Often called the weakest branch of the government, the Supreme Court suffers from a flaw in its own design, that being, justices are appointed and not voted in, an autocracy on the bench. Like the majority of what has been taught in this class and more specifically mentioned in Dr. Parenti’s book is overarching story of racism, misogyny and other characteristics of class warfare carried out by white, male capitalists. What makes the Supreme Court different is not their connections to the corporate world, but the fact that suppression is truly as prevalent as it 's described in Chapter 10 of Democracy for the Few. When it comes to domestic intelligence gathering in modern America we have come accept that privacy is a thing of the past, with
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The rise in mass shootings in America isn’t connected to a rise in violent crime, in fact, according to the FBI crime has fallen drastically since the peak in the 1980s and has been continuously dropping. So why are there so many mass shootings? Because the term ‘mass shooting’ is loosely defined as four or more deaths at the time of the incident and doesn’t take anything else into consideration. With that very loose definition in mind there have been reports claiming as many as 355 and as little as 4, so the question is really, who’s right? This is the kind of situation that billions of dollars of funding for secret intelligence gathering would really come in handy. The science of mass shootings is nonexistent, the data just isn’t there, mass shootings and the psychology of murder technically fall into “keeping America safe” so why aren’t the FBI spending 47% of budget on preventing crime such as mass shootings and capitalist white collar crime? The answer lies in an allocation of funds, where the money is going, who is granting the money and why are they funding …show more content…
Starts off with an official from the agency testifying before congress and asking for money, sometimes it’s for the general budget and other times it’s for special programs or operations. Although in some cases such as with the debacle in Waco, Texas, a government agency such as the ATF can use instances like that as justification for budget expansion. There is a game that’s played largely with American lives and taxpayer money, President John F. Kennedy said, “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” But according to Dictionary.com libery is defined as “the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one 's way of life, behavior, or political views.” Somewhere along the way we let our liberties go by the wayside and there’s a good chance we’ll never get them
The rise in mass shootings in America isn’t connected to a rise in violent crime, in fact, according to the FBI crime has fallen drastically since the peak in the 1980s and has been continuously dropping. So why are there so many mass shootings? Because the term ‘mass shooting’ is loosely defined as four or more deaths at the time of the incident and doesn’t take anything else into consideration. With that very loose definition in mind there have been reports claiming as many as 355 and as little as 4, so the question is really, who’s right? This is the kind of situation that billions of dollars of funding for secret intelligence gathering would really come in handy. The science of mass shootings is nonexistent, the data just isn’t there, mass shootings and the psychology of murder technically fall into “keeping America safe” so why aren’t the FBI spending 47% of budget on preventing crime such as mass shootings and capitalist white collar crime? The answer lies in an allocation of funds, where the money is going, who is granting the money and why are they funding …show more content…
Starts off with an official from the agency testifying before congress and asking for money, sometimes it’s for the general budget and other times it’s for special programs or operations. Although in some cases such as with the debacle in Waco, Texas, a government agency such as the ATF can use instances like that as justification for budget expansion. There is a game that’s played largely with American lives and taxpayer money, President John F. Kennedy said, “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” But according to Dictionary.com libery is defined as “the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one 's way of life, behavior, or political views.” Somewhere along the way we let our liberties go by the wayside and there’s a good chance we’ll never get them