The Best and Worst of Americas Presidents Throughout U.S history there have been many good presidents and also many bad presidents. I believe that presidents should be graded on how they handle the economy, foreign policy, and equal rights. From our first president to our current president those I believe are the three most important grading points. A good economy is very important because it gives people a better living by giving them job opportunities and a way for people to make money. Foreign policy is important because it has a lot to do with the trade, technology, and communications of the United States.
Author of “Aids, Opium, Diamonds and Empire” to speak on the evolution of the FDA depicted in this documentary, “ Titans of industry really wanted to control the world finance system as a whole”. Null goes on to say that there were many types of medical education across the United States. When the Rockefellers took over the medical industry they closed down those schools and only promoted sales of their drugs, surgery and radiation. The Rockefellers had an alliance with I.G. Farben whom is known as the largest chemical and pharmaceutical company in the world.
The measure will curb unions’ outsized political influence everywhere, too often resulting in laws that benefit union members over the interest of all Californians. Proposition 32 levels out the playing field in the state capitol and in the states city halls. It will stop limitless amounts of money from being thrown around by unions in Sacramento to kill legislation, elect candidates, stop pension reform, and support or oppose ballot measures. What we have is bad government, corrupt votes and ceaselessly greedy special interest (Rifkin, The Davis Enterprise). Proposition 32 won’t fix everything in Sacramento.
Wal-Mart does not care about the American economy because they are thriving the way the economy is now, so American citizens have to stand up for their communities. According to the book, How Walmart is destroying America and what you can do about it, when you are a huge rich company and all you want to do is get huger and richer, it turns out a lot of smaller, poorer people have to get hurt in the process. Wal-Mart with all its size and power, could hurt people or help them in a lot of situations. Which do you think it normally chooses to do (Bill Quinn 102)? The answer for so many years has obviously been hurt people.
The organization also publishes a monthly magazine known as the "Multinational Monitor." In 2001, Ralph Nader started up another non-profit organization known as Democracy Rising. This organization was dedicated to ending the War in Iraq, and bringing the troops back to America. The political opinions that Ralph Nader is so well known for would make him one of the highest rated presidents that America has ever seen. In his 2000 bid for the presidency Ralph Nader campaigned against the corporate powers dominance in the political landscape as well as the need for change in the manner of how presidential races are held.
Some go so far as to advocate direct democracy, in which the people, not their representatives, vote directly on legislation. However, an educated electorate is necessary for the success of any democracy, and there is a real question as to whether the public is educated or informed enough to vote directly on the nuts and bolts of government policies. What do liberals believe about the constitution? Liberals note that constitutions and their amendments are passed just like other laws: after extensive debate and by a vote of the people's elected representatives. The only difference is that constitutional amendments are much harder to pass than laws, because they require a two-third's majority in Congress and a three-fourth's majority of the
Having such a small amount of people possessing such a large amount of the wealth will pull down society. Our biggest private employer, Walmart, the “Union-busting low-wage retail empire happens to have generated a $200 billion family fortune”, while, not even paying their workers a living wage. People having accumulated all this wealth then use it to pay off politicians to vote and write bills in their favor. America would be better off with the upper class being flushed out of our system.
A lobbyist is a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest group, such as powerful corporations like McDonald’s. The bigger companies hire more lobbyists to increase their influence on public servants to insure their interests at the state, and specially the federal level. In a dispute between two giant meatpacking firms, “President Reagan’s Justice Department submitted a brief” and “argued on behalf of Excel, claiming it had every right to buy a rival company” while accepting the “disappearance of hundreds of small meatpacking firms” and opposing the use of “antitrust laws to stop giant packers” (Schlosser, 156). In the statement, Schlosser shows how big corporations can influence elected officials to disregard smaller businesses and the public’s interest. If the officials who are to keep the corporations in check are run by the giant companies themselves, the concept of checks and balances can almost be discarded.
The Article, “For Mitt Romney, the election hinges on the middle class”, focuses on the tactics in which Mitt Romney needs to perform in order to win the middle class votes of the Americans. According to the article, 90% of the American people consider themselves to be members of the middle class. In order for Mitt Romney to have a strong chance of winning the election he needs to have the majority behind him. Mitt Romney is a very successful businessman and has obtained much wealth to his name. Although, he is a part of the small percentage of the upper class in America his main focus for the election is to appeal to the middle-class as a devoted family man who is seeking to lower their struggles.
It is very important to create a strong and consistent message that provides the voters with very good reasons to choose your candidate and support your campaign . In the documentary , Clinton’s campaign slogan was “ It’s the economy ,stupid” . This slogan was used throughout his campaign to say that every problem we have is because of the economy. Clinton tried to reach everyone by saying that Bush hasn’t addressed the economy yet ever since he was President so his “Read my lips, no new taxes” is therefore invalid. Al gore also tries to strengthen this message by saying “Unemployment around the country has gone up; the number of jobs has gone down.