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    The Role of Government

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    Government � PAGE �1� The Role of Government Soc 120: Intro to Ethics & Social Responsibility Instructor Don Frey April 22‚ 2009 "We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent inalienable rights; that among these are life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness... it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it‚ and to institute new government‚ laying its foundation on such principles‚ and organizing its powers

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    Government Assistance

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    Government Assistance to Those Who Need It The government really needs to focus more on assisting the people who really truly need their help. They need to stop helping the ones in this magnificent country of ours such as: drug addicts‚ illegal immigrants‚ and all those people who live to take advantage of the system and find loopholes. They need to do background checks on the people who they assist and do quarterly personal check-ups to make sure they are spending this countries tax money on the

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    U.S government

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    Purposes of Government “A war where every man is enemy to every man‚” where people live in “ continual fear and danger of violent death.” Thomas Hobbes‚ an english political philosopher‚ describes what life would be without a government. All governments tax‚ punish‚ regulate and restrict their citizens in order to help accommodate peace and protection. The federal government has many purposes in which it protects the citizens and the the principles that the nation was built upon. One of the governments

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    Federal Government

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    The federal government has slowly been gaining power since this country was started. The country’s power used to be more focused on the individual states‚ this ensured that citizens could reach their governments more easily. With the majority of power under the states control it created a more flexible government‚ this allowed the states to govern accordingly and to fix any unique problems they could be having. I think that today’s federal government has too much power. Rick Perry (1) has argued

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    Branches Of Government

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    Constitution‚ Declaration of Independence‚ Bill of rights and similar documents written in that period‚ I believe that the federal government by the extent of the people have not accomplished the goals of the American Revolution. These goals were set by our founding fathers. I believe the founding fathers had a different idea in mind that what the federal government has today. Many things have changed including the people have changed since our founding fathers time. In the Declaration of Independence

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    Role Of Government

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    It is important to understand that the Supreme Court has total discretion over whether they will hear a case or not. There are three critical principles the Supreme Court views to decide if a case is valid enough to be reviewed. First the person who is involved must have a standing or vested interest in the particular case. ?The traditional requirement for standing has been to show injury to oneself; that injury can be personal‚ economic‚ or even aesthetic (Ginsberg 596).? Therefore‚ a person should

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    Philippine Government

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    Donnalea P. Nablea AB=II Date :March 20‚ 2013 Subject: Philippine Government and Constitution Introduction: * Background of Citizenship= Citizenship is one of the article of the Philippine Constitution or the Fourth (4) Article. It says here that the citizenship can be loss‚ re-acquire‚ or naturalized depend on the decision of a citizen. The citizenship is a law that shows‚ it should be followed legally. * Background of Suffrage= Suffrage means

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    Government Spending

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    Government Spending 1 Government Spending On Child Support Enforcement Tamekia Johnson Axia College of University of Phoenix Government Spending 2 Introduction Government spending more

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    Government Secrecy

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    Ashley Simons "Secrecy and a free‚ democratic government don’t mix‚" President Harry Truman once said. Harry Truman understood the importance of an open government in a free society. Unfortunately‚ George W. Bush has a different outlook. From the first days of his administration‚ President Bush has taken steps to tighten the government’s hold on information and limit public scrutiny of its activities. Expansive assertions of executive privilege‚ restrictive views of the Freedom of Information

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    A Just Government

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    country should want the best for its citizens and would want them to be healthy‚ successful‚ and productive. Therefore I affirm today’s resolution "A just government should provide health care to it’s citizens." But before I begin I would like to offer the following definitions from Webster’s New world Dictionary to clarify the round: Just Government- meaning a "right or fair way in which a society is run/ governed" Health Care meaning "the prevention and treatment of illness or injury." And should-

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