When the Framers wrote “securing the blessings of liberty‚” it was referring to the freedom to criticize the government or petition it when they disagreed with its policies‚ in other words it meant our government will make good decisions so that we have the good things about freedom and the future generations have freedom and right as well. Once the constitution was ratified the Bill of Rights were the ten amendments to the constitution that offered numerous limitations on the national government’s
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One of the best things about being American citizens is our right to freedom of speech. Yet‚ everyone in the world is not as lucky. As technology becomes more important to our society‚ many government officials fear social media for its power to end careers or start rumors - but does that give them the right to regulate online content? Hugo Chavez‚ the Venezuelan president‚ seems to believe he has the right to impose restrictions on Internet content‚ similar to those seen in countries such as
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The U.S. Government has a very large amount of debt‚ but yet the government is still focus on building and supporting things that are not necessary for the economy at all. What the U.S. Government needs to do is find a way to manage our debt‚ it is okay to have stadiums but it does no good for our economy. That is the problem with our society they are too busy worrying about sports than politics. They care and worry about who is going to win the super bowl this year‚ than to how is our financing
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going on severe diet but most people can’t tolerate rigid dieting for long so once it’s inescapably stopped‚ they put on a little more than before. Again they do the same‚ lose again‚ stop and go a little higher still. As a result crash dieters gain more and more weight over time. Person thinks it’s starving so‚ to indemnify‚ will switch on all the mechanisms it has to store food.One of these is hormones. There’s nothing worse than having to eat up foods you can’t stand because a diet demands it. That
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Outgrown Our Government? Given the current government shutdown‚ the crisis and anxiety that the country is now facing has now brought to light a question that many do not take into consideration in our current day. Is the current United States government efficient enough to run our prosperous and quite large country? Although many people believe that our government is a Democracy‚ they would be surprised to learn that our government‚ in essence‚ is actually a constitutional republic. Our government
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Governmental control surrounds society daily and has been around for centuries. Governments came around so that they could control others. It recurs throughout The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ as well as in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Even in modern day‚ government control remains a significant part of life. For example‚ the SOPA bill arose in Congress when the need for anti-piracy protection became urgent or the USA admitting the Yemeni dictator into one
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Should Governments Sponsor Gambling? The government is now sponsoring gambling to raise revenues. By 2002 government-sponsored gambling brought in 11 billion dollars! "Winning means a life of luxury and happiness‚" is only one of the many slogans the government uses to advertise gambling. Gambling has a lot of pros as to the economy and employing more citizens but it has a lot of cons as well. Should governments sponsor gambling? The answer is no! Governments should not sponsor gambling because
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Should government censor the internet? Let’s‚ for a moment‚ try to imagine a completely benevolent government‚ who wants to censor it’s citizens internet access. Maybe things like how to make a bomb‚ or a website where you can buy illegal goods. Everyone will be happy with such a government‚ whose only intentions are to shelter the people it governs from content that it is dangerous‚ harmful or inappropriate‚ and not to spread propaganda by controlling information. However unlikely it is for such
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useful and educational knowledge which can be found in the cyberspace‚ there are also many other sources of information which are considered harmful‚ corrupting and degenerative‚ especially to a younger audience. In different parts of the world‚ governments react differently to this new invention. While in more democratic countries full access and almost no restrictions are introduced‚ in other communist and dictatorship countries it is completely banned or fully supervised by the national authorities
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Iacocca knew that he needed help‚ and the only place to go was to the U.S. Government. While it seemed a long-shot‚ Iacocca explained to Congress that “if Chrysler collapsed it would cost the country 2.75 billion dollars alone in unemployment benefits” (Cole‚ 2004‚ Method section‚ para 20). In addition‚ Iacocca decreased management salaries considerably (including his own for $1 year) and went to work. With the government subsidy‚ Chrysler initiated a new‚ aggressive campaign and “…paid back the
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