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Government
Questions and information about the structure and history of legislative systems and ruling empires of countries other than the United States
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What does the mace represent in the House of Commons?
The mace represents the Queen's authority for the House of Commons to assemble and carry out its functions.
Whenever the House is assembled, the mace must be on the table before the Speaker. When the House resolves itself into a Committee of the Whole, the mace is lowered (to show that the House is no longer performing the functions of the House of Commons by the Queen's authority, but rather as a committee of the more powerful body).
In Canada, a member of the House of Commons once attempted to grab the mace from the table; proceedings were disrupted, and the member (The Honourable Keith Martin) was not allowed to retake his seat until he apologised to the chamber for having challenged the authority of the House.
Why did writers of the constitution add checks and balances to the federal government?
To allow leaders to make bolder decisions
What are the most effective ways for the government to provide assistance to the poor?
The answer is the way they get and use power
What plan of government did the constitutional convention draw up?
ANSWER: A republic.
Remember the pledge of allegiance? "and to the republic for which it stands".
A republic, not a banana republic or the people's republic of China or any other perverted form of a republic. These quasi republics lay claim to a republic in order to join or qualify to join international organizations like the U.N. but although they insert the word republic they do not function as one.
A true republic is a system of government that democratically elects its officials to decide the complicated issues and act in the best interests of their constituencies.
The idea is to create a blocking strategy to avoid the tyranny of the masses as experienced in a democracy. The fatal flaws in a democracy are first, a public who is required to vote on everything neither has the time or interest to examine the issues.
Secondly, and even worse, it isn't long before the public discovers it can vote itself gifts from the treasury and redistribute wealth by preying on individual wealth; (Tyranny of the masses).
Soon the system fails and the citizens are helpless to defend themselves against a more organized and powerful force, (loss of liberty).
Instead, our founding fathers created a republic intended to block special interest voting by competing states and their representatives all pulling in different directions.
This was augmented by a separation power into three branches of government where decisions could be settled by two votes and never dead locked.
Next, and most importantly, our founding fathers wanted the power to be held primarily by the states and not the federal government.
You see, if you feel your state is unreasonable or has created tyrannical laws, you can simply vote with your feet and leave taking your tax dollars to the state that promotes the greatest liberty in your opinion.
This forces the states to constantly be mindful of the balance of government regulation and individual liberty. You see, liberty can be measured by the total number of choices you the individual can make with respect to the total number of possible choices. The more choices you get to make the more liberty you have and the more choices government regulation makes the less liberty you have.
Some choices are intentionally removed because acting on them eliminates someone Else's liberty like in the case of stealing. However, it is up to the government to hammer out the laws that keep us from tyrannizing each other. But we live under the constant threat of over regulation and so it was the beautiful design of our founding fathers to safe guard our liberty by competition of states for tax paying citizens.
What the founding fathers feared was a powerful federal government that would create an umbrella of tyranny from which there was no escape. Unfortunately the 17th amendment under Teddy Roosevelt took the power of the states away by eliminating the states governments from electing their federal representatives.
When the vote for federal officials went from the states senates, (where close accountability was the leash on them to act in the best interest of their state instead of in the best interest of the federal government or their party or some lobbying group) to the general public, it was easier for Washington to influence their decisions and neutralize the power of the individual states over their elected officials.
This was further complicated by the 16th amendment, again under Teddy Roosevelt, which created a graduating federal income tax scale that allowed the federal government to treat the right to ones property differently, (the more money you make the higher tax bracket you're in and the less right you have to it).
So the 17th amendment provided the freedom for the federal government to neutralize the authority of the states and assume the power and the 16th amendment allowed the federal government to fund its growth and engage in class warfare through the redistribution of wealth.
This was not what the founding fathers had in mind.
Today we live in a socialized republic where government regulation has dismantled all competing forces and formed a blanket of unified federal power. So the answer to your question as it pertained to our founding fathers is a simple one and the form of government we suffer under today is exactly what the founding fathers sought to avoid for obvious reasons.
Our lawmakers have constantly been engaged in a battle for power over the very constitution they swear to uphold. It seems they are irritated by the fact that our founding fathers wanted us to be free.
Term limits
What large Indian group resisted the efforts of the government to move them?
Cherokee's are the large Indian group that resisted the efforts of the government to move them.
What is the role of the president in supreme student government?
As an elected SSG (Supreme Student Government) President, their first responsibility is to manage his/her party members as the highest position. He/She has the honor to manage the responsibilities and works of the party members and students.
What was the only colony not present at the First Continental Congress?
The Province of Georgia was the only colony not present at the First Continental Congress.
What is the significance of having a republic government?
A republic government is elected and the head of the state is not by inheritance but by concensus of the people and elected for a fixed tenure and one of the features of democracy.
in the 20 century they wanated to get back at people because they didnt trust them
That would be false, my friend. It's an example of imperialism.
Who in congress is a progressive?
Not, 100% sure. But, if you want to see how a progressive government runs in the this current present time. You can view the government of Bermuda, a closely business allied country to the USA. Though a self governed British overseas territory.
www.plp.bm (current progressive party)
www.gov.bm (everything Bermuda)
http://www.bermudalaws.bm/ (the law)
http://www.royalgazette.com or .bm (news paper)
http://www.bermudasun.org or .bm (news paper)
This government has had control of Bermuda now for over a decade, and draws similarities to the present Liberal (Progressive) (unsure witch it is) Government of the USA. They have claimed to forward progressiveness and a betterment for all people over their time as government. Please examine for yourselves. It will help explain the Progressive approach to governance.
Who were the people who may have been the impetus towards self-government?
The men who came to the colonies and were the top 1% of the colonists. They were well read, educated, wealthy, business men, planters, born in the colonies, and diverse thinkers.
when one thing/person has or gains more power than it/they should have. For example, the three branched of government, if one branch has more power than the other two that is an imbalance of power.
What does the local government provide?
it provides things such as...
- public utilites
-recreation
- culture
-parks
-jobs
-technology
-animal care
- protection of persons
-pay property tax
The measure that established governments of the west territories was what?
what is Take up the White Man's burden-- Send forth the best ye breed-- Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; Answer
