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- 2511: The Role of Decision Making in the Pre-Crisis Period of India (15 March, 1959 - 7 September, 1962)
- ... didn't simply fight for independence simply to become a camp follower of any of the Cold War Power blocs. The restrictions and limitations that such a position imply would be against India's national interest. And it was exactly this nonalignment policy of Nehru between the two sides of the Cold War which was the projection of Indian nationalism into world affairs (Maxwell, 1970). Nehru also expressed the idea that ...
- 2512: The Right To Keep And Bear Arms
- ... they only keep the law abiding citizen from protecting themselves. In a recent study, the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence reported that the states with restrictive gun laws have some of the highest violent crime rates in the nation. Conversely, the states with "right to carry" laws have a 21% lower violent crime rate (Cloud 1). Works Cited Cloud, David. "Anti-Gun Study Highlights Failure of Gun Control." Fundamental Baptist News ...
- 2513: Actions and Behavior of the President
- ... Constitution and should act like a chief administrator for the Federal Government. These beliefs were reflected in their behavior while in the White House. Franklin Roosevelt believed that the Federal Government had an obligation and interest in bringing the nation out of the depression. In order to do this he initiated a number of agencies and projects to employ people. In the first "Hundred Days" of Roosevelt's first term he ...
- 2514: The Federalist Papers and Federalism
- ... Meaning political parties. He regarded political party's as the greatest danger to popular government. Madison wrote: I understand a number of citizens... are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community. These passions or interests that endanger the rights of others may be religious or political or, most often ...
- 2515: The Presidential Election of 1972
- ... in order to make the government the employer of last resort and guarantee a job for all." "What I offer is a balanced, full- employment economy--where we can provide enough, both to protect our interest abroad and to bring progress at home."4 Part of McGovern's economic plan included defense spending cut backs. "What I offer is not simply a set of promises, but a specific plan to pay ...
- 2516: The Effect of Third Party Candidates in Presidental Elections
- ... vote, (six percent more than Wallace) Perot failed to win any individual states and therefore received no electoral votes (Jackson). Ross Perot ran a platform based solely on economic change. Although this platform captured the interest of a large number of Americans in a short time, his failure to define his position on other issues or to particularize his plans for cleaning up the economy lead to his downfall in the ...
- 2517: The Brady Bill
- ... which a bill becomes a law through compromises made by diverse and sometimes conflicting interests in this country. There have been many controversial bills passed by Congress, but among all, I have taken a particular interest in the passage of the Brady bill. When the Brady debate was in full swing in Congress about three years ago, I was still back in my country, Japan, where the possession of guns is ...
- 2518: Cold War vs. United States
- ... the United States three trillion dollars in debt, and the debt is going up too. According to the IRS, the United States government is spending fifteen percent of gross annual revenue just paying off the interest of the three trillions deficits in 1996 (3). So people in the United States wonder where did all the deficit come from? The answer is that during the Cold War, especially during the Reagan administration ...
- 2519: Canada - Of the United States of America
- ... best medical insurance plan in the U.S.A. only covers 31.5% of expenses.9 Moreover, the Canadian systems costs are well below that of the U.S. and have produced lower infant mortality rates and longer life expectancy. In 1986, average out-of-pocket expenditures for health care were $1135 per household in the United States, and $446(US) in Canada. For hospitals and physicians American households paid $346 ...
- 2520: The Social Security Crisis
- ... percentage out of our weekly pay. Then that money is put into a savings fund where it is held until you retire. When they retire money is returned to them in monthly checks plus the interest. This is where they are wrong. Social Security is a pay-as-you-go system where the current workforce pays for the present retirees, and then when they retire they will depend on the workforce ...
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