Stephanie N. Herr November 30‚ 2008 The Government Bailout‚ Who Benefits? The big three American automobile companies are showing considerable operating loses. GM is losing $1 billion or more a month. How does a capital injection help? The companies will just burn through the cash (using it to pay labor or pay off debts‚ old and new‚ until it is gone). The banks‚ on the other hand‚ that are receiving bailout funds have operating profits‚ they can borrow low and lend high‚ but suffer from
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supposed to know virtually everything about what they [the government] do: that’s why they’re called public servants. They’re supposed to know virtually nothing about what we do: that’s why we’re called private individuals”(Glenn Greenwald). Over the last few years‚ numerous ways of increasing government surveillance have been introduced with the hope that they will increase public safety. In contrast‚ many people have argued that government surveillances’ effective ability to increase safety was not
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addresses the pros and cons of how much government intervention in the marketplace is necessary and appropriate. This report will cover four authors‚ Cunningham‚ Green‚ Friedman and Pertschuk. The authors have written extensively on consumerism and the protection thereof. This author’s goal is to break down some of the theories‚ which authors seem akin in their beliefs and which authors’ views are bipolar opposites. Green states there be only should be two types of government regulations 1)
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all phone calls. This includes the date‚ time‚ and location of all calls. The government has access to many public surveillance systems in the pursuance of keeping the peace. Many Americans today disagree with giving the government the privilege to watch them walk down the sidewalk‚ drive in their cars‚ and know who they are calling. However‚ the government uses this right for many important observations. The government should have the ability to use surveillance to maintain order because it will
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that is pro censorship is that it helps to prevent conflict‚ it avoids children being exposed ‚and it helps to control panic and fear. The con side the of the argument is that it can promote negative agendas‚violates the rights of citizens‚ and it can be used to inflict certain morals.By having the government censor the internet and the media you get problems like propaganda‚ it can hinder creativity‚ and the government can modified the truth for their own benefit.Therefore the government shouldn’t
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A bailout could be done for mere profit‚ as when a predatory investor resurrects a floundering company by buying its shares at fire-sale prices; for social improvement‚ as when‚ hypothetically speaking‚ a wealthy philanthropist reinvents an unprofitable fast food company into a non-profit food distribution network; or the bailout of a company might be seen as a necessity in order to prevent greater‚ socioeconomic failures: For example‚ the US government assumes transportation to be the backbone of
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Throughout American history there has been an extravagant amount of change from where things once were. Government intervention has revitalized the economy of the government and has prevented any massive destruction to our country. Without intervention our country would not be where it is currently. The advancements in technology‚ un-abusive labor‚ and safety can all be credited to intervention. Without a plan in place there is no objective to be accomplished. When plans are created‚ this as a result
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as to why. Government spending is absolutely necessary to stabilize the economy and provide an income for those who are unable to work. Just as there are different brackets of spending categories in our personal budgets that separate out the discretionary and mandatory spending‚ the government has the same two main categories which it must work with. This specific article provides an insight into why the government is in such extreme debt and the possible reasons as to why. As government employees
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American government surveillance is the monitoring of a person or group‚ more often a suspect or criminal‚ by the American government or American security agencies. Government surveillance has always been a part of our society‚ but has increased drastically due to the uprise in terrorist attacks and public violence. Due to government surveillance and U.S. database intruders‚ innocent American citizens are being deprived of their privacy. Therefore‚ mass surveillance should be limited and not exceed
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The Constitution and in our lives wherever they see fit. I believe our founding forefather’s did a fantastic job constructing The Constitution and it should be left as is. Liberals Love a big ass Federal Government. It makes them feel safe and warm. Someone to lobby to when they see a travesty of justice like transgenders being able to use whatever bathroom they "identify" with.‚ because the 1% of 1% of the population’s Feelings could be hurt.. WTF is that..!!? Fuck You! Greater Good I say! You got
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