who funded their campaigns by donors in hope that the politician will legislate in their favor. These corporations have people that go out to mediate their agenda and these are called lobbyist. Which many have said could be classified as a form of legal bribery. So what is a lobbyist? A lobbyist is a representative of a corporation that goes to congress to pass legislation in favor of a particular company. These lobbyists range from all different sectors of business from the pharmaceutical to the
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Many people around the world use social media sites. However‚ many do not realize that governments are able to use surveillance programs to spy on them. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ surveillance is the close observation‚ especially of a suspected spy or criminal and it can be defined as processes of information collection and processing. Surveillance on social media has its positives and negatives and people should know how to use it responsibly‚ critically and effectively. Surveillance
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The topic of assisted suicide and its benefits versus its cons is an ongoing debate that initially started after Oregon passed the Death with Dignity Act in 1997. The Death with Dignity act states that terminally-ill patients are able to end their lives with lethal medications prescribed by a physician. Oregon is one of the only six out of fifty states that have made physician assisted suicide legal. There are many pros and cons associated with assisted suicide‚ such as the patient is relieved from
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Guise of Justice? The Pro’s and Con’s of Plea bargaining In the United States. The creation and application of plea bargaining in our legal system has been in existence since the early seventeenth century. However‚ for as long as plea bargaining has been utilized it is unclear how this process fits into our legal system. The goals of our legal system are retribution‚ deterrence‚ incapacitation or rehabilitation‚ however plea bargaining fails to support any of these goals (Stitt & Chaires
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incentivization is the quadrupling of unauthorized immigrants since the 1986 immigration reform and the recent surge in unaccompanied minors crossing the border without legal permission. To the disappointment of immigration-enforcement advocates‚ Judge Andrew S. Hanen last week rejected a key argument that Texas raised in its attempt to establish legal standing. Texas tried to show that Obama’s amnesty policies would lead to an increase of illegal aliens in the state and would strain state coffers as a consequence
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called hydraulic fracking. In the United States‚ fracking has become a fiercely debated issue‚ as the industry emphasizes the benefits the practice holds and health and environmental groups question its safety. While fracking has created jobs and provided record-low natural gas prices‚ it comes with another kind of cost the risks the environment and health. There are many pros and cons to fracking. The pros to fracking allow for potential energy independence. A large amount of natural gas has been
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does the American government control its population? The way it still is – divide and conquer. It pits one group against the other and lets them fight. Native-Americans against whites. Blacks against whites. Red states against blue states. Pro-choice against pro-life. Women against men. Liberals against conservatives. Straight against gay. The fighting is endorsed and encouraged by the power elite because it distracts their unjust or illegal methods of control‚ that if carefully examined and brought
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Abortion is a complex matter that some people considered it to be as controversial as the issue of slavery. Abortion is no longer a new subject; it has been around for over twenty years‚ yet it is still one of the top subjects in debates today. On one side of the matter are the abortionists. Their main argument is that a woman should have the right to do what she wants with her body. Their opposition‚ the people against abortion believe that killing the fetus is just like murdering a human being
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The Necessity of ObamaCare in the United States The United States is heavily watched around the world in terms of politics or any other action as it is one of the leading countries of the world. Recently‚ the United States caught the eye of the world in its recent debate of the health care reform. Most commonly referred to as “ObamaCare” the official name is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or for short‚ the Affordable Care Act (ACA). President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010
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As stated in"9 Principal Pros and Cons of Gun Control”‚ gun control can lead to lowering the amount of gun related deaths‚ the guns are rarely used for self-defense. The majority of mass murderers use legal weapons‚ and it can lead to fewer suicides. Although taking away gun control might not stop criminals‚ it could stop other things from happening. Many suicides
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