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There are many factors which go into deciding between getting a higher education and taking the starting financial manager position with a firm that has offered employment. Considerations like how to finance said education, what the starting salary is, and even compliance issues must all be addressed and analyzed before making such an important decision. I. School versus Work When deciding how to finance the school I would like to attend, the first thing I would do is check the current price of…

Snowden vs. Citizenfour: The Story of an American Hero? Snowden and Citizenfour are films that attempt to retell the story of Edward Joseph Snowden. A man who was fed up with over extension of power in the government and wanted to show the citizens of America just what their government was capable of and how their privacy was almost non-existent. He downloaded thousands of files from the NSA. The films try their best to show the story as accurately as possible. However, can a film truly depict…

I argue that the creation of political parties in the United States Congress both addresses and enhances the collective action issues known as the prisoner’s dilemma, agency loss, and the tragedy of the commons, due to their constant clashes of ideological ambitions. The formation of Congress was most likely the first act of collective action before the official constitution was drafted. Two opposing sides, one the heavily populated states argued for a legislative body based on population. And…

policies in place that conflict with national and state government powers. The Tenth Amendment provides that the powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people; therefore, there should be more of an equal distribution of power. Since the founding of the constitution, which aimed to create a federal system of government,…

decisions. The two most influential parties in the American Government are the Republican and Democratic Party. These two parties have very contrasting beliefs. Democrats believe in “the need for intervention by government in the form of more and bigger programs” and agree that there must be fairness in government regulations and freedom of expression. Republicans however, have more conservative values and cultivate the importance of family and the efforts by individuals. They unlike the…

In order to be a social innovation, a program or product must be novel and innovative—going significantly beyond what exists. The technology that we propose is not really new (although it will continue to evolve), but the application absolutely is. BOTS.GOV will use relatively common technology…

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States once said “A house divided against itself cannot stand (1).” This holds true as shown by the history of the United States. Much like a house, the US cannot hope to function if its states are asunder. As a response to this problem, the Founding Fathers created the Articles of Confederation. The Articles marked a leap forward to a stable government. Giving more power to the state governments was done in order to preserve the notion of…

There has been an imbalanced relationship between Native American inhabitants and European settlers (Hasbargen 1). These poor connections resulted in the “ill conceived policies” captured in the October 7th Senate Resolution, which officially asked for forgiveness to American Indians. This was a consequence of the “ill conceived policies” and other violent actions done by the US Government and its citizens. In this Resolution, the Senate audaciously highlighted events such as The Trail of Tears,…

ratification debate centered on five major issues, namely; the Bill of Rights, the legality of the formation of the constitution, the powers granted to the executive branch, centralization of power, and slavery. The Federalists were arguing for a stronger federal government to keep the union strong. The Anti-Federalists, on the other hand,…

thousands of people reported the phone was busted into fire. Issue 1 Source In fiscal year 2013, United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) received a notification listed cyber incidents from major agencies and it was found that these major agencies did not consistently…