The cost and Benefits of Immigration
This week’s readings were focused on the factors that have influenced the changing dynamics of the different demographics within the United …
Making Americans Dream Again – The Rise and Fall of the Middle Class
During the class discussion this week I was surprised by the fact that the United States has the largest income inequality out …
Lessening the Wealth Gap, Saving Democracy
The textbook talks greatly about the affects of the population on democracy. The United States is home to over 300 million people, …
¿Puerto Pobre? “Taxation Without Representation” and U.S. Unincorporated Territories
In the second half of the 18th century, in the wake of the Revolutionary War, inhabitants of the British colonies in North America …
Would you change anything?
America’s first constitution, known as the Articles of Confederation, was agreed by Congress in 1777 and ratified and in force by 1781. …
Can a Piece of Hemp Paper with Ink last 228 Years?
The United States form democracy originates from the first time the Articles of Confederation was drafted on July twelfth 1776. The Articles …
The Overestimated Legitimacy of Elected Officers
The Overestimate Legitimacy of Elected Governors The first chapter of the text draws a grand picture about what is democracy. It …
Can One Government Encompass 300 Million Americans?
Before jumping to conclusions, consider this: This country is made up of 300 million Americans of vastly differing lifestyles. We all live …
Issues with our two party democracy
As we learned and discusses in class, the American form of democracy created by our founding fathers centuries ago is the longest …
Does the U.S.A strive for equality?
The readings for this weeks topic, Our Unique Experiment, covered everything from what the definition of democracy is to John Locke’s social …