1. They are important source of information. A member who is part of congress has to evolve themselves with many policy areas. But a lobbyists can confine themselves to one area and can by providing specialized expertise. If the information is powerful, then the lobbyist can be an allies. 2.
The FCC is a government agency that regulates the radio, television and phone industries. The Federal Communication Commission regulates interstate communication for instance wire, satellite and cable, and international communication. The FCC originated from The Communication Act of 1934, which abolished the Federal radio commission. The Communication Act of 1934 was the barrier for all the communications rules in place today. This act expanded on the authority of the FCC to regulate public airwaves in the United Stated.
The writer of the article Irving Coffman makes an argument that companies that manufacture legal but harmful products should pay financial settlements just as major tobacco companies have started to do. Coffman uses the evidence of health problems stemming from the overuse of tobacco to be a catalyst of action for states and tobacco companies to start paying money as stated in this quote," If this course of action is right for tobacco companies, then manufacturers of other legal but harmful products such as alcohol and guns should also have to pay financial settlements in return for the problems they cause. " This excerpt is where Coffman points out that he thinks that if tobacco companies should have to pay settlements because of health problems from their products then so should alcohol
The market revolution, which started in 1815, transformed worker lives, and improved the nation vastly; although it also dropped the economy as well. The traditional market, which was based upon power generated by animals and water, was slow in activities such as transportation. The growing nation underwent peace, which then catalyzed the reform of the organization of the economy. As such, transportation was heavily improved upon, along with manufacturing, banking, and commercial law. However, there were also two panics during the time that occurred that led to many Americans who were anxious and uncertain about working in the country.
The Unites States was created to protect individual rights and interests against unpredictable government power. Delegates wanted to create a better system of government that would help the nation. Although the Confederation Government was a political system of the unites Stated in the 18th century, it did not give equal power between the branches of the government and the people, however there were achievements, failures of the Articles of Confederation, and the draft of a new constitution because the united states was failing as a nation and needed to be strengthened in any way possible. In addition slavery was debated at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the final provision satisfied southern states. The ratification of the new Constitution
A political interest group also called an advocacy group, lobbying group, pressure group, or special interest group is determined to persuade or prevent changes in public policy. They have shared ideas and try to influence change in policy. The American political system no longer operates with the American people in mind. Instead, lobbyists and special interest groups govern America, according to their own agendas, not the wishes of the people. Lobbyists and special interest groups buy up support from elected officials in order to push their agendas through.
When the Mexican War began in the 1840s, it was considered an unpopular war throughout the country. Many people saw the war as a sad excuse to continue American Expansionism and felt that the government cared more about the pride of the country instead of the future of the country. Even before the war began, there was a dispute between the North and South because they were still trying to answer the question of slavery. Abolitionist like William Lloyd Garrison was against the idea of slavery because he felt that it went the deep morals that most citizens in America had. He believed going to war for land would be going against what America stood for and many people got behind him.
President Woodrow Wilson established America’s goal for joining World War I as “making the world safe for democracy.” At the conclusion of the War, President Wilson declared fourteen principles for peace to be used during the Paris Peace Conference, called the Fourteen Points. The most important of these points was the final point: a general association of nations with the guarantees of political and territorial independence and security. As the Peace Conference progressed, more nations ratified the Treaty of Versailles and joined the League of Nations, the embodiment of President Wilson’s fourteenth point. However, Senate the United States, from President Wilson’s own country, did not ratify the treaty.
America is known by many to be the best countries in the world but there are still many things that stand in the way of the american dream (Stealing From America). One of these things is corporate lobbyist. These people have slowly taken over american democracy with pay to play corruption and giant lobbying teams (The Atlantic). Nowadays unions and protest have been much less successful in stopping the behemoth that is a corporate lobbying team(Secular Talk). Corporation will continue to grow wealth inequality in america if we do nothing about it.
Illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S.A. and become citizens because they are heavy workers, want a better life and most importantly they contribute to the U.S. economy. Immigrants simply want to obtain an opportunity to live and work in this great country. With all this in mind it is clear that they deserve a path to citizenship. Countless people say illegal immigrants are damaging the U.S. economy; however, they are contributing immensely by paying their taxes.
The United States Government can be described in two ways. There is unified government, which appears when the President and both houses of congress share the same party. Divided government is the opposite, it occurs when one party controls the white house, and another party controls one or more houses of Congress. A unified government should seem to be more productive because enacting laws would be much easier. A bill has to pass through both houses of congress as well as the president before it can be an official law.
Interest group in my opinion no longer contribute to the proper functioning of democracy, rather it is a threat to our democracy. Interest group does not speak the mind of the common man, rather people with influence and people who are well to do and can contribute money, also people with education. It does not support the majoritarian model, it completely ignores it. Even though it allows people to come together as one and try to make their voice heard, they are more concerned about themselves and not the entire populace. Furthermore interest group with generous donors tends to thrive than interest groups who are not financially stable making them of less importance.
When there is a large number of sellers and a large number of buyers in a market, that market is regarded as a perfectly competitive market or industry. In a perfectly competitive market, a single firm cannot dictate the pace and the selling price (Khan Academy, n.d.). In other words, one firm cannot set the prices and the competitors are obligated to market prices. What is fascinating about a perfectly competitive industry is that the barriers that prevent new firms from entering the industry are flexible; that means there are minor barriers of entry as well as little or no barriers to exit the industry (Rittenberg & Tregarthen, 2009). Additionally, buyers and sellers have all the necessary information to make a decision to buy or sell a product.
Had he gone further into the report he would have found that organic fruits and vegetables are significantly closer in price to conventionally grown ones. We are all paying extra for the fallout from GMOs. This case indeed shows that food labeling issues are not only vital and extremely important today, but also that there is very hard to come to a solution. It would be very easy to label everything, require companies to let consumers know every single ingredient and in turn, hope to increase global health levels. However, it seems that opposing side has very strong arguments and companies are reluctant to sacrifice their profits in order to improve consumers health, which, very interestingly, is sometimes argued would not be achieved by doing so
Thirdly and finally, it will give some examples of this phenomena. The formation of a cartel causes a lot of problems on the market. Cartels are based on agreements between different companies. The companies work together, in order to gain more profit for themselves.
