Wasteful Government Spending Who doesn't like pork? ... Political pork would refer to the high excess in government expenditures and federal waste. ... Federal watchdogs, like the Citizens Against Government Waste, have estimated that Congress squandered a robust $18.5 billion coming from over 6,000 unnecessary projects (Anderson 34). ... However, young folks are not the only ones troubled by recent sketchy acts of the federal government. ... John works a full time job, and pays a great portion of his salary to the federal government. ...

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Gross states (1993) "Washington has been in a state of denial, refusing to admit that the federal government is irrational and the cause of much of the nation's struggle and confusion- (p.2) This impact reverberates through economy by higher taxes removed from wages. It is not just federal tax, but state and local tax also. ... Our founding fathers of this nation having witness the divesting cost federal taxation in other nations and desiring to insure our nation succeeds did not permit federal taxation. ... It is not just federal tax, but state and local tax also. ... Our founding father...

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Beginning with the New Deal, the federal government came to play a much larger role in American life. ... This year's federal budget surplus has plunged to $153 billion because of the nation's economic doldrums and the Bush administration's tax cut; meaning the federal government will have to cover $9 billion of spending by dipping into social security, the nonpartisan Congressional Office projected. ... During the 1990s, the federal government created a new debt of $2.8 trillion; more than created in the nation's history prior to 1990. ... In fiscal year, 2002 federal d...

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The government is talking about making the drinking age 19 years old. ... South Dakota was the last state to raise the drinking age to 21 because if the state of South Dakota didn't comply with the government than the government was going to take away our road maintanance funds. Many people feel like this is just another prohibition that the government is trying to do since the other prohibitions that the government tried to do in the 1850's and in the beginning of 1920 failed. ... In July 1984 Congress passed a bill requiring all states to enforce a minimum drinking age of 21, or th...

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The federal income tax has been around since 1913 when the 16th amendment to the U.S. ... Coolidge also planned on reducing federal expenditures in hopes of decreasing the federal debt. ... (Shales) Coolidge did so much for the government, but as time went on, our government used all the money they had earned to spend like crazy and lead us to a federal debt of over $16 trillion. ... Without the introduction of the federal income tax, our government would have had no extra source of revenue and where would we be today without trillions of dollars of income every year? ... Currently, our gove...

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Federal and state governments in the Unites States serve the poor people through about 60 public assistance programs. ... Most Medicaid funding comes from the federal government. ... Most A.F.D.C. funding comes from the federal government. ... The federal government finances and administers social security income programs in most states, though some states supply the federal payment and are able to run their own programs. ... The stamps are issued by the federal government. ...

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These people are incarcerated for choosing to do something to themselves that the government didn't deem appropriate. ... The federal government has a strict "no drugs" policy in force. Drug crimes can be prosecuted under federal law and offenders can be put into federal prison. ... It is insanity for the government to continue prosecuting and destroying the lives of it's citizens in complete non-recognition of this. ... The government is fighting a losing war that it can no longer afford. ...

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Federal Express is a company with revenues of 11.5 billion dollars, but yet, gets help from the government (Barlett & Steele, Nov. 9, 1998). ... General Electric gets export subsides, tax credits, loan guarantees, government research contracts and federally provided insurance for it's overseas projects. ... The Federal Government also helps corporations in the global market. ... ADM receives many subsidies for ethanol from the federal and state government programs. The largest subsidy is the exemption from federal fuel taxes. ...

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It consists of seven articles that give attention to legislative power, executive power, judicial power, power of states, amendments, federal power and ratification. The constitution placed restrictions on what powers that the government held. It also limited the influence that ordinary people would have over the government. ... The government is limited to how they can pass laws. ... The Bill of Rights provides more conditions that the government has to follow. ...

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With his ideas of a strong federal government, Alexander's Hamilton political theories were rooted in a need for a powerful central power. ... How each viewed the national debt was clearly influenced by each man's view on the strength of the federal government. ... The bank would be a private corporation erected by the federal government to look out for the public and its interests. ... The establishment of a bank to Jefferson was opening a can of worms that gave the federal government more power over the States (Jefferson, p.272-6). ... The erection of a National Bank was neith...

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The end result of the war, securing the Union, verified that the U.S. would remain a large country with a foundational federal government to regulate all of the states" laws and economies. ... Although this raid put down, by the federal government, it led to stronger fierceness between Slave-holders in the South and anti-slavery groups in the North. ... Southern states held a political view where they felt the state governments should hold more power than the federal government. ... The main reasons for the South's secession from the Union were simply that they wanted to be recognized ...

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As a result, a fair trial of the accused was a right given to the citizens along with other equities that the framers instilled in every other facet of this country's government. ... Should legal counsel be provided by the government if the accused lacks the funds to assemble a counsel for his defense? ... Even though many states and the federal government allowed for the appointment of counsel for impoverished defendants, Florida as well as many other southern states did not (Goodman 62). ... This petition sought to invalidate his conviction and sentence on the basis...

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The federal government tightly restricts fully automatic guns. ... In this new policy the federal government would mandate laws, concerning gun policy. ... By giving the federal government all the power we will eliminate careless sale of guns. ... The government should increase the penalty of a gun violence offender. ... Transportation with a gun on a certain person or in a car will be prohibited, unless given permission by the federal government. ...

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The congress, he suggests, is where the power of the federal government was designed to lie and the presidency was constructed to be little more than a chief magistrate. ... If they did, the need for the other branches of government would not need to exist. Intrusting one man, or even one branch of the federal government, with representing such a diverse and multi-cultural population is the exact opposite of what the Founding Fathers had intended. ... Since the Founding Fathers wished to create a government by the people and for the people, in makes sense that the branch of government more...

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The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 established the Federal Reserve System as the central banking authority of the United States. ... Under the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and amendments over the years, the Federal Reserve System: Conducts America's monetary policy. ... Government, the public, financial institutions, and foreign financial institutions. ... Meetings are conducted in compliance with the Government in the Sunshine Act, and many meetings are open to the public. ... As they carry out their duties, members of the Board routinely confer with officials of other government age...

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They decided that a federal government based on federalism would be the government for their new country. ... This also gave the national government more powers and made it a stronger power in government. ... This new found control of the national government came from influence from four types of new national government devices; grant-in-aid, federal court orders, preemptive legislation, unfounded mandates.# Grant-in-aids is when the national government gives the state and local government money for building something that the national government wanted. Federal court orders came around a litt...

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Both the states and federal governments have legislature on the topic. The federal government and all U.S. states have some gun control laws. ... There are several other gun control strategies implemented by our governments. ... The federal ban on assault weapons does have some exceptions. ... This would force them to have safety regulations federally reviewed. ...

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Many new laws and government programs were created to help those who were suffering. ... (McElvaine41) The gap between rich and poor was further widened by the policies of the federal government.. ... It reduced federal income and inheritance taxes dramatically on the richest one percent.... (McElvaine44) The federal government favored new industries over agricultural. ... The federal government had encouraged farmers to buy land, and modernize their methods to produce more food. ...

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The control given to the government was still in question at both the Federal and State level; As well as how to rebuild the nation and handle the growth and change. ... It changed our society as a whole, our government changed and so did the economy. The government's role expanded for example the 16th Amendment (income tax), the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) and The Federal Reserve Act (to supervise banking and provide national currency) was established. ... "Other factors controlled by the Republican dominated government was the appointing of big business advocates to the regulat...

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Should it be up to the federal government? ... Currently the drinking age is set at 21 by the federal government. ... This allows Congress to hold 10 percent of a state's federal highway funds if the drinking age is set below 21. ... The government will receive more money due to sales tax. ...

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He felt that the government did not do what it should have done during this time and he shows his disappointment with the federal government through the movie. ... Throughout all of these arguments his barebones, central argument is that the federal government did not fulfill its duty to the people of New Orleans during the Katrina catastrophe. ... These tactics make it quite easy to see that Lee is upset with the government. ... He shows you nothing good that the government did or people that are satisfied with how the government helped. ... The creator uses the film in an attempt to argue ...

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Some think the government must intervene and help out these lost souls, while others believe the government does not even have the right to know who is gambling and who is not. ... There is a law outlawing interstate gambling on sports "by phone or wire", called the Federal Wire Act, that has already been passed, albeit in 1960 (Gallaway). The Federal Government tends to view online gambling as covered under that law, and hence decides online gambling is illegal. However, federal courts have questioned this interpretation, which is precisely why Republican Jim Leach is sponsoring the Internet ...

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In 1890 the government established the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. ... The other act that was passed at the same time as the Clayton Act was the Federal Trade Commission Act. The Federal Trade Commissions Act created what is now known as the Federal Trade Commission. The Federal Trade Commission investigates businesses that were considered greedy of unfair in their business practices. ... The Federal Trade Commission was alleging that the pricing policies of Microsoft inhibited competition. ...

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Project Tex'd Out, as I would call it, would be endorsed by the federal government and all states governments. The project's coordinators would work diligently with federal and state lawmakers to make sure the texting and driving legislature would pass through any obstacle faced at the fe deral and state level. ... With the texting and driving movement having the full backing of the federal government, and the state governments, it will also be eligible to receive funding from both levels of government to enforce the texting and driving laws. ... Another added benefit at the beginni...

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Until 1828 the federal government had Cherokee rights to their land and in that same year Andrew Jackson was elected president and this all ended. ... They even had an organized system of government and a codified body of law. ... The government cannot be blamed fully, nearly all of this was done by men that were interested only in making profits. They government's really is just wrong for not watching over the whole deal. ... They know that we are in a defenseless situation, dependent on the Government for protection. ...

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