It is the primary opportunity the people of the United States have to select representatives and influence the government. ... Italy has and 94% voter turnout, Australia with a 84% voter turnout, Israel 82%, France 77%, the U.K. 75%, Japan 73%, and Canada with a 67% voter turnout. ... First, unlike the U.S., some nations like Australia and Belgium have compulsory voting laws. ... You have to find the governmental and fill out a registration form. ... Elite democrats often argue that the fact that many do not vote is a good thing, because there is no relationship between good government, democ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The basis upon which marijuana is prohibited has been proven by the very government which has banned the drug to be false. ... It is about whether the government may prevent doctors from providing a patient with an honest medical opinion recommending marijuana." ... It is a criminal act of the U.S. government by it's own manifesto, the Constitution, to make a personal behavior a crime. A government that cannot criminalize alcohol or tobacco cannot, for the same reasons, deny the right to use marijuana. ... In reality, the average amount of THC (the active ingredient of marijuana) in go...

• Word Count: 1707
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This forces the US government to conduct a recruitment exercise. With such a high demand for servicemen, the US government had to siphon them from the members of the community to make up civil soldiers. ... The joint American and Australian forces took advantage of this opportunity and made an attack. The attack raised the morale of the American and Australia forces as Japan seemed invincible. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Why do so many American's oppose our government trying to protect their safety and good will? ... Sure, gun lovers state the government is trying to take away all the guns away from citizens. Also, that the government is going to control everything in our lives because citizens won't be able to revolt. It's best remembered that citizens make up the government, the military, other official jobs, and they also have families also. ... The state or government could lock up all guns, and the lawful owner, when the gun is needed, must sign them out. ...

• Word Count: 1876
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The American Revolution is not only significant to the United States as for Australia it marks the beginning of their own history where Britain's supremacy tries to take over other nations and influence their political ideologies upon them. ... There were several reasons for this, one being that the Indians still posed a threat to the British government and the other being that the French and Indian War which lasted seven years, left Britain in a huge debt. ... The edict forbade private citizens and colonial governments to buy land or make agreements with natives compelling the empire t...

• Word Count: 2404
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I feel we all have a right to privacy and wonder why the governments are not doing enough to protect are civil liberties. ... Its good to see at last the governments are trying to do something about this problem and not before time I might add. ... [GLOBAL COMMUNITY APPLAUDS EUROPEAN ANTI-SPAM VOTE May 31, 2002 - The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail (CAUCE), EuroCAUCE, CAUCE India, CAUCE Canada and the Coalition Against Unsolicited Bulk E-Mail, Australia (CAUBE.au) today applauded the decision by the European Parliament to protect European Internet users from the practice of...

• Word Count: 1934
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Active participation includes attending political rallies, meetings, and fundraisers, trying to influence government, joining interest groups, and of course voting. ... Accordingly, they make voting compulsory, as in Australia. ... They do not realize that one voice can make a difference in our government. ... Many people simply do not understand government process, and therefore choose not to become involved. ... The "burden" of registration could be taken out of the hands of the individual voters, and transferred to those of the government via some type of "automatic" registration (just when...

• Word Count: 2179
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Australia reported that there was a 20-25 percent increase in delinquency among males when they lowered their legal drinking age. ... So what actions is the government taking to prevent teens from buying alcohol? ...

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Two more executive orders in 1965 and 1968 prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, and gender, giving the federal government the power to enforce this prohibition [Hud99]. ... In a survey conducted by the American Council of Life Insurance, 85% of those polled believe that the "government should ensure that there is no discrimination" of women in the workforce. ... For example, Finnish people are seen as inferior in Sweden, and perform poorly on tests there; however, they perform well on tests in Australia, where they are not discriminated against. ...

• Word Count: 1760
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate