Propaganda And Its Uses By Countries, Especially During War
.... media, Iraqi tanks were shown to enter a
defenseless Kuwait amidst destroyed buildings. The American public was
convinced that their troops were only there to protect and that Iraq was
harassing Kuwait. Iraq quickly retaliated with their own propaganda.
Hussein showed footage of the damage that the US had supposedly
inflicted on innocent people. Images of a bombed milk factory and a starving
child provided the Iraqi public with enough “evidence” to accuse the US of being
a ruthless military power. The main targets of propaganda were those that were
presumed most innocent: women and children. When women and children are .....
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Proposition 187: Don't Mess With Texas
.... are in sales taxes, gas taxes, liquor taxes, and cigarette taxes. For
example, illegal aliens in San Diego, California accounted for 26.6 million
dollars in health care costs in 1994 (Serb 63). Not a single person would deny
that this is a lot of money, and therefore would seem to be an excellent reason
to cut funding right this minute. However, the logical person has to realize
how important those same aliens are to filling the state's excise tax coffers
each year. Excise taxes paid by ‘illegals' were accounting for up 60.5 million
in state tax alone (63). In retrospect, it hardly seems right to say that
illegal i .....
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Pros And Cons Of Judicial Review
.... and John Locke, would share extremely different
views as to whether or not Judicial review, and the Supreme Court as a whole,
would be successful in their ideal government situations.
One of the earliest political philosophers Plato, would find our
present day governmental setup of the Supreme Court to be the ideal group to
deal with the United States' situation. Plato felt that government should be run
by enlightened philosopher kings, that would rule for the good of the people,
and not themselves. We today see the Supreme Court as a collection of the most
"enlightened" thinkers of our day. They are chosen to make mor .....
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Vote No For Quebec To Be Separate From Canada
.... a rise in unemployment because many people
will be forced to quit thier jobs. The border between Canada and Quebec will
impose even more obstacels. Travel will become stessfull because passports
will be needed and duty taxes will be imposed. International trade will also be
a problem since Canada and Quebec will be two separate countries. It would be
unlikely for the two countries to do business with each other primarily due to
feelings of resentment and hostility.
Another problem that will arise is the fact that some Quebecers are not
willing to separate. There will never be a time when everyone living in Quebec
wil .....
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Reforms Are Need In Canada's Government
.... Reform.
Why is Senate Reform such an important issue? An argument could be made that a
political body, which has survived over one hundred years in Canada, must
obviously work, or it would have already been reformed. This is simply not true,
and this becomes apparent when analyzing the current Canadian Senate.
In its inception, the Senate was designed to play an important role in the
Government of Canada, representing various regions of the federation. Quebec,
Ontario, the maritimes and the west were allotted twenty-four Senators each.
Considered to be the heart of the federal system, the Senate was to be a crucial
balancing .....
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The Government Should Make Use Of Revenue Sharing
.... with federal
bureaucrats and leaders is often able to get more money.
Federal bureaucracies are often very regionalized. They are staffed by people
from a certain region, and they primarily deal with people from that region.
They give more federal assistance to these regions too. The overall trend in
federal spending in a state may be different from a particular agency's
pattern of spending. Some states may get very little overall federal funding,
but may get much more than the average amount of money from a certain federal
agency's grants.
American state-level politics can be divided up into 3 categories: traditional,
moralis .....
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The Reagan Tax Cuts And Foreign Policy
.... into production, thus lifting economic growth. This policy
received much criticism because its opponents argued that ERTA would be a
giveaway to the rich, because their tax payments would collapse. Reagan worked
hard and skillfully with the congress to obtain legislation to stimulate
economic growth and curb inflation, he embarked upon a course to cut taxes and
curb inflation. President Reagan was able to sign into law a tax cut in late
1981 even though congressional Democrats tried to block his cuts. All tax payers
received these cuts which helped to spur the economy. The cuts were taken over
three years with a 5% cut i .....
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The Social Security Crisis
.... When they retire
money is returned to them in monthly checks plus the interest. This is where
they are wrong. Social Security is a pay-as-you-go system where the current
workforce pays for the present retirees, and then when they retire they will
depend on the workforce and so on and so on. Which is fine when you always have
more workers then retirees. This is the problem the government will face when
the Baby Boomers retire in the year 2010. In 1950 there were 7.2 workers for
each retiree. Today there are 3.2 workers for every retiree, an by the year
2020 there will only be 2.4 or less for each retiree. By the year 2010 .....
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Social Security In The Future? Maybe Not
.... coming up this November ‘96 and the
question that many of Americans have on their mind is what are you going to
about the Social Security crisis? This question has our nation divided between
generations. The elder people of our nation (ages 50 and up) feel confident that
Social Security will be there for them and that it should be left alone. On the
other hand the Baby Boomers (ages 31-49) and Generation X (ages 18-30) lack this
confidence fearing that they will never receive Social Security, and the money
they put in would be a waste. Many politicians are afraid to touch this issue
because the elder still make a large number o .....
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California's Proposition 184: Three Strikes And You're Out
.... not realize that this bill could put potentially
incarcerate people for ludicrous amounts after the commission of a minor
offense. Even more voters did not realize the cost of implementing such a bill.
Now that this new legislation has been in effect for a year and the
tremendous negative effects it have become obvious we must repeal it.
One of the issues that must be considered when imposing mandatory
sentencing is the increased cost of incarceration. In the state of California
it costs $20,000 per year to incarcerate an inmate under normal
circumstances(Cost 1). This amount of money could put one person through a
state c .....
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Politicking Goes High-Tech
.... Wars.
While the Spot Wars help out the candidates (or harm the opponents with
derogatory remarks), they can cost an enormous amount of money; and after being
played on television the opponent will return the attack with one of his or her
ads—then, the candidate will have to go back to work all over again creating new
ads regarding the new polls—all of which costs more money. A major portion
of the money for candidates to use comes from PACs. These PACs make up ¼ off
all contributions to Senate campaigns, while some of the other money comes from
fund raisers and cost-per-plate dinners.
Before the candidate begins to play the ads .....
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
.... civil liberties as "those rights that an individual citizens may assert
against the government." In a formal sense, the ACLU is a private voluntary
organization dedicated to defending the Bill of Rights. Officially established
in 1920, the
ACLU now claims over 270,000 members. With offices in most of the states and the
District of Columbia the ACLU justifiably calls itself " the nation's largest
law firm."(Walker 4)
The ACLU, despite its noble goal, has a terrible public image. The
reason for such hatred or support is the fact that civil liberty cases generally
involve moral and personal issues. These issues are those t .....
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