While some citizens would prefer that governmental leaders implement spending cuts while others would favor an increase in revenue, as a practical matter the country’s precarious financial situation cannot be addressed exclusively by just one of these options. (Bartels). The electoral process is rather difficult due to its complex organization. It requires the parties that share it to create valid political campaigns that would be quite persuasive. Usually, the election represents the competition between two major parties – the Democratic and Republican.
If the Governor can’t hire or fire his subordinates, then he has less or no control over them. Power is highly decentralized and spread out to several different officials, which prevents the governor from having too much power, but it also prevents the governor from effectively doing his job. Those that wrote the 1876 Constitution saw this and decided that it’s better to have a weak and ineffective governor than a powerful and effective governor. The lieutenant governor, who heads the Senate and appoints its committees, has more power than the governor. The Texas governor serves as the commander in chief of the state's military, the Texas National Guard, and enforces all the state's laws with his limited police powers.
This was called the Assumption Plan. In order for Hamilton's ideas to work, he had to make the wealthy tied to the federal government, so that they would believe in his system. They would become more likely to help and give more money if they were tied to the system itself. Jefferson and his supporters opposed this plan because of their belief in the states having a greater power than the federal government, and this gave the federal government too much power. However, when Hamilton agreed to establish the nation's capital in the South along the Potomac River, Jefferson and his supporters agreed to the idea.
Their main reason for that was that the creation of new states would decrease their power in congress. The Louisiana Purchase was not the only time Jefferson adopted the ideas of federalists about loose construction of the constitution. After he was reelected, war soon broke out in Europe between English and French. British needed more manpower and financial aid for the war soon began impressing American sailors and stealing their cargo. This made trade between the United States and Europe unsafe.
(always demonstrations when they meet) * Bank of last resort: countries in trouble have no other option * Lends money rather than gives money (countries that it helps already have too much debt) * In order to get a loan, the country must often make sweeping changes, like not subsidizing food * Viewed as the rich countries dictating to the poor countries The Washington Consensus * A conspiracy theory * World Bank, IMF and US government are all headquartered in Washington * US “big businesses” run the US government, which in turn controls the IMF and World Bank (voting rights depend on how much financing each country puts into the WB and IMF; based on GDP – the USA puts in the most financing and therefore has the most power) * Consequently, some people think big American companies control the policy and the fate of poor countries; for example, all economies should be strictly capitalist **International rule maker for fair trading World Trade Organization (WTO) * The only international organization dealing with trade between nations on a global scale * Location: Geneva, Switzerland Established: 1 January 1995 Created by: Uruguay Round negotiations (1986-94) of the
Impact: We have already spent over $716 million to date on military intervention in Libya alone. This ridiculously high financial cost is relevant to the debate because the US is currently undergoing difficult financial times, trying to balance budgets, lessen debts, and cut spending wherever possible. Even if there is a slim chance of a shaky democracy in one of the nations in which we’re intervening, we cannot afford to remain in struggling nations long enough to gain a small chance of said nations to slowly become democratic. Point 3: Title: Intervening doesn’t guarantee that a struggling nation will emerge as an ally of the U.S or even as a democratic nation claim: America’s interventions thus far in other nations’ struggles with democracy have actually been detrimental to our relationships with said nations, and haven’t resulted in any viable
Due to the lack of formal powers with the Governor of Texas, this power of persuasion is all the more important. Using the Governor’s personality, image and advisory staff, in today’s media frenzy world the Governor can use the power of persuasion smartly to overcome some of the shortfalls created by lack of formal power. In my opinion, the plural executive can have significant side effects, especially in today’s electrically charged partisan politics. Having a set of people who do not share a common vision and goal may be detrimental to the strategic growth of the state. On the other side, I agree with the argument that concentration of power can often lead to abuse of power.
We need to begin today, by making spending cuts ACROSS THE BOARD. These cuts must be enacted sensitively, however, in order to keep the economy stable as we move toward a balanced budget. The need for spending cuts across the board cannot be understated. For just one example of how imbalanced our policies are, notice how 63% of all entitlements go
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