In such a country that is very capitalistic in nature, it should be no surprise that corporations can have such power. ... In 1996 $35 million was spent by unions for the presidential and congressional campaigns, but that amount was dwarfed by the corporate contributions which were at least seven times that amount. ...
Although some claim that money has a positive influence on electoral campaigns, the power it gives to large contributors degrades the Democratic principles of voting. ... Yet, the Constitution does not grant Congress the power to regulate campaign finances, and the First Amendment unquestionably grants individuals and businesses the right to advertise along with contribute to politicians as they choose. ... These prosperous contributors have become power brokers, like the party bosses of old. ... Supporting their claim are the "failures of big-spenders Republican presidential candidates Phi...
President Bush and his administration were faced with the most difficult challenge ever placed upon a presidential cabinet and that was determining what the first step would be in counteracting terrorist aggression against the United States of America and preventing such attacks from happening again. ... The United States is without a doubt the most productive and most economically advanced country in the world and is known as a "Super Power" across the globe. Even though this may be true we are still susceptible to terrorist attacks and we were caught up in our own illusion that just becaus...
Federalists proposed that a reasonable balance of power, liberty, and order was essential to an effective and efficient government. ... However, the main political concern faced by the Framers was to avoid a strong central government that held all of the power. ... The Framers feared that a strong central power, which would be created with a democracy, would eventually lead to tyranny. ... Current political cultures" view on politics is that the separation of powers must be reduced, thus placing a stronger emphasis on presidential powers. ... Today people fear that the government is too we...
America has come a long way since its Independence. Throughout her history she has gone through a number of changes. One of these periods in which number of reforms took place was the during the period between 1870- 1914 five political parties dominated the American politics of that time. These par...
My conception of religious liberty was vague when I was younger, but as I got older and I became aware of the world around me, religious liberty has been a topic that everyone has been discussing - not only privately but also in public and especially in the papers. I used to be an uninformed protestant of the Lutheran church. I once read in the newspaper that Denmark is the least religious country in the world. When I compare my own country to the U.S, I do not have to have read books or taken lessons to know that America is a highly religious country, and has been since its earliest days. Fur...
According to Dalton, in the book A Good Citizen he states that civic duty citizenship is decreasing among the young, but the patterns of the engaged citizenship are increasing; because the youth observes that involvement in communities, private political organizations have more power and are more effective than voting for government. ... The video focuses on the power of our social networks and how social action can help end the use of child soldiers and child-sex slaves. ... Statistics show that "only 32 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds voted in the 2000 presidential elections " (Michelson, ...
Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, led his 2000 presidential campaign with education at the top of his agenda. ... "An overwhelming majority of school voucher systems were targeted for low income families so that they could exercise the same power of choice that middle and upper income families have always had" (Giraitis). Through voucher programs, access to a good school, whether public or private, is "no longer determined by one's ability to purchase a home low income families gain the necessary purchasing power to attend the public or private school of their choice" (Gir...
