The debate of states’ rights versus federal supremacy is one that affects America today and has since the country was founded. It started with the writing of the Constitution in 1787 and the formation of Federalists and Anti-Federalists‚ who had opposing views on the document. The two major arguments were that a strong central government would eventually become tyrannical‚ and that a strong central government was needed for the nation to move forward. Years of conflict between the two sides occurred
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE AND THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS BY TOMORI M. ADIJOLOLA lolatomori@yahoo.com BEING A PAPER PRESENTED AT: THE WORKSHOP ON PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCING ORGANISED BY: MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMETN AND CHIEFTAINCY MATTERS IN COLLABORATION WITH MESSRS WALE ADENIYI PARTNERSHIP MARCH 2009 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE AND THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS 1.0 INTRODUCTION As the biggest economic recession in 70 years continues to undermine
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Date: Ch.3 AP Government More Practice Questions 1. Federal officials’ perceptions of national needs came to dominate the allocation of federal grants during the A) Reagan administration. B) Great Depression. C) World War II era. D) post–Civil War era. E) 1960s and 1970s. 2. During the 1960s and 1970s‚ federal grants to states were increasingly based on A) the demands of the individual states. B) what state officials perceived to be important state needs. C) the power of organized
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I. George Washington (1732-1799) II. "I have no other view than to promote the public good‚ and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country." III. He was a surveyor‚ planter‚ and general of the Army of the United Colonies. IV. His term was from 1789-1797. V. There were no prominent issues in his first or scone term and ran unopposed. VI. He didn’t have any opponents‚ it was only a matter of who would become vice president. VII. John Adams was his vice
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Blessed with huge reserves of crude oil‚ natural gas‚ sulfur‚ timber‚ and other materials‚ Louisiana ranked second only to Texas in the value of its natural resources. The state government leased its mineral resources to various indus¬tries and placed a severance tax on those minerals extracted from state land. In the area of cultural accomplishment‚ Louisiana provided the scene for two highly acclaimed works‚ All the King’s Men‚ a novel based on the life of Huey Long by the novelist-poet
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How have the attitudes and policies of the states and federal governments impacted the aboriginal people? There are various ways in which the policies of the state and federal governments have impacted the aboriginal people. The government policies includes; the policy of paternalism‚ Protectionism‚ Assimilation‚ Integration and Self – determination. These policies have impacted the aid of Aborigines due to the fact that the governments thought that the Aboriginals
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the proposed constitution to the federal government‚ are few a defined. Those which remain in the state governments are numerous and indefinite.” As a US Citizen some believe that a balanced power is important because it is a system in which peace can be kept among a large number of states when there is no leadership among them. Federal government declares war and sets standards for weight and measures meanwhile‚ State sets up schools and establishes local government. Both are enforcing laws and providing
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IMPLICATIONS OF FEDERAL SPENDING ON STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT Every term the federal government provides grants to local and state governments. Those funds are accounted for federal outlays and a quarter of spending by local and state governments. Over the past years the intergovernmental grants from federal government that support state and local government that supports state and local programs have fluctuated. These financial transfers fluctuate impacting local and state government and these funds
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Federal and unitary systems of government have many similar qualities therefore it becomes difficult to decipher between the two. In order to illustrate the difficulty in trying to distinguish between the two‚ I will first define what each system of government involves and then attempt to compare and contrast. Federalism is the creation of two layers of government‚ the federal government and the constituent states‚ which equally share the legal sovereignty of a country. Each tier of government has
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Transferred from Federal Government to the States? Point - Yes Cox makes some valid arguments in favor of restoring State powers that have been inappropriately assumed by the Federal Government and backs those arguments with examples and solutions. He believes that Congress should transfer powers to the States that are not the direct responsibility of the Federal Government through block grants being administered directly to the local State governments. Cox suggests a review of Federal programs
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