Hundred Flowers Campaign

with dozens and dozens of campaigns. People spend endless amounts of time trying to get money to fund their campaign along with them spending money themselves. Most campaigns and elections are funded honestly with the public and authorities knowing where and who the donations are coming to for that good cause, but some campaign funding’s go unlawfully. Some campaigns seem to get anonymous money donations otherwise known as “dirty money donors” trying to further their campaign in alliance with…

Donald Trump made a pledge earlier this year, stating: “I’m using my own money. I’m not using the lobbyists. I’m not using donors. I don’t care. I’m really rich.” According to Politico, he will need over $1.5 billion in campaign money to achieve United States Presidency (Gold). If that amount is multiplied by the twenty candidates currently running for president, then over $30 billion could potentially be spent on the presidency! That is over 600,000 times more than the average U.S. family…

Campaign finance reformers would most like to see a cap placed on how much can be spent “independent” of campaigns just as there is a cap with how much can be contributed directly to a campaign. Unfortunately, Citizens United quashed any notion of spending caps because as previously stated the Court feels caps would inhibit free speech. Caps would help equalize the influence between the wealthy and the non-wealthy, and discourage bribery and extortion. Also, contribution limits would improve…

Charles Lane, in his weekly column from the The Washington Post, consistently uses facts and figure, a concerned tone, and a cause and effect expository mode in order to convey his argument about a current issue. However, he uses varying levels of sophistication in the three articles “The GOP’s health-care plan goes in the exact wrong direction,” “Who is to blame for the opioid epidemic,” and “Rahm Emanuel gears up for a modern day- Brown v. Board.” Lane supports each of his arguments with ample…

Facts: In 1998 Arizona voters approved a bill known as the Clean Elections Act, which made is so there was public financing for elections within the state, thus creating a “clean election”. The details of the bill included the participants of the campaign would have to round up a specific amount of $5 donations, which in turn would make that candidates able to receive public funds. One note about the bill is that if a candidate under the public funding was outspent by a participant that was not…

Campaign Finance Reform Essay The main ideas of the essay Campaign Finance Reform by Larry J. Sabato and Glenn R. Simpson is to make it known that regulating campaign contributions from the public by the Federal Election Commission is ineffective and cannot be supported because of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and to present another way to improve campaigning. The significance of these authors was to approach the issue of campaigning reform and give a different view to how to…

The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty is the product of a chain reaction that started with a global study that came out in September about women and beauty. The Real Truth About Beauty: A Global Report came to the conclusion “that the definition of beauty had become limiting and unattainable” and that “only 2% of women around the world would describe themselves as beautiful,” (yellow). In response to this global study Dove launched their Campaign for Real Beauty in September 2004 with what is known…

Pain is defined as the physical discomfort or suffering caused by illness or injury. In Ordinary People by Judith Guest the story of a grieving family is portrayed. The story begins when Conrad gets out of the mental hospital, beginning to recover from his suicide attempt. However, as the story progresses the reader learns of much more hidden pain in the families past. A boating accident caused Jordan, Conrad’s older brother, to die, leaving the family in disrepair. After the death of his…

having confidence within you. Media plays a big role in portraying what “beauty” looks like. Victoria’s Secret is often criticized for representing only one body type, which promotes unrealistic expectations for women. A recent Victoria’s Secret ad campaign portraying thin models with the headline, “the perfect body” offended a lot of people (Lutz…

main political forces against each other this past decade has been the controversial Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission. The background of the case, as taken from the website of the FEC states the following: “The Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) prohibits corporations and labor unions from using their general treasury funds to make electioneering communications or for speech that expressly advocates the election or defeat of a federal candidate.” With the advent of…