Representativeness vs. efficiency
Germany has a better representative system
The US has our bullshit two party system
In Germany, since the chancellor is chosen from the majority party in government, the chancellor directs policy and knows she has the support of the bundesrat
In the United States system allows for the legislature to
In Germany the chancellor is an extension of the legislature whereas in the united states the president and legislature may be separate as voters vote for both in different elections. The system in the united states that purposefully gave both congress and the executive a lot of power in order to check each other
The system in the united states wanted the legislature to be the most powerful/ important branch, demonstrated by how much more the legislature is talked about in the constitution than the executive branch which is mentioned last. As the president has taken more powers over the years, this had lead to the potential for a increasingly combative relationship between the two. Also, minority parties in congress carry a lot of power to block legislation and even shut down the government as a whole through blocking budget legislation. Now, Congress has passed the fewest laws of any congress in the last XXXXXXX amount of years.
While the German government has a proportional representation, their minority parties have less power than the minority party in the United States to influence decision making. Also, the minority party in the united states has the power to shut down the government as we have just seen. This power was given to the minority party in order to ensure the majority in the united states not be a brute jamming through laws with a 51% majority. However, based on the absolute ineffectiveness of the united states congress the minority party has too much power. I
Efficienty- thnk about when country had an emergency and think about how that country was able to solve the problem and then compare them to a country that
The US has our bullshit two party system
In Germany, since the chancellor is chosen from the majority party in government, the chancellor directs policy and knows she has the support of the bundesrat
In the United States system allows for the legislature to
In Germany the chancellor is an extension of the legislature whereas in the united states the president and legislature may be separate as voters vote for both in different elections. The system in the united states that purposefully gave both congress and the executive a lot of power in order to check each other
The system in the united states wanted the legislature to be the most powerful/ important branch, demonstrated by how much more the legislature is talked about in the constitution than the executive branch which is mentioned last. As the president has taken more powers over the years, this had lead to the potential for a increasingly combative relationship between the two. Also, minority parties in congress carry a lot of power to block legislation and even shut down the government as a whole through blocking budget legislation. Now, Congress has passed the fewest laws of any congress in the last XXXXXXX amount of years.
While the German government has a proportional representation, their minority parties have less power than the minority party in the United States to influence decision making. Also, the minority party in the united states has the power to shut down the government as we have just seen. This power was given to the minority party in order to ensure the majority in the united states not be a brute jamming through laws with a 51% majority. However, based on the absolute ineffectiveness of the united states congress the minority party has too much power. I
Efficienty- thnk about when country had an emergency and think about how that country was able to solve the problem and then compare them to a country that