America's government is built on the idea of "power of the people" and sooner or later the people will start to rebel against the government and a second civil war could surely be on its way. ... It's not right for the government to use surveillance and spy equipment on innocent citizens. ... The issue has grown so much that the users are beginning to question their safety and their government. ... " The government should be afraid of its' people because of the way the political system is set up. Citizens should not fear their government. ...

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Wasteful Government Spending Who doesn't like pork? ... Is this Government spending warranted or is this just more pork? ... The Citizens Against Government Waste agree. ... In order to curve these trends, some sort of bound must be set on Congress" collective checkbook, and someone else has to enforce these new limits. ... "Just When the Right Thought Big Government Was History..." ...

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A utopian government althought idealistic is utterly impossible. ... First off Citizen involvment in government would be manditory. ... In addition to government powers I do not want government to interfer with the economic growth of my country, state, city. ... Government does not need to interefer with this balance. ... It would be a rare occasion hat all bodies would agree on something the people did not want because of the citizen involvment and voting requirments along with the division of power and way leaders is set up in this "utopian" government. ...

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They set the stage for the federal government to bring reform to the national level quickly. ... This reached the national government; it dug into the national governments roots, the constitution! ... President Roosevelt, representative of the federal government helped to make changes in the national government. ... The federal government was well in control of currency due to reforms in the national government. ... Government, and pass the 20th amendment. ...

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The German system of government is often referred to as a "Chancellor democracy" owing to the powers and responsibilities of the Federal Chancellor, head of federal government. ... The Chancellor is the only member of the government elected by the parliament and he alone is accountable to it. ... The guidelines of government policy are set by the Chancellor, placing him in a particularly strong position in government. ...

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In Creon's role, he is the king of Thebes who enforces the laws enacted in his kingdom as does the government the C.I.A. is a part of in the U.S.A. ... Snowden was also following the government's guidelines, in that if the government overstepped its boundaries then the people have the right to change or revise a law. ... Edward Snowden's final fate is still to be determined as he is now on the run from U.S. government. ... When Creon had talked to a prophet that told him a great tragedy would befall his family and thought about how harsh he was enacting his law in a tyrant posit...

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America is a government for the people, by the people. ... America is a government for the people by the people, a "Democratic Government". ... Our government has three branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. ... "The U.S. government and most state governments, and many local governments open their sessions with prayer, commonly a prayer specific to one religion" (internet) how the government and church be separate if this is everyday life. ... So if anyone could create a great government with political, cultural and economic greatness than Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexa...

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Corporate welfare is the government subsidizing businesses. ... To be part of this program, a company sets up a foreign sales corporation. This means they set up an office in one of 32 countries designated by Congress. ... The Federal Government also helps corporations in the global market. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) was formed by the government to help American corporations set up factories in foreign countries. ...

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The government is talking about making the drinking age 19 years old. ... In 1987, the United States Government decided to raise the legal drinking age to the age of 21. ... 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. ... By ...

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The possibilities of the September 11th attacks being perpetrated by people within the American government are shown through motives for doing so, a history of corruption in the government, and scientific evidence. ... One might ask "Why would the Government attack its own people?... Government. ... Government proposed a mission involving purposely attacking U.S. ... The accepted theory is that debris from one of the twin towers reached Building 7 and caused to set on fire and collapse after a few hours. ...

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National government is supreme over state governments. ... Maryland set forth important principles in American government. ... This federal bank was not very popular because it competed with the state banks for customers and it set limits on state and private loans" (McCulloch Vs. ... cially at the federal government. ... Taxes and the uses of funds gained from taxes have created a political Tug-of-War between the federal government and the state governments. ...

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The U.S. government didn't put an end to it until maybe fifteen to twenty years after it was established. ... The government didn't stop him from overworking, underpaying his employees. ... He bought up railroad stock and then set rates. ... So government passed the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887, to make sure that charges on railroads were fair. ... Government showed its strength here, because it starts to regulate trade, and it showed that it could get involved in private business, to protect the public. ...

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Many Americans have a narrow view on who should and should not receive government assistance. ... Regarding Medicare, the federal government defers a portion of the cost of retired people and disabled people's hospital care. The federal government taxed the people in order to provide Medicare funds. ... As time progressed, the money being given began to exceed the money taken in by the government, so more taxes were taken gradually. ... Workers wages would have portions set aside for later times in their lives when they were not working for whatever reason, therefore they ended up benefit...

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The government doesn't seem to care about human life. ... After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the federal government started a federal fund to help the victims and families of victims of the attacks. ... After these "fair" subtractions, they now have the total the person will receive from the government's fund. ... The lives of all people should be valued at the same price, if you are to set a price at all. ... The point is that if the government is going to put a monetary value of a human life, than it should be the same for everyone. ...

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The Constitution of the United States is the set of rules that the nation abides by, and in the same way protects from any form of discriminatory harm to individuals or groups of individuals. ... The necessary and proper clause gave rights to the states that were not clearly defined and assigned to the national government. ... The federal government has a problem with this issue. ... These are just a few items in the proposition that need to be clarified so that the state and federal governments may come to an agreement. ... The rules set forth several hundred years ago by our predecessor...

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Two of these agencies are the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), set up by our federal government, and the privately created, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). ... Responses came from both the private-sector business industry and federal government bodies. ... However, the SEC recognized the importance of having a private agency set accounting standards rather than a government body. ... Why would the federal government let a private agency set the rules in accounting practices when the government has the final say? ... The government cannot completely regulate the FASB ...

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But unlike a diamond, life has no set monetary value. But today's government is trying to change that. ... The lives of all people should be valued at the same price if you are to set a price at all. ... Deng was asked about the government's 9/11 victims fund, which is set to put a monetary value on life, he would probably be outraged. ... They are similar in rareness and beauty, but are different in the fact that gems have a set money value, but life is a lot more stupendous than any gem on Earth. ...

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European countries did not build schools or hospitals in China nor did they set up European-run governments in China. ... China's central government was particularly strong for much of the time that the Europeans were there. ... In 1729, governmental officials passed a law against bringing opium into China. ... Afterwards, the Chinese had to pay indemnities to the foreign governments. ... The U.S. used its indemnity money to set up funds to educate Chinese students that were sent to American schools. ...

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Large corporations will control the internet through the Federal Government. ... SOPA and PIPA would permit corporations and the Federal Government to control what the public is allowed to access. ... Last month, the Federal Government seized the website and shut it down. ... SOPA and PIPA have been opposed so heavily by United State citizens that the Federal Government has turned to secretly attempting to pass them. ... Freedom of speech is one of American's treasured liberties that have always set us apart from many other nations. ...

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There was a significant drop in the number of people living below the official government poverty level between 1994 and 1995. ... The 1995 federal budget set in motion a program that will see billions and billions of dollars cut from social programs. At a time of greatest need, the government is cutting support programs and making it more difficult for those who need the programs to qualify. So what is the government doing about poverty? ...

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The United States government was set up by the constitution in 1878, but prior to that individual states had claimed lands that were west of their original border. ... they also modeled a U.S. form of government having a republican representative, adopted a written constitution, and had their own written language and also press. ... Jackson suggested in his first annual message to Congress to set apart an abundant district west of the Mississippi River guaranteeing the Indians it as long as they shall occupy it. ... The federal government did not follow Jacksons demand on making the em...

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Bacon's Rebellion was important because it threatens Governor Berkley's government, in Virginia. ... Berkley wanted to set up some "expensive and ineffective" defense forts, while Bacon wanted to get an army that was no cost to the colonists (Divine, Breen, Fredrickson, & Williams, 2002, p. 83). ... Bacon attacked anyway, rebelling against his government. ... Daniel Shay led the farmers in a revolt against the state government. ... He thought they did this to challenge the influence of the federal government. ...

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In the case, a Texan named Gregory Johnson set fire to an American flag during the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas in order to protest nuclear arms buildup; the decision was awarded to Johnson in the midst of stern opposition (Beth 68). ... Article Three deals with the third branch of government- the judicial branch. ... Most require a combination of federal field offices, state governments, local governments, and local nongovernmental actors. ... As shown, one governmental program can easily encompass numerous agencies and office space, and with such p...

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In the United States, laws are made at different levels, usually in connection with a governmental entity (Snyder, 2012). Cities, counties, states and federal government all make laws. ... The proposed law is usually read once, and then a date is set for public input and debate (Snyder, 2012). ... The three Branches of the government are legislative, executive, and judicial. ... In my opinion the special considerations that should be taken into account during the creation of laws are ethical considerations, simply because something is made legal through the government laws, does not necessaril...

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This would occur via the subconscious belief of the masses that is, " The government says it's true. ... Second, a whole slew of events would be set off as a kind of snowball reaction. ... The government is actually has the best interests of all its citizens in mind. ... So why not just conform to the norm set by our god, the government. ... It is as if from the time we are born, our god, the government locks us in a cell and takes the key. ...

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