List and discuss the eight main challenges currently facing state and local governments
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal answer will elaborate on the following issues:
• People want more services but at the same time would like to see their taxes cut.
• Intense political divisions over new immigrants exist in many communities.
• Much of the nation's infrastructure needs to be repaired or rebuilt.
• The costs of corrections and prisons have skyrocketed in recent years, driven by the rapid growth of prison populations as well as the costs of caring for an aging population of prisoners.
• Poverty in the inner cities persists.
• Education needs improvement.
• Environmental regulation, land use, and recycling remain major challenges at the local level.
• Health care costs and delivery are challenges to all levels of government.
You might also like to view...
The first political parties in the United States, the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, had opposing views related to the
A) prohibition of the slave trade and slavery. B) importance of economic interests in leaders. C) power that should be provided to the national government. D) types of taxation permitted by the various levels of government. E) role of religion in government.
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton began the women’s movement for full political equality at the
a. Constitutional Convention of 1787. b. inauguration of Thomas Jefferson. c. Seneca Falls Convention. d. steps of Congress. e. White House door.
Who held that the judiciary is "the least dangerous branch of government"?
A. Alexander Hamilton B. John Locke C. Thomas Jefferson D. James Madison
The idea that the United States was destined to achieve superior world power status is linked to which of the following?
a. Exceptionalism b. The Bush Doctrine c. Checks and balances d. Soft power