Conflict Theory and the Government Shutdown Eugene Peter Lewis, Jr. SOCI 200- D01 LUO Mrs. Susan Deneen November 24, 2013 One of the biggest news stories of 2013 as we near its close is the shutdown of the United States government. The legislative branch of the government has a task enumerated by the Constitution- agree on spending so that the government may be funded. When this does not happen, most of the rudimentary processes of the government fail to function. The Republican members of the House of Representatives desired to fund the government with the obvious exemption of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. The Democrats in the United States Senate insisted on funding the entire federal government, including
For Obama to be a Machiavellian prince he does not only need power, but it depends on how it’s used through military matters. It is considerable to consider Obama a prince because he focuses on cutting government spending on the military. Also, he deals with being blamed on how a prince should keep his word. – This last sentence does not blend with the paragraph- The opposition claims that he won the presidency not by good fortune and not through his own truthful words. They say he turned the key to “weak masters” and begged to foreign directors.
Zonglun Wu Compare and Contrast Essay Are undecided voters important? Are undecided voters less knowledgeable? There are different ways that the media portrays undecided voters in the current presidential election. When reading media it is important that we understand who are these "undecided voter" and what kind of bias do authors have, because it helps us to see the whole campaign more objectively. In Elizabeth Koberts article, "Searching for the undecided voter" the author descirbes the undecided voter as being a small, but important group that has a reputation of being less knowledgeable about politics.
And so, while people may view the president and presidency from various media angles and generate their own opinions, the overall sentiment of the media towards the president has a way of swaying such opinions, as we can never clearly and objectively see what’s going on for ourselves. The major problem with finding objective news and information, from which one can formulate an opinion, is that most every media source is biased in some way. This forces one to take from diverse news stations, newspapers, internet blogs, etc. in order to forge a balanced opinion. Therein is the confusion of how much to believe from each source and how to piece it all together.
They are both furious with governments, tired of the poor economy, and mistrustful of powerful institutions. New Jersey’s Governor, Chris Christie, said the two movements are “not that different” and they are both angry “because government has become dysfunctional.” While the two movements do have fundamental differences on issues such as spending and taxes, they have similar issues with Washington, the bailouts, and the economy. Both movements similar issue with Washington stem from the belief that politicians have special interests and favor corporations. Both movements are against the bailouts of the auto and financial industries, the Tea Party sees it as a form of socialism and the OWS sees it as symbol of favoritism to the wealthy and large corporations. And, finally they both are similar since they were both started due to the lousy
"If you have a problem, say, with America's atrocious treatment of its veterans, you can't just pick up a phone and call your local congressman," Weldon told reporters from his office on K Street Monday. "You need someone on the inside who understands how democracy works; someone who knows how to grease the wheels a little." Weldon said that after successfully advocating on behalf of Goldman Sachs and BP, he is relishing the opportunity to lobby for the American people, calling it the "challenge of a lifetime." The veteran D.C. power player admitted that his new client is at a disadvantage because it lacks the money and power of other groups. "The goal is to make it seem politically advantageous for legislators to keep the American people in mind when making laws," Weldon said.
An example of a current event or issue where the multiple levels of government interact on a solution would be The Patient Protection and Affordable Act Care which hereinafter will be referred to as ObamaCare. The government worked against each other on this issue in many ways. One way is that the house of republicans shut down the Government by refusing to pass the budget unless it contained measures to defund and repeal aspects of the Affordable Care Act. Also opponents of the law say that ObamaCare is an unpopular program that hurts Americans. The same was said about Medicare when it was implemented.
Due to the change in presidency from Obama to Trump, many policies that Obama established have come up in the Republican government on whether or not those laws should still be in place. Because the Democrats view immigration as something that should be protected and Republicans view immigration as something that needs stronger laws, there is a controversial discussion among the two. The Republican government is against illegal immigration and they provide Congress with ideas in order to convince America that illegal immigrants are not beneficial to the average working American; therefore, they provide all the reasoning they can in order to broadcast the drawbacks of illegal immigration. A study done by Carroll Doherty, bachelors in political science, shows how Republicans, more specifically Trump supporters, shows reasons why Republicans think illegal immigration is not beneficial for America. In Doherty’s study, he states, that among all of the strong Trump supporters, “59 percent associate unauthorized immigrants with serious criminal behavior,” and therefore do not benefit American workers (Doherty, 2016).
We see this now when a politician will amend his opponent, even though he has devastated him just previously, this is ethos. “Who is here so vile that will not love his country?” he asks. Who would say no? When our politicians began passing legislation after 9/11, a repeated strategy was to say that anyone who questioned the legislation was not patriotic, which is very similar to Brutus’s tactics, this is logos. This is how and why I believe Brutus delivered the more effective speech.
The definitive answer of course is there is no universally practiced direction for guiding ones ship through the economic swell (democratic capitalism is basically the closest bet). I found myself watching a truly comical and hilarious film: Dr. Strangelove. A line resonated with me; “war is too important to be left to the politicians”, said by the deranged General ‘Jack Ripper’ (IMDB, 2012). Luckily I had a pen and paper in front of me and I wrote this down¬¬¬¬--- is International Political Economy to important to be left to governments? Neo-Liberals would say it is too important to be left to the government; they would however say that the government and state are influenced by numerous factors such as factors deriving from individuals, corporations or interest groups (O’Brien & Williams, 2010, pg.