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    discuss is it or it’s not possible for the “Fourth Branch” of our government (the bureaucracy) to be equal with the other three branches. When you think of the word bureaucracy some people may think negative about it but in my opinion I believe the world would be in such chaos if it wasn’t for the government’s system he/she has a system set up to

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    Americans in the nation, realize that life just is not that easy. The government is corrupt and there are those who are just out for money. Dan tries to ignore these things, but there is a point where he cannot condone it anymore. He wants to try to do something to fix the world. To make the American dream what it once was. Since Dan is so determined to obtain the American dream, it could be said that he as well holds traditional values. People during this time were changing, no longer conforming

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    The U.S. government is a democracy. In other words, most American citizens do not agree with each other. Decisions that affect the nation are voted on. The U.S. government is set up so that we (the People) always have a say in decisions made, whether that is direct or indirect. It would be too difficult to have every citizen vote on each new law as it comes up, so we elect people to vote for us. By visiting the U.S. Government’s official website, one may contact people such as the President, Senators

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    reality that Americans have lived with, and its roots can be traced back to the beginning of the republic. Post-Revolution America brought about much debate over how the government should be ran, how big it should be, and how officials would be elected. Through this political turmoil, many agree that two men had strong voices in how the government should be shaped, Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, and they, combined with the overall eventual setup of the government, are what

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    have drastically affected many aspects of American society; our government is no exception. With a rapidly growing population, it is imperative that we maximize the efficiency of government organizations, while also being mindful of financial burdens. Technology is allowing government organizations to make relevant information more readily available to American citizens, which can reduce the amount of one-on-one time each customer requires with a government employee. The use of the Internet, I believe

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    The French And Indian War

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    The French and Indian War/Seven Years War began in response to the British unapologetically impinging on the French and the Indian territory. After the seven years of war, the French and British negotiated the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty of Paris effectively ended the French and Indian War/the Seven Years War. It was put into practice in 1763. The immediate results included the French loss of all territory in the Americas except some islands in the Gulf, the Spanish receiving all land west of the

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    "The US government along with federal, state, and local have authority over many different aspects of our everyday life. It is important to have structure and security in the society we live in. I believe we all have the right to our privacy to an extent. Government control over Internet content is a topic that is constantly being argued about daily. Monitoring the content of our internet does violate our privacy but, there is understandable reasons on why it should be monitored. The need for privacy

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    Responses To Voting

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    politics, yet it is the one task Americans fail to do. After conducting this survey, I had quite a variety of responses regarding voting participation, fortunately, the majority did exercise their right to vote. While reviewing the responses I learned that many decided to vote because they knew how important it was if they wanted to have a say in their government. Which was something that I did not expect mainly because I usually hear people complain about the government, yet they do not even attempt

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    can be seen in many ways in our own global society. The tesserae system in The Hunger Games is a caricature of New Zealand’s own welfare system. The totalitarian government is analogous to Hitler’s infamous power in Nazi Germany. The actual ‘games’ - a central focus in the first novel are even comparable to reality TV shows like American Idol. The Hunger Games is both a barbaric distraction for the well off, and an active reminder of the magnitude of control the Capitol holds for a vast majority

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    because of his films. Addendum dives into the realm of all the ins and outs of the monetary system of government that developed countries revolve around (Joseph, 2008). Along with exposing these ideas of thought, Joseph gives clarity to many major catastrophic past events, and how they all relate to the American monetary system. The beginning of the film describes the complex system that the US government uses to create money, working with the Federal Reserve to print more and more money without valuation

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