Thursday, March 31, 2011

The Role of the Presidency

http://www2.smumn.edu/deptpages/~instructtech/institutional_planning/role_president.htm
This website says that the president is the primary sponsor and initiator of the strategic planning effort. It also says that the president provides executive leadership. The president is also the chief spokesman for the United States.

http://dawn.thot.net/board_chair.html#1
This web page indicates that the president ensures that the Board operates as a team. They say that his main role is being a leader. This does not mean that the president runs the organization but ensures that the president makes sure that the Board gets things done in an efficient and effective way.

http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/agencies/a/presbrief.htm
This web page states that the president is the administrative head of the executive branch of the Government. It says that the president shall hold office for a term of four years. The president can make federal laws that cover a wide range of matter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States
The president of the United States comes into play during the law making process. The president can veto a bill that is brought to him but the bill may still become a law even after his veto. So this states that the president isn't the only person who makes the laws, the houses do.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Economy Assignment

With the help of your textbook and Ch 23, please explain the differences among capitalism, socialism and communism.   Then explain the pros and cons that each hold. 
Capitalism is usually called a free enterprise system in which is characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods. One advantage to capitalist countries is that the people benefit from companies who are in competition. In competition companies will compete to provide there customers with quality and low prices. One disadvantage would be a monopoly. Monopolies are usually uncommon anymore but they can still happen. A monopoly occurs when only one company sells a product and they can set the price to that product however high they want to.

Socialism is an economic and political philosophy based on the idea that the benifits of economic activity-wealth- should be equitably distributed throughout a society. One advantage is that everyone is supplied with basic needs, such as medicare. A disadvantage would be that socialist countries have a tendency to develop too many layers of bureaucracy. This complicates decision making and then there are too many unpredictable events.

Communism is calls for the collective ownership of land and other productive property. One advantage to communism is that the laborer of a product makes all the money, so if you made a product then you receive all the money. The disadvantage would be that the Communist Party holds the decision-making power in both the government and the economy.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Ch 22 Foreign Governments

1.  Pick two countries in Chapter 22 and provide an in depth paragraph on their government and how it operates.
Great Britain has somewhat of an unwritten constitution. Britain use to run as a monarchy governement, but now the queen has restrictions on what she can do. They also have a prime minister who is in control of the House of Commons. There government is divided into regional and local governments. The national government of China is composed of the National People's Congress and the State Concil. The judicial system deals with crimal and civil cases. Taiwan has broken away from Chinas government.

2. What are some of the similarities of the countries that are in Chapter 22?
They both have local governments. They are both becoming more democratic.

3. What are some of the differences of the countries that are in Chapter 22?
Britain has parts of a constitution written in books and China has a constitution. China has a communist party.

4. Which country in Chapter 22 do you believe has the strongest government and why?
China because they have a CCP which is made up of 58 million members and is the largest political party of the world.

5. In what ways does the U.S. government relate to the methods of governments listed in Chapter 22?
They talk about how the US was involved with the countries developments.