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    The people of America and their government each owe their commitment to obey certain obligations to each other. Since each component of the nation must work together in order for it to function properly, the people and those governing them each have essential duties they must obey to sustain an efficiently operating country. The “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” (Lincoln) both serves the people and is served by the people. The government is responsible for serving and representing

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    One of the main ways Spartans and Canadians were similar was in their form of government. Both Spartans and Canadians had an assembly, whose members were elected by people. However, the Spartan government was usually classified as an “oligarchy”. It is a small group of people having control of the country, organization, and institution. The ancient Spartan government was ruled by two kings, who ruled until they died or were forced out of the office. Women did not participate in the political life

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    Government Corporations A government corporation is an agency of the federal government, established by Congress to perform a public purpose, which provides a market-oriented product or service and is intended to produce revenue that meets or approximates its expenditures. Government corporations receive most of, but not all of, their funds from the users. (cite) They are also exempt from many budgetary regulations so consumers of the products the corporation provides, rather than taxpayers become

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    What is government? What is our government? Our government the united states is a nation state with a federal system in place. The government is a group of people who control the state and the state is a collection of various institutions. Theres also liberalism which is belief in representation that someone represents the will and or inherit the wants and the needs of society this garteners the illusion that the world can only be this way only and prevents the people from coming together on

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    This case study will assess the government of Florida, a state government. It will touch on several important issues such as providing a general overview of how the government functions and what resources it provides, as well as some current issues the State of Florida is facing in government administration. Because the State of Florida is a state government, it tends to “resemble the national government in composition and organization of their executive branch agencies” (Milakovich, 2013, p. 21)

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    When we think about our government we think that it is fair and that since we get to choose who we want to represent us, our government is of the people, by the people, for the people. Some of us are too ignorant, like me, to see that the very way that our government is set up benefits those who are the wealthiest. Instead the American government is of the wealthy, by the wealthy and for the wealthy. I think that our government does benefit wealthy people and other powerful organizations. The reason

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    Spartan’s government was far superior to the government of Athens. Sparta had elements of an oligarchy. The two kings were part of the government for tradition were the Council of Elders, or Gerousia, a group of twenty-eight Spartiate men and the two kings that who create bills, that the Assembly, or common man, vote on. . There were extensive checks and balances to make sure that no part, or branch, became too powerful. The Assembly was composed of every adult male in Sparta, but theoretically

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    Throughout history, government has been criticized and called out for it’s inability to do it’s job of protecting its people properly. People see the government as power hungry, cold, and corrupt. This is evident throughout time when the people are discontent with their government. Henry David Thoreau once said, “That government is best which governs least.” Henry David Thoreau lived two hundred years ago, but his statement is still relevant today. I neither disagree or agree with his statement.

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    Purpose of Government? Government, the thing that makes our lives function everyday has countless roles they play in running a country. Some of these roles consist of listening to the citizens, providing safety and controlling the money aspect of the country. The purpose of government is to provide safety, control the money of the country and listen to the citizens because throughout history it has been proven that they have been the most crucial and effective parts of a government. Throughout

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    The American Government

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    benefits they desire which results on the Government not fully benefiting their needs. The American government supports all citizens, but does not grant individuals their total human rights that they fully deserve. Individuals have the right to be supported by the government especially the one with a low income,troubled families, and struggling individuals. Although the government satisfies the needs of its people to certain extent, it only occurs when the government is involved due to self-interest. The

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