Federal government of the United States

enable the very wealthy to buy up their land” (26). The Anti-Federalists felt that states were free agents that should manage their own revenue and spend their money as they saw fit, while the Federalists felt that many individual and different fiscal and monetary policies led to economic…

town no longer enforces laws; in fact the village has no apparent governmental structure to restrain its murderous tradition. It seems as though the government relies heavily on tradition as a tool to achieve order instead of law and elected local government. The village appears to be normal besides its lack of a municipality. The country’s government has also become suspiciously absent from the affairs of its town. With the apparent bloodlust of the villagers, as they all participate in…

used to control the supply and demand of certain products. By increasing the cost of items it deems harmful, the government can decrease that item’s desirability. Decreasing desirability decreases demand, which decreases supply in correlation. It is a cycle that sin taxes allow the government to somewhat control. However, a complete absence of these products is unlikely, so the government is still receiving money from taxing ‘sin…

Chinese immigrants started to arrive in the United States in significant numbers in the late 1840s, specifically 1848, when the California gold rush began to make headlines. People from around the globe came to California in hopes of getting rich quick, and then returning to their home countries. By 1852, California had passed a Foreign Miner’s Tax, specifically targeting the Chinese and forcing them to pay $3 a month for a license to be able to mine for gold. Chinese immigrants were in numbers…

Solyndra, A U.S. Solar Panel Manufacturer Solyndra was the first manufacturer to receive a guaranteed loan from the government under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and was endorsed as a model manufacturer for the clean energy economy. In this essay we will look at a brief history of Solyndra, their unethical behavior, ethical framework, and the laws that pertain to this company. It is always an unfortunate situation when a large company, such as Solyndra, is viewed as becoming very successful…

their government. The cause of their weakness lies in the fact that they did not have a court system nor a Chief Justice. While writing The Constitution, Madison’s biggest concern was that one branch or person was going to have power over the other branches. If that would have happened it would have led way to tyranny. How exactly did The Constitution guard against tyranny? The Constitution guarded against tyranny through Federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances and big states…

Government agencies hold valuable knowledge about the country as a whole and the actions that are needed to meet the needs of citizens. The most familiar form of administrative organizations within the government are departments, and within those departments are many bureaus. One of the agencies located within the executive departments is the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The BIA is part of the Department of the Interior which preserves and manages the United States’ natural resources and…

seeking economic autonomy, and demanding equal civil and political rights (Norton, 2015). The 13th Amendment did not protect African-Americans, so the 14th Amendment was made. The 14th Amendment declared blacks as citizens and they were protected by federal laws. Then there was the 15th Amendment. This Amendment made it possible for black men to vote. The Freeman's Bureau was an organization to help train, register to vote, and educate…

is hardy mention in Article II, where the president has the power to appoint officials. a. In Article II, the president “shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States,” where he can appoint officials on his own terms. b. The bureaucrats never attempted to reestablish the federalism during the antebellum era. They noticed that “true” federalism would never be recreated as the one they had in the era. In the…

vs The Welfare State President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented the New Deal to the United States in 1933 after the Great Depression. The New Deal was created to bring stability back to the country after so many American people were left without jobs. Similarly, in Great Britain the Welfare State was introduced by the Labour government, which also wanted to assist its citizens for a better quality of life after World War II. History has shown how the New Deal and the Welfare State have developed…