Since the Reagan administration, the government has been taking in and dishing out billions of tax payer's dollars to combat this war to no avail. ... Just as the government can not force Americans to not eat too much cholesterol because it leads to heart disease, the government should not hold a drug control policy over Americans as well. ... Police issue seizures and searches based on racial profiling, the environment of their surroundings, and whether or not a person is in the wrong part of town. ... This obsession for a drug free society does nothing but create corruption, crime, a...

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Community-based programs are critical to operating an efficient welfare system, but there is not enough information on the adequacy of community-based services. ... In this article, Coulton concludes that "such information [on community-based services] is vital to ensure that responsibilities at the community level are met and that no child or family slips through cracks in the system" (2). ... The need for further study is required to appropriately reform community-based systems. ... Elan Melmid and Gabriel Brodbar of the Child Welfare League of America writes, "Low income groups are the ...

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The three largest automakers in the United States of America required government assistance in order to keep them in business. Chrysler, Ford and General Motors were all on the brink of collapse and required the U.S. government to intercede and save them from financial collapse. ... Organizational change is the change based solely on manufacturing or other technologies. ... Examining an organization through the motivation theory, team-based theory, humanistic or scientific theories can be used to determine the type of base of an organization. The base of an organization is always the organizat...

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Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. ... Uncle Tom's Cabin was written solely based on Stowe's own moral convictions; she had never once witnessed slavery firsthand in the Deep South. ... Two opposing governments and settlers" feuds over land claims escalated into violence. ... Lincoln's platforms solely were based on non-southern groups. ... The government was not fulfilling its obligations to protect the interests of its people; thus, the people must usurp the authority of the government. ...

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Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. ... Uncle Tom's Cabin was written solely based on Stowe's own moral convictions; she had never once witnessed slavery firsthand in the Deep South. ... Two opposing governments and settlers" feuds over land claims escalated into violence. ... Lincoln's platforms solely were based on non-southern groups. ... The government was not fulfilling its obligations to protect the interests of its people; thus, the people must usurp the authority of the government. ...

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Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. ... Uncle Tom's Cabin was written solely based on Stowe's own moral convictions; she had never once witnessed slavery firsthand in the Deep South. ... Two opposing governments and settlers" feuds over land claims escalated into violence. ... Lincoln's platforms solely were based on non-southern groups. ... The government was not fulfilling its obligations to protect the interests of its people; thus, the people must usurp the authority of the government. ...

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What is meant by this, is that government should stay out of the church's business. ... Tyrannical government causes conflict in society and that was what was happening in Europe. ... Faith groups and institutions require the involvement of government in order to help them accomplish their tasks in society. Churches have the same goal as government does, which is to serve the people and to protect them, so why not work together to achieve these goals. ... People are allowed to think or share their opinions, as well as form different groups, whether for social or political groups withou...

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During this time, there was a great amount of indecision over how to construct this new government to provide a stable structure on which to build the United States of America. ... The Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson, favored a democratic government run by the "common" people with little power granted to centralized government. They believed to ensure this, the economy should be based on agriculture and small amounts of commerce. ... Republicans felt the French were right to revolt against their oppressors and try to establish a democratic government. ... Led by Alexander Hamilton and Joh...

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This was a crucial step in assuring that Americans were given the opportunity to know exactly what records government agencies had about them. ... ut that government agencies are still allowed to blank out parts of the files they send to private citizens that contain where their information came from (52). ... Most Americans are aware that the government holds records on them but few realize how many records the government has and exactly what information those records contain. ... Although some of this information may be necessary in calculating social security and other government program...

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According to Lisa Schiffren, who wrote an article in the New York Times stated that, "The Government gives tax benefits, inheritance rights and employee benefits only to the married- (258). ... Fenton Johnson, who wrote an article in the Harper's Magazine, argues that, " if one subscribes to the principles that government should not serve specific religious agendas and that it should not discriminate on the basis of gender, there is no logical reason to limit marriage benefits to mixed-gender couples- (267). In this quote, Johnson indicates that the government should not discriminate be...

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Racism can be broken down into three basic categories: economic, governmental, and societal. ... Lastly and most importantly the racism in societal is the labels we put on people based on their skin color. Societal racism is the most harmful and influential because it involves economic and governmental racism. ... Tatei Thomas says "Racism, especially in our society is a disease of ignorance spreading rapidly through minds across America based on what we see and idolized. ... Societal racism is the most important because it has an aspect of economic and government racism, and can be see...

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After all, socialism is simply the idea of collectively owned corporations producing goods for the citizens based on their value of utility, and communism is, in theory, the idea of a society working together to create a working economy in which they will all be paid equally. ... Any government-ran organization is a direct example of socialism. ... Our government benefits greatly from these markets because of one simple fact; they do not have much competition. ... An excellent example of a government that functions like this one is modern Sweden. ... The U.S. government offers checks and bala...

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Since the government was unable to regulate the use of the TARP bailout money there is very little evidence that it actually stimulated economic recovery and is thus generally considered a failure. The government has also instituted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. ... Crowding out occurs when increased government spending hinders private investment. ... The unemployment rate has been hit so hard in this recovery due to people's inabilities to change their skill-sets with the shift from an industrial focused economy to one based in information technology and services. Many may ...

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The government spends about eighteen billion dollars a year to protect the borders of the nation yet individual still attempt to break the law and succeed. If these immigrants are lawless even before entering a country, what strides must the government take in order to prevent further criminal activity? ... The immigration policy is consistent with American ideals because American ideals are based upon the sanctity of life and the American dream. ... " The rights in the declaration are based upon an individual's nation of birth. Taking part of the government and experiencing equal ...

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The American political culture centers on a set of core ideals--liberty, equality, diversity, self-government, and individualism--that serve as the people's common bond. ... The United States is a nation that was formed on a set of ideals that include liberty, equaliy, self-government, individualism, unity, and diversity. ... Democracy is rule by the people, which, in practice, refers to a representative system of government in which people rule through their elected officials. Constitutionalism refers to the rules that limit the rightful power of government over citizens. Capita...

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Nowadays, post 9/11/2001, the most persecuted group of people in America based on race and/or ethnicity are the Arab Americans. ... My curiosity after these readings is mostly morally based. ... Why must we continue to allow governments to classify people based on their value to the economy? Why do we still persecute groups based upon their social, religious, or political beliefs? ... I am angered that we still persecute groups based upon religious background. ...

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The Declaration states that governments "derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." ... The American acquisition of the Philippines in the Spanish-American War provided the United States with a base of operations in the Orient, from where they could theoretically enforce such a policy. ... "Dollar Diplomacy" was a foreign policy based on protecting American business interests abroad by whatever means necessary. ... Within two years after hostilities ceased, the new pro-American government was threatened by rebellion and American troops were sent to maintain the peace. ... Thes...

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In the early part of American history, I believe that the government was a democracy. In theory it was to be a government in which society is divided along class lines and the upper-class elite will rule, regardless of the formal niceties of the governmental organization. ... Many Anti-Federalists agreed that the Constitution was a class-based document. ... America has over 87,000 governments within the entire country. By having all these governments on different levels, it increases access and in turn increases the opportunity for the government to respond to demands of the public. ...

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Henceforth, each step of America's development is based on what rights each man should have and what the notion of freedom means to each individual. ... Frederick Douglass' speech for the enfranchisement for African Americans is based on his outlook on the notion of freedom. ... A right to independence and freedom includes the right to resist government regulations and charges since Paine also includes that the American government should be of the weakest sort. ... Political democracy, according to Foner, is based on the right to vote, which symbolizes the American citizenship. ....

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Under the Johnson administration, the US Government enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1064. ... The key was that the act governed all employers, not just government contractors like the Kennedy EO. ... AA laws are composed of federal and state statutes that are based upon the Constitution of the US. As noted above, AA laws are basically anti-discrimination policy and regulations that are executed at the federal, state and local government levels. ... Just recently AA was expanded to include laws to prevent discrimination based upon sexual preference and orientation. ...

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With the decline of people's involvement in politics, we have to ask ourselves, "Is our democratic government truly legitimate?" ... One essential characteristic of a legitimate democracy is that it allows people to freely make choices without government intervention. Another necessary characteristic that legitimates government is that every vote must count equally. ... Since legitimacy may be defined as "the belief the people have that government is based upon morally sound philosophies and that they should consequently obey it," then there must essentially be a connection between what ...

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Charles Canady of Florida also proposed this bill), a bill known as "Equal Opportunity Act of 1995" which would make all forms of affirmative action undertaken by the federal government on the basis of race, color, national origin, and gender unlawful. ... The affirmative action initiatives are designed to help companies, organizations, as well as educational institutions evaluate candidates justly- that is, based on their qualifications. ... Civil liberties are the personal rights and freedoms that the federal government cannot abridge, either by law, or judicial interpretation. ... The gover...

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After Britain abused their executive and judicial branches of government, Americans distrusted the power the two branches could once again hold. ... For example, a group of Pennsylvanian soldiers harassed the government in Philadelphia in 1783, demanding back pay. ... This plan anticipated that representation for each state should be based on population. ... However, the people still had power, and the government was still based on the people. This Constitution still serves as the basis of our government in America today, and probably will remain in that state in the forthcoming generation...

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By having a national curriculum, the government is taking all creativity out of the classroom and focusing more on textbooks and getting the required knowledge taught, no matter how boring it may seem. ... Based on the above information, I would conclude that Apple would agree with me on my educational view to not have a national curriculum. ... By having a national curriculum, the government is just taking away every last bit of creativity and critical analysis that some schools offer. ... She believes that every student is different, which they are, and believes that there should be a way...

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The New Deal Throughout the 1930's Roosevelt created a government that took part in an increasingly popular role in the economy and the well being of the country. Roosevelt challenged all three branches of government and the constitution to make a better economy for America. ... Until 1933 the economy had been based on the gold standard, where all money had to be backed up by gold. ... The New Deal had avoided anything that looked like a permanent welfare system because they did not want America to give up and receive treatment by the government. Now the government had a plan for so...

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