The economy was still facing an upward struggle and suggested that Obama had failed to deliver on promises made in his campaign. As many Americans still believe the economy was poor with 76% of voters in 2012 believing it was ‘not so good or poor.’ There are a number of key factors that attribute to his failure such as his 47% comment however there are other factors such as the strength of Obama’s campaign and Romney’s
The foreign policy failures of the British governments 1951-64 were due to the lack of realism in the post war world? This essay will ascertain the truth behind the statement and ask the questions as to whether the respective prime ministers, could have done more to secure a better and more efficient foreign policy. The statement has some truth to it, as Britain was for the best part of the 13 years under the Tories accommodating the notion that they were a great superpower, this ultimately lay with the prime minister, this view was shared between two consecutive prime ministers, notable Anthony Eden who for the most part of his appointment spent the majority of the money on military and nuclear projects, this very idea of sitting at the big table was catastrophic for Britain and shown by the Suez Crisis. This showed Britain how much they needed American aid in boosting their economy, and that the lack of communication with the rest of Europe created a bubble around Britain. Also holding on to this great superpower status was largely to do with the fact that Britain still had an Empire, inevitably making them feel more superior to the other European countries, this was a lack of realism as after both Suez Crisis and the formation of the EEC Britain began to understand that they were missing out.
Around August of 2007, banks become afraid to loan money out due to the fact that they did not want to suffer from losing money yet again. “This led to the $700 billion bailout, and bankruptcies or government nationalization of Bear Stearns, AIG, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, IndyMac Bank, and Washington Mutual. By December 2008, employment was declining faster than in the 2001 recession.”(useconomy.com). With so many foreclosures on houses, many americans were either homeless, or had bought a cheap apartment to keep them from being homeless. Because of the recession, and bad economic, many Americans have no jobs, and barely have a house.
Along with Immigration, Welfare is one of the hot topics that separate us as a country because there is a stigma that being on Welfare means that you are lazy and do not want to work and a lot of that displeasure is pointed to minorities. The inability of our political leaders to come up with a balanced budget and to fix the Nation’s
Whilst the appointment of cabinet ministers is left solely to the Prime Minister to decide, their leaving can occur for a variety of reasons, in which the Prime Minister may play no part. Some may find the difficulties of working under pressure and sustaining a level of quality for their department too taxing, whilst others might have secrets of their private lies revealed to the public. Individual ministerial responsibility used to be an important factor in the resignation of a minster.This dictates that should their department make a serious error and reveal incompetence of that department, then the minister in charge should be accountable to these mistakes and take the blame publicly be resigning. Foreign Secretary of 1982, Lord Carrington resigned over the invasion of the Falkland Islands, saying he was “responsible for the conduct of that policy” which was a “humiliating affront to this country”. He in fact also admitted that much of the criticisms had been unfounded, but the importance of individual ministerial responsibility at that time made his resignation almost inevitable.
DEA overlapped with the Treasury and the role of Chancellor, Callaghan and Wilson didn’t know who to listen to, this resulted in Brown/DEA in competition with Chancellor Callaghan and the treasury. This problem worsened as Brown was impulsive and lacked consistency (drink problem). Brown came up with National Plan, this created in unison with trade unions and industry but did not have support of united government. Potential third problem was that Wilson was trying to keep everyone happy rather than pick best team for the job and this resulted in the DEA being ineffective and not helping the economy at
It’s irrational of them to keep all of the staff when over half of the institutions populations were released just so that they can keep their jobs. I believe this is why America is in so much debt that because of greedy people not helping children and just thinking about themselves has gotten America to were they are now. Yes They have put in place new laws and reforms to help children but how much is it really helping them and how much are we not
The author offers the opinion that the American healthcare system is more of an “economic good” rather than the “social or public good” it should be. Contrary to popular opinion, Chua states that, “80 percent of the uninsured are hardworking Americans who are employed or come from working families” (2006, p. 2). Most of these individuals lack insurance cover either because their employer does not provide it or because the employer’s premium share is too costly. Some employed persons might lack insurance cover due to the fact that they are not eligible because of factors such as being on a part time job or not having worked long
It shows that some countries may have high work efficiency or better ways of working. However, one statement that caught my attention was “And anyone who has been unemployed knows the only thing worse than working is not working at all.” This is not true for all Americans. A lot of Americans are living off of welfare and I feel that it is not helping them for their future or hours. Many have become used to getting checks through the mail to live off of and they don’t want to try getting a
Also around half of these people have disabilities that prevent them from working. It surprises me to find out almost 100% of welfare recipients are women versus the rest of the poverty society including some old aged veterans who aren’t receiving support. A person who sacrificed their life for their country should be getting aid by all circumstances. Another disappointing statistic I found interesting was that if you “qualify” for benefits, the low average pay per month was $350 from the government. Few recipients manage to obtain a bigger amount to support their families which I believe is totally unfair and immoral.