a. Public schools for K-12
1. The government forms and maintains public schools across the country and require mandatory attendance (with the exception of alternate education routes including Montessori schools and homeschooling, etc). The requirement of some form of education improves the country's future productivity and is an investment in the nation's future. The federal government only provides a small portion of the funding for public schools; most is provided by state governments.
2. In this case the government's intervention is mostly positive in this area. Providing a successful public education system is one of the foundations of all modern (first world) countries. Despite the positive motivations for the creation of a public school system there are still some problems that must be considered. A local example of this is the uneven funding provided to high …show more content…
Workplace safety regulations
1. The government enforces workplace safety regulations designed to protect workers in a variety of positions. Laws ensure that the workplace is a safe environment and that worker fatalities are reduced as much as reasonably possible. The government also regulates the legal amount of hours that can be worked by minors and restricts minors from working under a certain age. These steps were taken to prevent the inhumane treatment of children.
2. The government's intervention in this area is essential. Without proper workplace regulations companies could exploit workers and hire children. Prior to the intervention of the government many workers faced high risk conditions that could result in death or long term health issues. For example, unregulated heavy machinery and assembly line equipment caused hundreds of workplace injuries and fatalities.
c. Public highways
1. For the most part states are responsible for maintaining public roadways and highways. The federal government provides funding for parts of the interstate for example, put the majority comes from
1. The government forms and maintains public schools across the country and require mandatory attendance (with the exception of alternate education routes including Montessori schools and homeschooling, etc). The requirement of some form of education improves the country's future productivity and is an investment in the nation's future. The federal government only provides a small portion of the funding for public schools; most is provided by state governments.
2. In this case the government's intervention is mostly positive in this area. Providing a successful public education system is one of the foundations of all modern (first world) countries. Despite the positive motivations for the creation of a public school system there are still some problems that must be considered. A local example of this is the uneven funding provided to high …show more content…
Workplace safety regulations
1. The government enforces workplace safety regulations designed to protect workers in a variety of positions. Laws ensure that the workplace is a safe environment and that worker fatalities are reduced as much as reasonably possible. The government also regulates the legal amount of hours that can be worked by minors and restricts minors from working under a certain age. These steps were taken to prevent the inhumane treatment of children.
2. The government's intervention in this area is essential. Without proper workplace regulations companies could exploit workers and hire children. Prior to the intervention of the government many workers faced high risk conditions that could result in death or long term health issues. For example, unregulated heavy machinery and assembly line equipment caused hundreds of workplace injuries and fatalities.
c. Public highways
1. For the most part states are responsible for maintaining public roadways and highways. The federal government provides funding for parts of the interstate for example, put the majority comes from