Early Americans were hesitant to create a federal government that was too powerful. After the failure of the Articles of Confederation‚ the Founding Fathers created the Constitution of the United States of America. The new Constitution was based on several basic principles that limited the power of the federal government. A federal government holds the three distinct branches‚ such as‚ legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial‚ whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress‚ the President
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The government structure is important to understand as a nurse leader. There are three branches of the federal government: the executive branch‚ the legislative branch‚ and the judicial branch. The function of the executive branch is to enforce laws (Porche‚ 2012). The president leads the executive branch. The executive branch is important because it is responsible for implementing laws created by the legislative branch (Porche‚ 2012). In the event the president is unable to arise to duties; the
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Essay Number 1 What are some advantages that our federal form of government has over a strong national government in a highly centralized system? What are some disadvantages of a federal system like ours? Advantage The simple majority system‚ like others plurality / majority‚ is defended fundamentally for its simplicity and for its tendency to favor winners who are responsible for a geographically well-defined area. The most frequently cited advantages are: Provides a clearly defined choice to voters
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The Government’s Flaws and Normative Solutions America’s government can be defined as a federal republic. Federal meaning that individual states have a certain degree of power‚ but centrally there is a national government that has authority over them. In a republic‚ the people have the power to elect leaders who will govern according to the set of laws in the U.S Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Even though we have a set of
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plan‚ a statewide government based on the population. “The federalists supported the constitution and preferred a strong national government‚” (pg. 57). The Anti-Federalists supported the New Jersey plan‚ where each state gets the same amount of representation. “The Anti-Federalist opposed the constitution and preferred a decentralized federal government; they took their name by default‚ in reaction to their better –organized opponents‚” (pg. 57). Both parties agreed that government should be limited
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August 2013 POS301 Professor Stefan Module 3: Principles and Articles of the United States Constitution Part I: Principles of the Constitution Create a chart or a matrix outlining the following primary principles of the Constitution: 1. Self-Government 2. Separation of Powers 3. Checks and Balances Write an analysis of 250-500 words on the effectiveness of the checks and balances in the federal government. 1. Cite specific examples. 2. Defend your rationale. 3. Utilize the required readings
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United States had only gone into debt for paying in its wars only after Alexander Hamilton had refunded the debts of the Revolutionary War by utilizing the federal debt. And in the 1930s during the administration of President Roosevelt‚ the nation was moved out of the Great Depression as the federal borrowings of the nation were properly handled. But it was during territory of World War II that the US had actually entered the new debt era. In 1941 federal debt had zoomed from its starting point at
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Changes in local government recently have occurred in 2009 much of England has the two tier system of local government the changes that were proposed where to change multiple counties from the two tier system to a unitary status of the proposed areas the shortlist made was Cornwall‚ Durham‚ Northumberland‚ Shropshire‚ Wiltshire and later Cheshire. However after these changes where implemented the central government implemented the Local Government Act 2010 halted and stopped and current or future
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diversity—describe state and local financial systems as they have evolved. Explain the meaning of the terms and the nature of state and local fiscal systems in light of these principles. - Interdependence is the ability of each state to raise money through taxes‚ charges‚ and fees applied to people‚ services‚ and products within the jurisdiction of each level of government. Diversity refers to the many different sources of revenue each state and local finance system has. Each state and local government relies
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A budget deficit is described as the difference in the funds that the government collects in taxes and what is spent. In 2001 the economy was at $128 billion surplus and has steadily decreased to a $1.327 trillion deficit in 2012. It is currently projected that by 2013 the deficit will be down to $901 billion (Amadeo‚ 2012). A popular question is whether the source of a deficit really matters or not‚ the concern is the fact that the United States is in debt. Many Americans want to place the blame
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