Question: The Founders of the United States gave much consideration to the division of responsibility between federal and state governments. They strove to strike a balance between an overbearing central government (such as the British government that had ruled them before the Revolution) and an over reliance on local governments (such as the structure of US government under the Articles of Confederation). Many citizens today continue to debate the correct balance between federal and state government.
What is your position? Name some areas of conflict where you think the powers are improperly balanced. Name some areas where you think the balance works well.
Explanation:
When the framers designed the US Constitution they did not give the Federal government much power so power was balanced between States and Central Government. But the Federal government has gained more and more power over time. At the same time, the States were restricted over the years, when the Framers did not imagine doing so. Both of these situations can be good or bad.
For example, making the States respect the Bill of Rights was a good thing when individuals had their basic rights stripped on a State level. So making only the Federal government respect the Bill of Rights did not make much sense. At the same time, the Federal Government has shown much power that was not designed and showed a few issues over the years, especially with the Executive Branch that had in a few opportunities overstepped its powers.
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The Tiananmen Square protests were student-led demonstrations calling for democracy, free speech and a free press in China. They were halted in a bloody crackdown, known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, by the Chinese government on June 4 and 5, 1989.
Pro-democracy protesters, mostly students, initially marched through Beijing to Tiananmen Square following the death of Hu Yaobang. Hu, a former Communist Party leader, had worked to introduce democratic reform in China. In mourning Hu, the students called for a more open, democratic government. Eventually thousands of people joined the students in Tiananmen Square, with the protest’s numbers increasing to the tens of thousands by mid-May.
Answer:
A binding price floor is set above the equilibrium price as a minimum price
A binding price ceiling is set below the equilibrium price as a maximum price
Equilibrium price is $1.50
a) The government prohibits donut shops from selling donuts for more than $1.10 each = Price ceiling and it is Binding
b) The government has instituted a legal minimum price of $1.80 each for donuts = Price Floor and it is Binding
c) Due to new regulations donut shops that would like to pay better wages in order to hire more workers are prohibited from doing so = Price ceiling and it is non-binding (as firms are wiling to offer higher wages than the minimum wage rate)
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