Reduce or Increase the Federal Budget for Defense? ... We should shift some of the budget to the intelligence portion of the government though. ... The military intelligence and intelligence of all of our defenses, governmental or not, need increased attention. ... Our government needs to get into what's is going on with immigration and potential enemies on our soil ready to attack again. ... By only shifting the federal defense budget within itself that doesn't affect other areas of financial need. ...

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Japanese-Canadians were interned by the Canadian government as a result of this, therefore the Canadian government was not justified in the internment of the Japanese. ... From this point onward the general public began to constantly pressure the Canadian federal government to intern all Japanese-Canadians as anti-Japanese sentiment grew. The federal government opposed this, since neither the provincial govenerment nor the Mounties considered Japanese-Canadians a security risk and did not see the need to intern Japanese Canadians; however the federal government eventually craved in to the ...

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Roosevelt, thirty-second President of the United Sates, greatly expanded the role of the federal government with a wide-ranging economic and social program, the New Deal, designed to counter the Great Depression of the 1930s. ... His New Deal established programs like the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Works Progress Administration, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. ... The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was established as a temporary program that would run on direct governmental aid to give the states large grants that were passed on as direct cash payments for nee...

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In an effort to create local preparedness, organizations such as Centers for Disease Control, Prevention National Pharmaceuticals Stockpile Program, and the federal government are using a significant amount of money to provide an adequate awareness plan, in an effort to reduce illness and death from future terrorist attacks. ...

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The WPA also sponsored the Federal Theater Project, Federal Act Project and Federal Writer's Project providing work for artists. ... Some complained Social Security went against American traditions and the government shouldn't regulate so, but it eventually paved the way for the later expansion of the largest program administered by the government. ... The NRA seemed to be welcomed and successful at first, but businesses felt government was over governing them, and that the courts were not being fair. ... The loss was caused mainly by federal spending that Roosevelt had made early in...

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The treatment of Japanese Canadians during the war was an unjustified act on the part of the Canadian government and due to the Charter of Rights and Freedom the act committed by the government would not be tolerated by anyone in today's modern society. ... Lastly, in 1914, when the War Measures Act came into place, the federal government was given power when "a war, invasion or uprising, real or suspected"4 was detected. ... The mindset of the government and citizens has changed since World War II. "Before the Charter [of Rights and Freedoms], there was often unfair laws ...

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In the aftermath of WWII Germany was split between a democratic and communist form of government. ... Operating under the government framework, known as Grundgetsetz or Basic Law, instilled by the allied nations after World War II in 1949, and completely breaking free of its eastern Soviet form of government. The country is headed by a representative President that is elected by federal conventions. ... Legislative power consisting of the Federal Diet, and Federal council comprise the legislative body of government. ... Moving on, the highest court is called Federal Court of Justice which deal...

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The government sent them to agricultural areas to plant trees, build parks, and work on solving erosion problems. ... Also, the USA government gave farmers money to produce less crops. ... After the act passed by the congress, only the banks which were stable could re-open, like the 12 regional Federal Reserve banks. ... What's more, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration was inaugurated on May 22. ... ("The Federal Emergency Relief Administration....

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The people believed the change they sought could be accomplished by voting in the Labour Government. ... Labour was a Socialist form of government in that it hoped to aid all citizens, with ideas including free healthcare and more jobs, no matter what class. ... He believed that "everything would fall into place, with a government led economy;" it would strengthen so producing jobs and improving social conditions. ... The Labour government started the groundwork for the release of their land outside the motherland starting with India. ... Because of Stalin's refusal to reunify Germa...

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To meet the need, Wilson and Congress set up an array of new federal agencies, numbering about five thousand in all. ... With the new federal agencies, the government intervened in American life as never before. For example when strikes threatened telephone and telegraph companies, the government simply seized the company and ran it. ... Through the economic preparations for the war, the partnership between the government and business grew extremely close. ... Wilson knew that quick and effective action would be what won the war, so he created close to five thousand new federal agencies. ...

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Throughout the war, federal spending grew three times larger than tax collections. In 1920, the government cut back on expenses to balance their budget. ... The New Deal gave the government more power and helped to ease the depression. ... When the stock market took a plunge after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the government rebounded very quickly to keep us out of another depression. ... Unemployment rates are very low and taxes cover more than enough of the government spending. ...

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Japanese Americans that refused to leave their homes like Korematsu, could be fined up to five thousand dollars and/or be put in a Federal Prison for up to one year. ... In the Declaration of Independence, which was the original layout for American government and law, all citizens of the United States have the unalienable right to property, and that was one of the many things taken away from Japanese Americans in Executive Order 9066. ... In 1983, a Federal Court went back and examined the Korematsu vs. ... The US government gave a citizen award to Fred Korematsu and had to repay all of those ...

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He began his presidency by ending the Great Depression of the 1930's with his "New Deal", which gave a bigger role to the government and also gave most citizens of the nation a new perspective on government. Now government was not only expected to protect from foreign invaders and affairs, but to protect America's people against poverty and joblessness as well. ... It was clear change was needed, and FDR implemented new ideas with what he called his "New Deal", which established programs like the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Works Progress Administration, and the Tenn...

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HOW DID THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT RESPOND TO THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM IN AUSTRALIA? ... In 1917, the monarchy was overthrown and the world's first communist government was formed. ... The negative influence of the communists led the Federal Government to prohibit the party between June 1940 and December 1942. ... But during this time the Curtin Labor Government lifted the ban on the Communist Party of Australia. ... The Chifley Labor Government was then introduced and it brought private bank under government control and nationalised the airline QANTAS. ...

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At the same time, wages rose all across the board while the government spent almost ten times more than previously for war efforts. ... The huge amount of government spending had led to high levels of federal taxation, and this feature, largely in income tax, still remains today, making it quite a significant change. ...

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Also, this paper will describe what the American people went through and how the government reacted to the devastation decade that changed so many Americans lives, and restructured the way that we live now. ... President Coolidge also helped the American people, he reduced federal income taxes and inheritance taxes dramatically. ... The New Deal also brought many regulated areas to American land, these properties became subject to federal authority : ...

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It was four years after the war that the Federal Republic of Germany was created. ... There are efforts being made to establish a new government and even attempts to write a constitution for the country. ... A strong government is also an important aspect of a well kept society. Any society needs a strong government who people can trust to run the country in the pursuit of doing what is needed to benefit that society. ... Security and government are the bases of which a society relies on. ...

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The three Western zones were united as the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). ... Unlike Germany, however, it was allowed its own central government. ... At Yalta, Stalin had promised to include non-communists in the new Polish government and to hold free elections. ... The provisional government, established in Poland at the end of the war, was controlled by communists. ... When elections were finally held in Poland in 1947, the communists" provisional government claimed victory. ...

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They both wanted the nation to get involved because the government could not do it alone. ... Macdonald also wanted to provide temporary work for the people by getting money from the government. ... They are very afraid of letting the people down and having the government loose the power to act. ... He also wanted to make more roads and more federal buildings, all of which would create more jobs for the people of the United States. ... Japan also used 70 percent of government expenditures on armed service. ...

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Oil is embedded in the power arrangements of all government and politics. ... In an age when not even federal regulation stands a chance of controlling megacorporations, oil is supervised only by the states.In a time when oil makes its biggest profits abroad, the State Department works hand in glove with a big oil interests. ...

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Sections of Germany under the control of the United States, France, and Britain formed the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). ... The government of East Germany built the wall to stop this exodus to the West. ...

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Eventually all the hard work from women had paid off in the federal election of December 1917, the Wartimes Elections Act granted the vote to the mothers, sisters, and wives of the soldiers. ... As a result, women were treated fairly and had equal rights as men, which advanced Canada governmentally. ...

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Many government policies encouraged this momentous movement. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Veterans Administration (VA) home-loan guarantees made it more economically attractive to own a home in the suburbs than to rent an apartment in the city. ...

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Now that the United States' debt has reached $18 trillion, politicians and financial experts have been debating on how what will the best way to cut the federal budget and address the deficit crisis. ... The unemployment is due to a decrease in purchases for equipment, supplies, and services typically needed by the government. ... We can always make cuts to our defense, but the government can't just deplete spending from anywhere in the budget. ...

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Nancy Bristow's book focuses on the Commission on Training Camp Activities (CTCA), the Progressive program that stressed social justice, and morality, efficiency and above all, government control. ... As the CTCA took over the social life of civilian communities, the adrenaline rush from the power that they possessed at their fingertip form the federal government began to kick in and take off. ...

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