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Democracy in America Pos/110 June 2, 2013

We live in this country for the land, and the for the free as Americans we rely on many attributes in this world in order for us to live our lives. Our government has supplied us with many great things for us to be proud of. Our government is “the institutions and processes though which public policies are made for society.” (Edwards, Wattenberg, and Lineberry, p. 7). With all these institutions which includes the President, Congress, the courts and all the federal administrative agencies. These are the institutions that make up public policies for us, and to shape the way we live as Americans. The way this system has been operating through all the years has been fair, yet sometimes controversial to some. What should change to shape the way we live is a fair government where corruptness will not take place. Politics is where the corruptness has happen through the years many political figures has shown there side of corruptness. Politics is “the process that determines who we select as our governmental leaders and what polices these leaders pursue. Politics produces authoritative decisions about public issues”. (Edwards, Wattenberg, and Lineberry, p. 9). What makes politics good is that we as Americans gets to pick who we want to make our lives different, and make it better. This has been the process for some time now, and it only has gotten better. What makes it bad is that sometimes those that we do select to make a difference does not live up to their promises. That is why our government is corrupt because all the lies and the broken promises so many leaders have stated. We have been blessed with some who have made a difference, and made our lives some what better but, we will always be on the short end of the stick to some political figures not all of them. Most policy makers want to make a change to make the American people happy then we have many who try their best to answer the

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