Caucasians; hence, despite the former’s connection to their land and existing treaties, the removal was inevitable.

Reasons for staying

Ancestral land A civilized people that cannot wander like savages The move involved large numbers of Indians Legal arguments Individual and national rights Treaty of Hopewell put the Cherokees under the protection of the United States Treaty of Holston documented Cherokees agreeing to be under the rule of the Americans Summarization of the Appeal of the Cherokee Nation Conclusion Restatement ...

United Farm Workers of America, also known as UFWA was a result of the coming together of two lesser labor unions. These labor unions were led by two people, Cesar Chavez and Larry Itilong. Larry Itilong was the founder and organizer of Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, also known as AWOC whilst Cesar Chavez was the founder and organizer of National Farm Workers Association, also known as NFWA.

The grand labor union was formed on the 22nd of August 1966 after the NFWA joined AWOC’s protest in Delano, California. Even though there had been a previous strike on the 8th ...

Since the end of the Second World War in 1945, nuclear technology became rampant throughout the globe as they realized the potential of such technology for both energy production and warfare. Several nations had developed their nuclear programs to cement their capabilities to the world and discover new methods on how nuclear power can be reduced. While the proliferation of nuclear arms and power had decreased significantly, there were nations that broke away from such norm and continued with their nuclear programs despite the criticism from the international community. One of these unrecognized nuclear states is Iran, which is ...

Question 1: Explain the circumstances under which the United States was created.

Before what is now the United States of America, the lands were inhabited by indigenous people who are known as the Red Indians (Zinn, Howard, 54). Then European colonists invaded the land. The British, being the colonists, imposed impossible taxes to the thirteen colonies. These colonies rejected the British rule. Consequently, in April 1775, there arose an armed conflict between the thirteen colonies and the British. On the 4th of July 1176 (Historical Statistics, 31), the Declaration of Independence, which was drafted by Thomas Jefferson, was ...

The United States of America has remained as the top destination for immigrants because of the belief that the country can offer a new home, life and freedom they cannot get in their own home countries. Some would migrate to America because of the war, while there are a few seeking asylum from their respective governments or threats. Migrants come from all over the globe, especially in border countries such as the Latin American countries like Mexico. However, as the years progress, illegal immigration of immigrants, especially of Mexicans are increasing rapidly that raises the concern of many regarding the dangers ...

- Considering the demand of the citizens, America has toughened its stand on the criminals and put them into prisons. However, this step has caused a different problem. The American prisons are overcrowded and the government faces the ire of judiciary as well as several human rights organization that demand a human treatment for the prisoners. An easy option before the American government is to privatize the prisons to provide the prisoners a comfortable life. The american government is exploring every option to look into the probaility of privatizing the prisons.

Privatization of prisons does not mean that the government is ...

International trade is the trade that occurs between a country and its trade partners which are foreign countries. Countries practice international trade for various reasons such as to get foreign exchange, to get goods and services that are not found in the home country and so on. The United States of America carries out international trade with many countries worldwide. This involves exporting and importing goods and services to and from these countries. Foreign exchange rates are the rates at which the ...

Speech

Abstract: The following paper aims to provide factual data that proves the need to wear helmet. Every year US faces many accidents and fatalities, according t the gathered data, it proves that many lives could have been saved, had the rider been diligent and worn a helmet. Rather than having to live a life of disability, it is advisable to wear a helmet while riding a motorbike. In the following speech, an argument is provided along with data that supports the clause of wearing helmet while riding.

The choice to wear a helmet while riding a motorbike totally rests on the rider, but it is ...

The trends in higher education both at undergraduate and graduate level show the increasing gap between African American male and female, whereby females are outnumbering the males in attainment of higher education. The trend needs to be analyzed for the purpose of finding out the reasons for this increasing gap by using the quantitative and qualitative methods and a mix of both. The dissertation aims at discussing the relative merits and demerits of qualitative and quantitative research along with the comparison of non-experimental, experimental and quasi-experimental research designs. The dissertation will also include the questions about the research on a given ...

The November 11, 2013, news article in the New York Times namely “Spying Scandal Alters U.S. Ties with Allies and Raises Talk of Policy Shift” discusses the shift in policies amongst the US and its allies. Smale and Sanger state that as the US and European negotiators advance a foundational trade accord which is intended to tie Europe and America together, European major business firms such as the Deutsche Telekom, the giant telecommunication firm in Germany are considering adopting strategies which will confine the information exchange within Europe. The main reason behind these intention is to avoid unnecessary data exchange ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture imposes regulatory on agricultural goods as a way of putting restriction on certain commodity supplies and raise the consumer price. Import barriers are used extensively by the sugar industry. It significant to note that through trade barriers, the prices are high and as a result of high prices, the consumers are hurt more because they are forced to buy fewer products at a high price. According to USDA there is a trade barrier in the sugar industry so as to protect the producers from competition so that they can increase their returns to scale (usda.gov). Though the government ...

Hoarding among Americans Born during the Great Depression: Understanding the Socio-Economic Conditions of a Forlorn Era in Relation to a Peculiar Habit

Introduction

The capitalist economic setup of the United States (US) is not purely a success story. While markets in the US appear robust and active in contemporary times, it does not mean that it has not experienced any form of fluctuations. In fact, various maladies have affected the US economy for one too many times. In fact, the most recent economic crisis that has hit the US – the global financial crisis of 2008, has left the nation reeling in the pains ...

Context of Gender in Corporate World

For a long time, gender equality has always engrossed and troubled the corporate world. Gender equality efforts aims at eradicating the barriers of stereotypes and prejudices to enable both sexes equally contribute and benefit from social, economic, political, and cultural developments in the society. In the past, the society had a misconception on the ability of women to balance work and domestic roles (Benshoff and Sean 32). However, this has changed in the wake 21 century many women have dedicated themselves to the growth and success of various corporations. The corporate has felt the presence of women and their contribution as ...

Fraud and Abuse in Managed Care in America: An Introduction

The American government significantly knows more about health care reforms, and what requires to be put into practice to resolve the poor health care system. The major trouble the government is trying to deal with the considerable rise in health care expenditures that are creating a large number of patients that are registered all over the USA. There exist various factors that are linked to ...

National Reaction to the Cuban Missile Crisis

This paper seeks to outline sources that review the Cuban Missile Crisis. The sources give a background and reasons that stirred a national reaction during the cold war. The Americans had made an attempt under President John Fitzgerald’s administration to overthrow Cuban President Fidel Castro. This led to a bad blood between the two countries. Cubans did not understand the reason of the attack at Bay of Pigs. The American had their naval base at Guantanamo bay in Cuba and had always had a good relationship with Cubans. Following the attack, the Cuban government sought for protection from its ally the Soviet ...

On the unfortunate afternoon of February 26, 1993, an explosion originating from the underground parking area of the World Trade Center 1 occurred, taking the lives of six (6) civilians while injuring another 1,042 (Antiterrorism Historical Vignette, n.d.; Greenspan, 2013). The explosion which occurred at exactly 12:17 pm of the said date came from a yellow Ford Econoline van which was traced to have been rented from a Ryder dealership in New Jersey, USA (Parachini, 2000; Greenspan, 2013). The massive explosion, but failing to achieve its main ...

Introduction

Drug abuse is major problem across the globe. The US has a big multicultural population, flexible immigration laws, liberalism, and lies in major drug transit route. These issues have made the US a big target for drug production, trade, and consumption (Hakim, 4). The federal government initiated laws and agencies to fight drug use and trade. However, dynamics in the trade, human rights issues, scientific research, economic constraints, shifting international relations, and several other policy issues have compelled the government to rethink its stand on policies regarding drugs in the country.

Major policy issues in drug Use in US

The main policy issues in the US drug policies are ...

Numerous authors have instigated ideas related to freedom; however, nobody has done it better than Eric Foner. He is a renowned Columbian historian who portrays a different concept in the art of freedom in his book Voices of Freedom. Foner agrees that the freedom in America has a different definition from the world’s views. The use of freedom by the American community has always changed, and it has the best tool in the definition of their identity and history. There are authors claiming that the freedom is a tool used to discover oneself. However, Foner believes that the freedom can be used ...

Introduction

Security of people in the United States remains one of the top priorities of President Barack Obama’s government. It is thus therefore not unusual to find the United States in conflict with nations which tend to threaten world peace. The Iranian and Syrian conflicts are some of the latest examples of this situation. This is because the two nations are suspected to be in possession of nuclear plants which pose a threat to the safety of many people around the world.

Stakeholders in the Nuclear Energy Sector

The major stakeholders in the nuclear community comprise of national regulatory authorities, industrialists, and environmentalists. Other stakeholders include ...

The organization of special needs families is a non-governmental organization that was founded in 2001 with the aim of giving extracurricular activities and a supportive community for children with special needs. Its offices are in the California State of the U.S.A. The organization offers programs such as the afterschool enrichment program, Saturday enrichment program and social group, summer day camp, and recreational opportunities. These programs involve activities such as music therapy, homework help, occupational therapy, hiking, swimming and community outing.

The organization was founded by a couple who felt the need of providing families and individuals with special needs a full and active ...

Summary of the video/documentary

The topic that will be conveyed in the video/documentary will be Interest Groups and the audience for this video will be investors and those people who have the power to invest for government. The topic will cover all the types of interest groups and internal lobbying that is used in interest groups. We will be making video showing the politicians, investors’, different charitable organizations, agricultural groups, labor groups, and professional investors.

As it is said, Americans are thought to be involved more in political and social movements than any other country of the world, and we will be taking ...

It all started during 2006 when the US Justice Department came up with discovery of meeting of JP Morgan Executives where despite of red flag signals from US department, the officials continued selling shoody mortgage securities. JP Morgan- one of the largest banks in US, came to mutual agreement with US Government Officials to pay $13 billion as part of civil settlement against charges over JP Morgan. . The record penalty was the result of investigation held by Securities and Exchange Council and US Justice Department where they found that the big national banks were responsible for fueling the financial ...

Impact of Vietnam War on American Culture

- Although decades have passed since the occurance of the Vietnam war, the American culture, which was partly born as a result of this war, is celebrated today. - Body - The War changed the views of the American people on their constitutional rights, the media and the government. - The war created many stereotypes that referred the veterans as drug addicts, bitter, struggling to readjust in society and psychologically devastated. - The chemical weaponry that were used on the Vietnam vegetation had an adverse effect on the people in a way that even after three generations, ...

We refer to the Cold War as the period between the end of World War II and the fall of the USSR in 1990. That is when two powerful countries emerged, one being the United States of America and the other being the communist USSR. So, when the end of militarization was expected, the American government presented the people with a new threat, claiming for many decades that another war was imminent. The USSR was presented as a new Hitler with expansionistic tendencies. This helped to justify American intervention abroad, like for example in Greece right after World War II and ...

Whalen, Ryan. "The U.S. Government as an Interagency Network." Inter-Agency Journal (2013): 70-80.

In this article, Ryan approaches the issues of inter-agency cooperation through a two threaded approach. One perspective evaluates the structure of the US government and the other perspective evaluating the methodological issues, which are relevant to inter-agency issues and inter-organizational network analysis. This study adopted the use of online data available in regard to inter-agency relations and inter-organizational analysis. There has been numerous studies in the recent past in regard to inter-organizational network studies based on the availability of data on the relations of organizations with each other. This article explores the inter-agency issues from the perspective of the government ...

Epatko, Larissa. “Controversy Surrounds Increased Use of U.S. Drone Strikes” Pbs NewsHour. The Rundown. Web 10 October 2011 Wolverton, Joe. “President Obama Sending Drones All Around the Globe” thenewamerican.com. Web 30 July 2013

This article highlights the changing face of the war against terror with emphasis on the fact that the US government is now focusing on the African continent and in Columbia on the fight against drugs.

He talks about the irony of the fact that the Noble Peace Prize winner is the one that is authorizing the death of thousands of innocent civilians. He ...

The US PATRIOT Act

The September 11 bombings in 2001 had created a massive influx of political and domestic ruling within the United States as terrorism had caught the most powerful nation off-guard. The Bush Administration had immediately mobilized the Congress and the Senate to redraft the entire US national security framework and enhance the country’s law enforcement agencies to prevent further attacks in the nation. One of the most notable policies set after the September 11 bombings is the US PATRIOT Act, proposed to support law enforcement agencies by enabling them to check records and devices of citizens and “suspected” terrorists ...

Introduction

Terrorism has been a long-standing problem of globalization, with radical militant groups inflicting coercion upon civilians to push for political, social and religious goals. Arguably, however, terrorism has reached its zenith in recent times when the September 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks in the United States (US) happened. The intensity of the attacks cast the image of the US as the most powerful nation in the world into serious doubt, considering the fatal breach of security involved (Kean, 2004).

Undoubtedly, 9/11 shook the US towards creating new strategies to counter future cases of terrorism. However, there is an understanding that the ...

Bray, T. L. (2001). Riddle of the bones: Politics, science, race, and the story of Kennewick man / skull wars: Kennewick man, archaeology, and the battle for Native American identity. American Antiquity, 66(3), 547-549. Retrieved from https://login.libproxy.edmc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/docview/203267817?accountid=34899 This article talks about the autobiography of the Kennewick Man. It gives a description of the type of person that he could have been thousands of years ago. This article would be useful to a researcher because it gives an in depth look at his bones how they were dug up and why he is so significant.

2005. Scientists finally get their ...

- United State Interest in Afghanistan

The Afghanistan war was conducted by the American soldiers in a bid to stamp out the terrorist group of al Qaeda. The group enjoyed support by the extremist leadership of the Taliban within Afghanistan. The first few years of the war provided success with the military group scattering and some of the members moving to the mountainous regions.

The presidential address showed that the group was regrouping which would be a problem to the homeland security (Military, P.3). The regrouping members of the terrorist group have been blamed for causing insecurity in Pakistan region. The group has started causing insecurity within ...

Health care remains an imperative component in national development. Many states across the globe understand the importance of establishing health care system that offers quality, affordable and reliable medical services to the people. In order to attain this goal, nations across have invested heavily in health care system with the intention of improving quality of medical service rendered in public and private hospitals. Governments have addressed the issue of improving health care system seriously and have mobilized resources required in the implementation process. In a similar vein, government institutions have worked collaboratively with other nongovernmental organizations in advocating for reforms ...

Introduction

“Billions over Baghdad” is an investigation report, prepared by Vanity Fair contributing editors Donald Barlett and James Steele, published in the October 2007 edition of the magazine. The report exposes how those billions of dollars that flew from Federal Reserve Bank of New York to the War Land of Iraq in the name of financial assistance and human aid, get disappeared as if these haven’t even exist. The incompetence of US officials overseeing the entire matter, the mismanaged transfer to the local bodies and the corrupt and greedy contractors and ghost employees made the entire game possible. ...

The Honorable [Governor's Name]

[State’s Name] [Address]

Dear Governor ____________,

I am writing this letter to request you to take appropriate measures for abolishing capital punishment on the state as well as federal level. I am against capital punishment and would like you to consider the fact that the United States of America is actually standing alone among the world’s democratic countries in its persistent employment of the capital punishment. I must mention here that next to Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, the American government executed the largest number of death penalties in 2007. Being uniquely positioned as the Governor, you must ...

This very magnificent 2008 documentary, which has been acknowledged by various film institutions and award giving body, humbly portrays the true to life ordeal when the natural disaster Hurricane Katrina hit the New Orleans. It is all about the redemptive story of an aspiring artist, Kimberly Rivers Roberts, and Scott Roberts who overcame the “troubled waters” and fought a new life beginning. They fought against man and nature in this story.

After the disaster, the nightly news showed various robberies and lootings. The situation was hardly managed by the government. The two heroes have witnessed and portrayed the real, ...

Elite theory

The elite theory posits that the power, control and influence on government and corporations are vested on the minority. Indeed the American democracy is essentially a classical example of the elite theory. This is because of the lobbyists system of governance practiced in Washington. A perfect example of the rule of minority can be deduced on the Obamacare law that essentially gives insurances the opportunity to exploit the masses through the compulsory subscriptions as necessitated by the legislation. Thus far, no credible evidence can contradict the elite theory.

Charles Beard’s argument

The argument on property rights protection is attested by the fourth and ...

The National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created when a treaty was signed in 1949 by all the Allies except for the Soviet Union after World War II. That means that approximately 65 years after WWII ended and thirteen years after the end of the Cold War NATO is still active. The NATO website states that there were three main reasons for creating NATO. One reason was to build an organization of countries that could rely on each other to work together against any threat from the Soviet Union. The second reason mentioned was to get a North American presence in ...

1. Liberalism and Feminist theorist 

Central to the theory and practice of Liberalism is the freedom of individuals to make choices that will result to social outcomes. This particular school of thought believes that “the purpose of society is the advance of freedom, equality, and human happiness” (Auster, 2007, LA reply section). It is important to note though that when one person chooses not to respect the freedom and rights of other people, this violates the concept and therefore could not be considered under Liberalism. The various forms of liberalism: economic, social and political, adopt the central tenet, albeit in different contexts.

Liberalism, ...

It has remarked by president Obama that the Great Recession (2008-10) is the greatest economic recession since the Great Depression. It is fascinating to use marginal tax rate for different regimes in order to explain what happened in each of these periods. From the table on the highest marginal tax rates, the top marginal rates for the four-year period prior to the Great Depression was relatively low with a highest of 25 percent in 1932. The major cause of the depression is attributable to the fiscal policies employed by the federal government. After keeping the interest rates artificially low in ...

Arguably, many people in the world believe American government, to be democratic. In fact, they have various stable means to exercise popular control over their institutions and lawmakers. This is actually a basic paradox of American government because these powers are in most cases fragmented through the federalist system. Undeniably, these institutions are repeatedly unresponsive to the majority of public demands. The public always depend on this institutions and lawmakers in various ways; hence, it influences voter participation, as well as citizen participation in nation building.

In United States, federal system is a philosophical and political concept that elaborates on how ...

1. Introduction The Enron collapse, occurred in October 2001, consequently caused the bankruptcy of the whole Enron Corporation, the world’s leading energy, commodities and services company, as well as the dissolution of Arthur Andersen, which was one of the top five largest audit and accountancy firms in the world. Noteworthy it was not only the largest bankruptcy proceeding in American history at that time, but also the most serious audit failure, so that one says, “Enron is fraud and fraud is Enron”. The rise of Enron was almost as fast as its failure. Actually, it was an ...

Introduction to American Government

“Mr. Smith, who served as a member of the Texas Legislature for eight years, has recently been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. As he makes the transition from Austin to Washington D.C. what are some of things that he should be aware of? Specifically, how is the structure of the Texas Legislature similar or different from the U.S. House? Also, how would you inform him about how Congress has changed over time. Finally, how would you suggest he develop his Home Style?” John Marshall became the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme court for thirty years. ...

FINDING SOLUTIONS TO BORDER CONTROL CRISIS

Illegal refugees pouring across the US-Mexico border to fulfil the American dream is not a new phenomenon. However, recent occurrence alarmed the whole nation as thousands of unaccompanied Central American children refugees jeopardize their lives to seek refuge in the borders. According to US Customs and Border Protection’s data, the number of “unaccompanied alien children” encountered in the southwest border, specifically in the Rio Grande Valley, has disturbingly increased from 19,418 in 2009 to 67,339 in 2014. It has become an international humanitarian crisis desperately in need of a solution. These children are escaping from the ...