Does the U.S. really have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people?
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The answer would have been yes but when I read the rest of your questions I realized I was mistaken.
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I have to agree with you.  Isn't this government by the people for the people.  Why aren't they letting the people make the decisions?  It wouldn't be a biased vote, it would for once be an honest vote of what the people really want in this country.
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We pay taxes and our Government is "We the people,  By the people, For the people," not we the Republican Party. Abraham Lincoln said that when he freed the slaves.
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umm.. is this from the preamble? it is talking about benefiting the whole nation.. by every aspect of life.. as is general, as meaning broad.. and welfare as in well being and stuffness.. and it is everyone because it is we the people of the united states.. blah blah.. ordain and establish the constitution of the united states of America
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No I do not agree with Adam Smith; I believe the government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. These three are important general “duties” they do not even compare to the broad spectrum of duties that are needed to truly govern a country. A government is for the people. It does not only have three duties yes they maybe important but there is more to a government than just those three duties. A government protects people, makes everyone feel equal; try’s to satisfy every person living in that place. A government does not just want to be satisfied with what it has it want s to succeed, it doesn’t want to be mediocre it wants to be the best. If the government only had those three duties it would not be a very good government there would be chaos every where.
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Because, often, the people need it. Is there a government called "centralization". No offense, but it is called a unitary gov't.
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I think governments and all persons on earth are controlled by the extremely wealthy elite. I believe they control election outcomes, economics, war between nations, food distribution and supply, and all things economic.\n\nI think the USA IS controlled by an elite government and decieves us daily.\n\nWould I investigate? No. What could I do anyway? If you stumbled on to anything incriminating you would just be killed, imprisoned, or publically decried.
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Absolutely. Fear of government is tyranny, government fearing the people is democracy. Somebody tell the repubs they are on the wrong course ......................
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I know of a story that is not so unlike yours.\n\nYou are so totally right. The United States government is not all that it says it is.
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Every man works according to his agenda what he says.Government is the result of people's consent. What you see on the surface, US government does all the things according to the its agenda.
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DEFINITELY> GOVERMENT HAS TO TAKE CARE OF ITS CITIZENS
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A gov't that does both.
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It is a republic. It is governed by a representatives, not by the actually people (as in a democracy).
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All authority or power is with the people in a Sovereign State.The people exercise this power through the Legislature which make the laws, the Executive which implement the laws and the Judiciary i.e. the courts which ensure that the Executive or the Legislature do not get derailed from their tracks. Simple: isn't it?
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The government of the United States, established by the U.S. Constitution, is a federal republic of individual states. The laws of the United States are contained in Acts of Congress; administrative regulations, and judicial cases interpreting the statutes and regulations. The federal government has three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial. Through "checks and balances", each of these branches has some authority to act on its own, some authority to regulate the other two branches, and has some of its authority, in turn, regulated by one or two other branches.\n\nBecause of the federal government's size, broad powers and capabilities, it is widely considered the most powerful government in the world and the sole remaining superpower. Given their great powers in the world and nation, the President of the United States and his White House-based aides and Cabinet officials often are referred to as the most powerful people in the world.\n\nLegislative branch\nMain article: United States Congress \nThe Constitution grants all legislative powers of the federal government to the Congress, which is divided into two chambers, a Senate and a House of Representatives. The Senate is composed of two members from each state as provided by the Constitution. Membership in the House is based on each state's population, and its size is therefore not specified in the Constitution. Members of the House and Senate are elected by first-past-the-post voting in every state except Louisiana and Washington, which have runoffs.\n\nThe Constitution does not specifically call for the establishment of Congressional committees. As the nation grew, however, so did the need for investigating pending legislation more thoroughly. The 108th Congress (2003-2005) had 19 standing committees in the House and 17 in the Senate, plus four joint permanent committees with members from both houses overseeing the Library of Congress, printing, taxation, and the economy. In addition, each house can name special, or select, committees to study specific problems. Because of an increase in workload, the standing committees have also spawned some 150 subcommittees.\n\nThe Congress has the responsibility to monitor and influence aspects of the executive branch. Congressional oversight prevents waste and fraud, protects civil liberties and individual rights, ensures executive compliance with the law, gathers information for making laws and educating the public, and evaluates executive performance. It applies to cabinet departments, executive agencies, regulatory commissions, and the presidency. Congress's oversight function takes many forms:\n\nCommittee inquiries and hearings; \nFormal consultations with and reports from the President; \nSenate advice and consent for presidential nominations and for treaties; \nHouse impeachment proceedings and subsequent Senate trials; \nHouse and Senate proceedings under the 25th Amendment in the event that the President becomes disabled, or the office of the Vice President falls vacant; \nInformal meetings between legislators and executive officials; \nCongressional membership on governmental commissions; \nStudies by congressional committees and support agencies such as the Congressional Budget Office, and the Government Accountability Office, both of which are arms of Congress. \n\nResponsibilities of a Congressman\nEach individual Congressman must assume five roles. These roles include: legislator, committee member, representative of their constituents, servant of their constituents, and politician.\n\nPowers of Congress\nThe Constitution grants numerous powers to Congress. These include the power to: lay and collect taxes, pay debts, provide for common defense and general welfare of the U.S., borrow money on the credit of the U.S., regulate commerce with other nations, establish a uniform rule of naturalization, coin money and regulate its value, provide for punishment of counterfeiting, establish post
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The thing that disturbs me the most, is that the government can say things like "Liberty, Freedom, Democracy"...and the american public actually believes it.\n\nAs people living in North America, sure comparatively we have a huge amount of freedom - but a lot of that material freedom depends on the resources of so many countries.\n\nThe standard of living that we enjoy doesn't come from nowhere, so in that sense, from that perspective we are not totally free. So when the U.S. goes to war to protect its interest, and uses the words like freedom, liberty, democracy - they aren't totally lying, nor are they totally telling the truth.\n\nGetting a bit philosophical here, but i think the as people living in industrial nations, we have to reduce our dependency at home, so that words like freedom and liberty actually have some relevance.
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Democracy is people's government.