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Who created the greatest growth in federal government employment in the past 50 years? A continuing argument and complaint relates to the size of the federal government. It seems like as our problems increase it becomes necessary to add people in order to control the problem. Due to recent problems I can understand the need to add some people to our government but when the problem is resolved should these people not be released? What president in the past 50 years has added most to the size of our federal government? This obviously does not include the increased size of our military due to wars.

Federal Government employment? I just received a job offer with the federal government, and reading the details of the job announcement it says that candidates will be required to complete a form OF-306 prior to employment. My concern is question #9 on the form. Several months ago I received a public intoxication fine and I was jailed for a few hours as well. It was a class C misdemeanor, and actually quite a trap that the city set up. The apparently passed new laws which prohibits drinking alcohol in a certain park near a very popular river...that seemed to round up many people and take them to jail for this...quite the income maker for the city. Anyhow, I will disclose this of course on the form, but I am curious as to whether that will affect my job offer....any thoughts?

Those of you with federal government jobs: How long did the hiring process take? The federal government is notorious for having a very long and drawn out hiring process. It isn't uncommon for a person to apply for a job in January and not hear anything until May or June. After submitting a resume through USAjobs, filling out the occupational questionnaire, making the selection list and participating in a second interview how long does it usually take after this interview for the government to reach a hiring decision? Would you share some of the experiences you have had with federal government employment? I'm specifically concerned about FCIP (federal career intern position) programs

Are there any staffing agencies in Canada that do placement for permanent employment in the Federal Government? Is the only way to get a permanent position in the federal government through the http://jobs-emplois.gc.ca website or through word of mouth?

Why does the Federal Government, in addition to State Governments, regulate employment and the environment? Please give serious feed back. :)

can you sue the federal government for breach of an employment contract? I have a signed offer letter for employment and 1 week before I was supposed to report across the country for duty and after I had already purchased airfare and hotel accomodations,I recived a call that my file needed to be vetted and now its been 8 months and still no answer and my credit has become terrible which will preclude me from taking the position once vetting is done.

will volunteer work in federal government get a chance to be employed someday? i want to have employment in federal government but its really a competition. what if i give a volunteer work first, will it give me points to be considered if i put in my application that I made some volunteer time in federal government?

Will a tattoo on my wrist disqualify me for employment with the Federal Government, particularly the DOJ?

How long does a pre-employment security check take for the Federal Government?

Federal employment opportunities for green card holders? How difficult is it for legal alien green card holders to gain employment in the US federal government? I plan to emmigrate to the USA with my American wife and have been searching for jobs. A lot of jobs state eligibility requirements such as "Applications will be accepted from United States citizens" or "Current Agency employees " Is there any route for green card holders?

In the Employment Act of 1946, Congress committed the federal government to pursue? a goal of zero percent unemployment and inflation. True False

why does the federal government gets so invoved in Equal Employment Opportunity?

Must one first take the civil service exam to be considered for Federal employment in the Health Care Field? I am looking for a job with the Federal Government specifically in Health Care related fields. Will I have to take a civil service exam?

I am in need of a Federal Government Job !? I need a federal government job! Can someone please tell me the best way to get one?! I am a current full-time student in dc and i have tryed to internship everywhere for a respectful job but my love is to have a federal employment. Please, give me tips to help provide for me and my family! thanks.

Will a class A misdemeanor keep me from securing a nonsensitive minimum security position with the IRS federal I HAVE BEEN FINGERPRINTED FOR A POSITION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SIMILAR TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. THOUGH I HAVE BEEN ARRESTED A FEW TIMES, CASINO LARCENY < 200 W/ 1 YEAR DISMISSED PROBATION. ASSAULT AND BATTERY FINES W/ 3 WEEKS TIME SERVED, AND DWLS W/ FINES AND TIME SERVED. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WITH SIMILAR DISCREPANCIES IN THEIR FINGERPRINTS AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY GAINED FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT IN A NONSENSITIVE MINIMUM SECURITY POSITION? WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF GETTING IN AND WHAT DILLEMAS AM I FACING AT THIS TIME WITH THE REST OF THE APPLICATION/HIRING PROCESS. ANY AND ALL SERIOUS REPLIES PLS, ANY INFORMATION OR LEADS WOULD BE GREAT.

Are there recruiters for federal government jobs? I was curious to find out if there was recruiters for Federal Employment positions, and if so, how would you be able to find them. Thanks!

Federal Unemployment compensation between CA and Nevada? My state employment has run out, and I believe the extension if from Federal government. Im currently in CA, and moving to Vegas for work. When or if job ends, or doesnt last long, will this hurt by benefits? My antivirus wont let me see that link and says its dangerous.

Can you name the departments in the Canadian government (federal) where one may find employment?

What is a block grant and what is a fedaral mandate and what does it have to do with...? state and local and federal employment? AP government essay question anyone whos in it know the hell of it here's a link to the question to any kind history teacher or buff who would like to help thanks ps. i cant get a link for this ques (2003 AP Gov if anyone took it) but the graph provided shows an increase in state and local gov employment since 1945 with a slight decline in 1990, and paid federal government civilian employment stayiny at pretty much a staight line WTF does this have to do with block grants and federal mandates!!!!

As a two-time federal "tort victim" turned "whistleblower", how do I get the government off my back? The government has continually harrassed me through invasion of privacy and interfered in my employment, healthcare, education, insurance, etc. for a couple of decades. I turned the government in for mismanagment, fraud and abuse ( stealing million and systematically murdering anyone who got in their way) during the Reagan administration while working for the Department of Defense. In 2003, I found myself in the middle of a criminal toxic tort (illegal factory human toxic experiment) and again turned those involved in for first degree murder of one coworker and several counts of serious assault. The owner running the tort (CIA/OSI industrialist) admitted it and even inferred one intent of the tort was to chronically poison me to death. He showed no remorse or fear of prosecution. The Police, FBI and DOJ don't deny it, just refuse to investigate or take a report - all claiming they have no jurisdiction. I am the "skeliton in the closet" of some seriously powerful people. What do I do?

Federal employment out of school good? I just got a job working for the federal government as a clerk. I also just graduated with my bachelors degree? Is this a good job to stay in and to get just being out of school?

why did the government raid this guys home ? A 9/11 toxic dust whistleblower, a ground zero hero and one of the individuals influential in the release of documents proving a government cover-up that deliberately put police, firemen and rescue personel at risk, has been raided by a New York SWAT team - who ransacked his home for three hours after he was arrested. Major Mike McCormack is a hospital technician and civil air patrol pilot who worked the ground zero site for eight days after the collapse of the twin towers. He is one of the real heroes of 9/11 and was the man who found the American flag that was later displayed as a token of unity atop the rubble. Within hours McCormack was coughing up black mucus and within days he was coughing up blood as the toxic dust that was deliberately covered up by the EPA poisoned his lungs along with all the other rescue workers, police and firemen who were being used in photo ops by Bush and his cronies while their very livelihoods were being endangered by a government cover-up. McCormack now suffers from an extreme respiratory sensitivity, has a 5-millimeter metal nodule in one lung and has been forced to give up his passion of scuba diving. McCormack is part of an organization lobbying Congress to demand a response from the federal government to the toxic dust cover-up and just compensation for the heroes of 9/11 who were deserted by their own government while the Bush administration had the audacity to use the attacks to fulfil a pre-determined political agenda by exploiting the unity created by the events of that day. McCormack now describes himself as "permanently ill" as a result of the "death sentence" that was imposed on him via the toxic dust cover-up and sees it as only a matter of time before he "takes the dirt nap," just as some of his friends who worked with him at ground zero have already done. McCormack currently occupies a high position of employment in security with the federal government which at the moment he prefers not to divulge. He has many friends who were affected by the ground zero toxic dust, including New York City police and state troopers. McCormack was part of the anniversary ceremonies on September 11 2006 and provided many hand-shaking photo-ops for numerous politicians, before returning to his family home in Pennsylvania that night. McCormack returned to his New York home the next morning in preparation to visit ground zero once again. On the morning of September 12, McCormack's tenant opened the door to see half a dozen detectives outside who began asking questions and demanding to search the building. The detectives didn't have a warrant and needed McCormack's signature to conduct the search. Having nothing to hide and wanting to assist the police, McCormack signed the paper and the detectives entered the house. "Three minutes later as I'm walking out of my office with one of the detectives, I have a federal SWAT team that comes in....men in black and all of a sudden they have 9 millimeter handguns and MP5 machine guns aimed at my head," McCormack told the Alex Jones Show. McCormack was ordered to leave the building as the 15-strong Darth Vader like SWAT team members verbally abused him and commenced ransacking his house for up to three hours "like a cyclone." The reason for the raid was said to be as a result of a complaint that the odor of chemicals was smelled coming from the house. McCormack was essentially being treated as a potential terrorist. McCormack had mistakenly left a legally owned unloaded gun in the trunk of his car before traveling back from Pennsylvania. Thinking that the 48 hour out of state law applied he planned to return the gun to Pennsylvania the next day. Not wanting to take the gun down to ground zero he felt the safest place to put it would be the house. The gun was subsequently discovered by the SWAT team. Through a selectively enforced loophole McCormack is now being charged with illegal possession of a weapon because he took the gun out of state. "The detective who arrested me told me that he had actually seen my photo in New York Newsday that past Thursday - he knew that I was a ground zero hero and the bottom line is finding that weapon unloaded - running the numbers - knowing the gun was legal if he was a decent human being he would have said 'give me 24 hours I will mail it to your house in Pennsylvania where it's legal - you have your permit'," said McCormack. During the course of the raid, the SWAT team members and detectives interrogated McCormack on his possession of gas masks and biochemical protection suits, despite the fact that these are standard inventory for an individual in McCormack's line of work and despite diplomas hanging on his wall describing government training in biochemical casualty programs. The SWAT team also accused McCormack of making chemicals in his barbeque grill. McCormack's tenant, who questioned the officials' behavior during the raid, was "taken to federal jail and nobody has heard from him since," according to McCormack.

How hard would it be to get a Federal Government job if you used to smoke Maijuana? I'll be honest... I used to smoke it pretty heavily back in my late teens/early twenties, but haven't touched it in a few years. I am currently studying Forensic Science and I love it. I would like to gain employment with the local FBI. I know that they do extensive back ground checks and poly exams... I have no criminal record and have only had one speeding ticked, if that matters. I have a great GPA and aside from working on a Forensic Science Degree, I am also minoring in Psychology... anyone have any advice?? Thanks. Just wanted to say thank you to all whom posted back!!! You have been most helpful and all is appericiated!! Thanks! Wow! I have gotten alot of answers to my question. You all have been most helpful and I appericiate all the serious answers. Its been about 8 years since I've smoked... to answer some questions there. And I think I am going to start checking into State Goven't agencies and wait or maybe do some internships here and there. I plan on doing Forensic Lab work to answer alot of questions also. Thanks again~!

I am in need of a Federal Government Job !? I need a federal government job! Can someone please tell me the best way to get one?! I am a current full-time student in dc and i have tryed to internship everywhere for a respectful job but my love is to have a federal employment. Please, give me tips to help provide for me and my family! thanks.

Where would I find out about Employee Rights in New Hampshire? I understand about employment at will in NH, but I feel I was terminated unjustly. The reasons given are completely at odds with the facts, and may have been fueled by my gender. Where would I find out about what the state or federal government uses as guidelines for wrongful termination? I understand about employment at will in NH, but I feel I was terminated unjustly. The reasons given are completely at odds with the facts, and may have been fueled by my gender. Where would I find out about what the state or federal government uses as guidelines for wrongful termination? I have searched the NH state website, but there is little information that relates to this, and most of it is vague. I was wondering if someone knew of a site more specifically suited to NH worker rights, or wrongful termination.

Where is the best place for me to start looking for entry-level jobs working in the government (as a career)? Any feedback on governmental employment would be helpful. I would prefer to eventually work for the Federal government, but will start anywhere. Somewhere in Homeland Security, Immigration or similar (eventually). I have limited skills and experience, however, I am willing to start anywhere and everywhere. What should be my methods of job searching and applying be?

Is the Federal Reserve a Public or Private enterprise? I was shown an employment advertisement from 1978 for the San Francisco branch that says they are not the Federal government but private.

what type of employment kind I find w/customer service, data entry & general accounting skills? I have over 13 years of combined exp. working in such fields as bank operations, federal government, higher education(university), human resouce & ad specialty (temporary jobs), currently tourism, retail, and also have office administrative skills. All my jobs that I have worked dealt w/ people personal info. and having good communication skills. Please help me (any HR rep. out there) with any job titles or what any ideas.

In 1991 the Federal government imposed a 10 percent excise tax on yachts costing more than $100,000.? In 1991 the Federal government imposed a 10 percent excise tax on yachts costing more than $100,000. This tax: A. failed to bring in the expected amount of tax revenue because the demand for yachts was more price elastic than the government estimated. B. brought in more tax revenue than expected because the demand for yachts was less price elastic than the government estimated. C. failed to bring in the expected amount of tax revenue because the demand for yachts was less income elastic than the government estimated. D. brought about an increase in the demand for yachts and stimulated employment in the boat-building industry.

Holiday Pay for Employees of Federal Government Contractors? I am employed by a company that has a service contract with a US government agency. I do understand that in the private sector in general, to offer or not to offer holiday pay is completely up to the employer; is not mandated by law. But what about employment under a government contract? Is the McNamara-O'hara Service Contract Act applicable here? Can you point me to any authoritative resources one way or the other?

How soon after my termination date should I expect direct deposit of my federal annual leave payout? As a temporary employee of the federal government, I earn 4 hours of annual leave each pay period, and when my employment term ends, I am told that my annual leave will be paid to me at some unknown date.

Question about Federal/State law enforcement careers? Hi everyone, i'm new on yahoo! answers, so ill try to be as quick as possible. I'm a college freshman studying criminology/international relations. Though I have a few years, my main career interests are either State Police (NJ), or something in the Federal Government. Some may be able to answer some of my questions and not be able to with the other, answer what you can. 1. What chances does a recent college graduate have at getting into the State Police Academy? I understand it is pretty competitive, but some do try. (I have been on the website and know the MINIMUM requirements) 2. What would be more helpful to me in getting Federal Employment? Stuyding abroad in the Dubai , focusing on Middle Eastern Affairs (includes Arabic classes), or spending a semester interning in DC through the Washington Center with some agency? I appreciate any help anybody can offer.

When should an individual should start applying for the federal government jobs? I graduate in Dec. and I really want to get a job with the Federal Government upon graduation. I know that it is a long process with security clerance and everything but when should I start to possibly gain employment after graduating.

Will DUI cancel my Federal Appointment? I have received an appointment for a position with the Federal Government. My appointment becomes official after the agency processes my "Declaration for Federal Employment." I have fully disclosed a misdemeanor DUI I received 2 1/2 years ago. I have no other legal history. How likely is it that my appointment with be revoked based on the DUI? The position does not require security clearance. The appointment is for an analyst position with the DOL.

federal or state government job? If I am working at a bank what would it be considered? (federal or stov't) What if I am working at a clothign store in the mall? my only options -- 1.other federal employment 2.stet gov't (non-federal employment) 3.other

I have a question about different types of employment? I am filling out the questionaire for national security positions and one of the questions is want type of employment was my last job? It was just a normal admin job working for a timeshare company! My opions are Army, Other Federal employment, State Government, Self-employment, Federal Contractor, or Other (with explaination). What is your status when your just have a normal job? Im thinking State or Other but what do I say?

CAN YOU GET HIRED IN THE FEDERAL GOVT? GETTING A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JOB SAVE ALL AGENCY DOCUMENTATION PERTAINING TO BEING OVERLOOKED BY GOVT AGENCIES AND FILE A CONGRESSIONAL WITH YOUR CONGRESSIONAL STATE REPRESENTATIVES. KEEP ALL AGENCY DOCUMENTATION FOR PROOF TO WIN YOU CASE. Yes your battle will be well worth the fight. Keep all documentation received from agencies pertaining to the status of your app. Once you have gained more than enough proof that you are definitely being overlooked for positions, go online if need be to fing your House or Senate Representative and write a cover letter with explicit detail to your circumstances regarding federal employment so that we can discuss how to prepare your packet for a congressional investigation as to why your government will not hire you. Congress was establish to assist the public with public issues such as this, beleive me they do work for us. I personally have written Congress and was answered concerning my VA benefits. They work for us because we voted them into office. Also, remember, President Obama said his administration would be held accountable for their actions, hold them to thier duties. Dont drop the ball or you may never land a position with federal government. They look over veterans like myself just like they overlook a bum on the street corner, no difference.

i want to put an employment app form on my hard drive to edit when necessary. what do i need? i am searching for employment with the federal government, and want to put on my hard drive the standard form and be able to alter the blocks for employment and experience because all jobs don't require the same information.

are there education or employment opportunities for florida felons in florida or the federal government?

URGENT(PLEASE HELP) The federal government decides to double the length of time that workers? Q: The federal government decides to double the length of time that workers can collect Employment Insurance. This adjustment will: A. Have no impact upon unemployment B. Decrease unemployment C. Increase unemployment

Is the government lying to us about crime, unemployment and inflation? The federal government says that things are great but the people on the Internet say things are terrible. Who is right? The government says inflation is low by historical standards, but prices are rising like crazy. The government says that unemployment is only about 5% and that is near full employment because most of the people not working really do not want a job. But it is nearly impossible to find a good job. The government tells us we have very low crime closer to 1950s levels and everything is fine but parents are afraid to let their kids leave the house. What is the truth?

Which of the following would most likely result if the federal government decreased its spending without? 1. Which of the following would most likely result if the federal government decreased its spending without changing tax revenues during a period of full employment? A. a recession B. higher inflation C. higher interest rates D. a smaller foreign trade deficit

Which party believed there should be a strong federal government? Anti-Federalist Federalist Federal Reform Democratic Republican 2)Which Supreme Court decision determined that the court had the right to rule on the constitutionality of laws? Gibbons v. Ogden Dartmouth College v. Woodward McCulloch v. Maryland Marbury v. Madison 3)Which was not a result of the construction of the canal from Lake Erie to the Hudson River? The cost of transporting goods dropped significantly. Federal financing became more readily available. Employment opportunities grew, especially for immigrants. Construction boomed along the canal route. THANKS JUST REVIEWING MY ANSWERS!

WHICH ACT IS CONSIDERED THE MOST PROMINENT DOCUMENT DECLARING THE INTENTIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? A. The Glass Steagall Act of 1933 B. Employment Act of 1946 C. The Wagner Act of 1935 D. The Economic Development E. The Growth and Development Act of 1947

Is the Canadian economy really as strong as the Federal Government claims it to be? I'm not so sure it is. I had to take a job flipping burgers because it was all I could find. I have a college degree and would like to someday use it but I think I might have to travel outside the country to find employment. The housing affordability index is at an all time high and disposable income among Canadians is at an all time low. That to me means a slow, garbage economy.

How do the federal &state systems of government may or may not differ in their application of employment law?

Ex-active duty seeking future career with federal government....? I was HONORABLY discharged about 2 years ago from active duty. My reason code on my DD-214 was personality disorder because of the depression I was experiencing at that time, due to events that occured in the military. I am now seeking employment with the Federal Government again, through DFAS, but as a civilian employee. The interview went great, but I know they need to do a background check. Will that reason code prevent me from getting this job?

Why does Michigan put half your federal self-employment tax as an ADDITION to your income? I'm trying to put my michigan taxes together and this doesn't make sense. Michigan's 1040 Schedule 1 has, under *Additions to Income*, a box to enter one-half of the self-employment taxes you PAID to the federal government, and adds this as an *addition* to your gross income. Basically, it's making me pay taxes on taxes that I paid in addition to my full income! So... WTF? Whose smart idea was this? I know I'm paying both the employee and employer portions of the SS, etc. tax. But the MI form confuses me. It takes my full gross income, taxes me on that, and takes half the federal tax I paid and taxes me on that as well. There's no deductions, it's an *addition*. So if half my federal tax was $500, I get taxed twice on that $500 by the state.

Federal Employment earned leave rate? I retired from the military last year. I do not have a disability, and was not in the middle east during active duty. I now have a job with the federal government and I'm earning 4 hours of annual leave per pay period. I was reading the manuals and I think this is correct. People I work with are telling me I should be earning more leave, but I didn't discharge, I retired. Does anyone know for sure if 4 hours is correct? I only have six months in the job. Thanks.

Will a class A misdemeanor keep me from securing a nonsensitive minimum security position with the IRS federal I HAVE BEEN FINGERPRINTED FOR A POSITION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SIMILAR TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. THOUGH I HAVE BEEN ARRESTED A FEW TIMES, CASINO LARCENY < 200 W/ 1 YEAR DISMISSED PROBATION. ASSAULT AND BATTERY FINES W/ 3 WEEKS TIME SERVED, AND DWLS W/ FINES AND TIME SERVED. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WITH SIMILAR DISCREPANCIES IN THEIR FINGERPRINTS AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY GAINED FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT IN A NONSENSITIVE MINIMUM SECURITY POSITION? WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF GETTING IN AND WHAT DILLEMAS AM I FACING AT THIS TIME WITH THE REST OF THE APPLICATION/HIRING PROCESS. ANY AND ALL SERIOUS REPLIES PLS, ANY INFORMATION OR LEADS WOULD BE GREAT.

Would having a record of marijuana posession prohibit government employment? So, to restate my question...if i was caught with marijuana or under the influence of marijuana, would there be any way for me to get a job in the goverment i.e federal agent etc?

Which country has the least intrusive federal government? When I talk about least intrusive, I mean individual responsibility for education, employment, medical issues, retirement, and religion.

Federal employment and state residency? Is being employed by the federal government say as a DEA agent the same as being employed as a member of the military in regards to state residency. I know that in the military, whatever state you were recruited out of is your state of legal residence no matter where you are stationed unless you voluntarily change it. Does the same go for the federal government? Say I am hired out of FL by the DEA and get stationed in California, would I be able to work in California for the DEA and maintain FL residency so that I would be subject only to FL income tax and not CA or both?

What are the employment figures for the legalization of marijuana? I don't understand business law and marijuana is generally illegal but is now scientifically considered a safer drug than alcohol and less addictive. Petitions and bills have been written and it looks like it might be up for legalization in a couple states. If legalized in several states, what are the repercussions against state government versus federal government? If legalized what type of employment would it bring under these circumstances? What would be a years worth of pay as a worker and and as management? Might legal troubles affect the workers such as fines?

Federal government ideal employee of the handicapped? According to a N.Y. Times report the federal government is losing more disabled Americans that regular Americans at a rate of 18.7% decrease in the disabled American catagory and only a 6.9%% decrease for all other employees. The Federal government claims every October to be National Handicapped awareness month. It's the big photo opportunity for politicians to have their pictures taken with the president and a lucky two or three disabled Americans that were hired to positions that took four and eight year degrees to get that job. It's a good ol' boys club to get a federal job. The President's Ticket To Work Program was supposed to give disabled Americans another avenue of employment to the already dozen or so ways to get hired. The persons that work for Ticket to work all got jobs to help disabled Americans find work. The work was given to the workers at Ticket to work and disabled Americans assume the position. Remember, I am of a minority that any American can join in seconds.

Is it reasonable to jump from "DS9" in local Washington D.C. gov to "GS12" in Federal government? Let's suppose I'm an employee of the District of Columbia. That's local, not federal employment. With regard to a jump from a city DS 9 to a Federal GS 12: I believe I have more than ample experience as my city rating was set artificially low when I began -- yes, I took it because it offered a lot of opportunities for experience... hence my confidence in qualifying for a similar, but MUCH higher-paying job directly with Uncle Sam. Do the feds (non-military) calibrate D.C. city positions to a particular grade value within their system? How do they regard salary when the advertised Federal position represents a jump of nearly 80% over the applicant's previous local position.

Why is so much federal money first given to the states to give to local governments? Is this to create another layer of government employment? Or is it done in order for local politics to better influence how that money is spent?

Federal Employment (Salary $41,246.00 to $53,623.00)? How does the government decide where you will start pay wise. This is a G8 position. Or does evrybody start at the low range? Thanks in advance!! TG Vacancy No. R6-RB-07-235-SWH Department Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Salary $41,246.00 to $53,623.00 Grade 08 to 08 Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time Open Date 3/14/2007 Close Date 3/28/2007

Can you guess who one of the biggest employers of illegal immigrants is? This was kind of an eye-opener for me! A 2006 audit showed federal, state and local governments are among the biggest employers of the half-million persons in the U.S. illegally using "non-work" Social Security numbers — numbers issued legally, but with specific instructions that the holders are not authorized to work in the U.S. "Let's clean up our own house, let's especially clean up the federal employment of all those working for the federal government," said Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican and ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee's immigration subcommittee. The Social Security Administration used to, but no longer does, issue non-work numbers to legal aliens who were not authorized to work but needed a number to obtain a federal or state benefit or service. Still, hundreds of thousands of those immigrants used the numbers to get a job. According to the 2006 audit by the Social Security inspector general, 17 of the 100 worst employers using employees with non-work numbers were government agencies: seven federal agencies, seven state agencies and three local governments. That means the government knows who those employees are, but usually does not go after them. http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070823/NATION/108230096/1001 Is anyone else as surprised as I am?

Why are people so afraid of drug testing and background checks when applying for a job? Every job I have ever had in my adult life has required an initial drug test, and random drug tests after that and a background check as well as a credit check. All decent companies as well as the states and federal governments require these for employment. Why do so many people complain about this part of the application process?

how many people work for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement? Where do you find employment statistics for federal government agencies like DHS and ICE

What do you think would happen to state employment... ....? if the federal government decided that rather than passing laws and making states carry them out it would simply give the states responsibility for a major social program like welfare? Do you think that it would create a lot of new jobs for the state, but how would they afford to pay all these people? Caotic?!

What is a block grant and what is a fedaral mandate and what does it have to do with...? state and local and federal employment? AP government essay question anyone whos in it know the hell of it here's a link to the question to any kind history teacher or buff who would like to help thanks ps. i cant get a link for this ques (2003 AP Gov if anyone took it) but the graph provided shows an increase in state and local gov employment since 1945 with a slight decline in 1990, and paid federal government civilian employment stayiny at pretty much a staight line WTF does this have to do with block grants and federal mandates!!!!

How would to tactfully tell a coworker to mind their own business? I am planning a career move from public education (9 years) to the federal government (more money). The person conducting my background investigation went by my place of employment asking lots of questions about my character. Now that the word is out that I may be leaving soon. I am being asked lots of personal questions by people that I do not know very well. I would like some recommendations on how to gracefully tell them that while I appreciate their concern; I am not confortable discussing my personal life with them. I work in a vicious rumor mill.

How do you like this Social Security Admin. Report: Bush Administration Guilty of Hiring Illegal Aliens ? Social Security Admin. Report: Bush Administration Guilty of Hiring Illegal Aliens If President Bush is serious about getting tough on U.S. employers who hire illegal aliens, he can start with his own administration, which employs thousands of unauthorized workers, says the top Republican on the House immigration subcommittee. A 2006 audit showed federal, state and local governments are among the biggest employers of the half-million persons in the U.S. illegally using "non-work" Social Security numbers — numbers issued legally, but with specific instructions that the holders are not authorized to work in the U.S. "Let's clean up our own house, let's especially clean up the federal employment of all those working for the federal government," said Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican and ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee's immigration subcommittee. The Social Security Administration used to, but no longer does, issue non-work numbers to legal aliens who were not authorized to work but needed a number to obtain a federal or state benefit or service. Still, hundreds of thousands of those immigrants used the numbers to get a job. According to the 2006 audit by the Social Security inspector general, 17 of the 100 worst employers using employees with non-work numbers were government agencies: seven federal agencies, seven state agencies and three local governments. That means the government knows who those employees are, but usually does not go after them. Earlier this month, Homeland Security and Commerce departments announced a new crackdown on illegal entry that includes stricter enforcement against employers. The departments said they will encourage businesses to use E-Verify to check employees' Social Security numbers, and said the federal government will write new rules requiring all private contractors and vendors that do business with it to use E-Verify. Under current law, neither business nor federal agencies are required to use E-Verify, formerly known as the Basic Pilot Program. Mr. King said the administration shouldn't wait for new rules to begin checking federal employees against the non-work list. http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs...108230096/1001

Security clearances? How can a person obtain a TOP SECURITY CLEARANCE credentials? For federal government employment. Thanks keep answering, I currently have a valid concealed weapons permit.

Please Read. What does it mean to you with the current state of the union and world? Were we warned? Farewell Address Farewell Radio and Television Address to the American People by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, January 17, 1961. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My fellow Americans: Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of office as, in traditional and solemn ceremony, the authority of the Presidency is vested in my successor. This evening I come to you with a message of leave-taking and farewell, and to share a few final thoughts with you, my countrymen. Like every other citizen, I wish the new President, and all who will labor with him, Godspeed. I pray that the coming years will be blessed with peace and prosperity for all. Our people expect their President and the Congress to find essential agreement on issues of great moment, the wise resolution of which will better shape the future of the Nation. My own relations with the Congress, which began on a remote and tenuous basis when, long ago, a member of the Senate appointed me to West Point, have since ranged to the intimate during the war and immediate post-war period, and, finally, to the mutually interdependent during these past eight years. In this final relationship, the Congress and the Administration have, on most vital issues, cooperated well, to serve the national good rather than mere partisanship, and so have assured that the business of the Nation should go forward. So, my official relationship with the Congress ends in a feeling, on my part, of gratitude that we have been able to do so much together. II We now stand ten years past the midpoint of a century that has witnessed four major wars among great nations. Three of these involved our own country. Despite these holocausts America is today the strongest, the most influential and most productive nation in the world. Understandably proud of this pre-eminence, we yet realize that America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment. III Throughout America's adventure in free government, our basic purposes have been to keep the peace; to foster progress in human achievement, and to enhance liberty, dignity and integrity among people and among nations. To strive for less would be unworthy of a free and religious people. Any failure traceable to arrogance, or our lack of comprehension or readiness to sacrifice would inflict upon us grievous hurt both at home and abroad. Progress toward these noble goals is persistently threatened by the conflict now engulfing the world. It commands our whole attention, absorbs our very beings. We face a hostile ideology-global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method. Unhappily the danger it poses promises to be of indefinite duration. To meet it successfully, there is called for, not so much the emotional and transitory sacrifices of crisis, but rather those which enable us to carry forward steadily, surely, and without complaint the burdens of a prolonged and complex struggle-with liberty at stake. Only thus shall we remain, despite every provocation, on our charted course toward permanent peace and human betterment. Crises there will continue to be. In meeting them, whether foreign or domestic, great or small,there is a recurring temptation to feel that some spectacular and costly action could become the miraculous solution to all current difficulties. A huge increase in newer elements of our defense; development of unrealistic programs to cure every ill in agriculture; a dramatic expansion in basic and applied research-these and many other possibilities, each possibly promising in itself, may be suggested as the only way to the road we wish to travel. But each proposal must be weighed in the light of a broader consideration: the need to maintain balance in and among national programs-balance between the private and the public economy, balance between cost and hoped for advantage-balance between the clearly necessary and the comfortably desirable; balance between our essential requirements as a nation and the duties imposed by the nation upon the individual; balance between action of the moment and the national welfare of the future. Good judgment seeks balance and progress; lack of it eventually finds imbalance and frustration. The record of many decades stands as proof that our people and their government have, in the main, understood these truths and have responded to them well, in the face of stress and threat. But threats, new in kind or degree, constantly arise. I mention two only. IV A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction. Our military organization today bears little relation to that known by any of my predecessors in peace time, or indeed by the fighting men of World War II or Korea. Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. Added to this, three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. We annually spend on military security more than the net income of all United States corporations. This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence-economic, political, even spiritual-is felt in every city, every state house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together. Akin to, and largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades. In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalized, complex, and costly. A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government. Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been over shadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers. The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite. It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system-ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society. V Another factor in maintaining balance involves the element of time. As we peer into society's future, we-you and I, and our government-must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow. VI Down the long lane of the history yet to be written America knows that this world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. Such a confederation must be one of equals. The weakest must come to the conference table with the same confidence as do we, protected as we are by our moral, economic, and military strength. That table, though scarred by many past frustrations, cannot be abandoned for the certain agony of the battlefield. Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. Together we must learn how to compose difference, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose. Because this need is so sharp and apparent I confess that I lay down my official responsibilities in this field with a definite sense of disappointment. As one who has witnessed the horror and the lingering sadness of war-as one who knows that another war could utterly destroy this civilization which has been so slowly and painfully built over thousands of years-I wish I could say tonight that a lasting peace is in sight. Happily, I can say that war has been avoided. Steady progress toward our ultimate goal has been made. But, so much remains to be done. As a private citizen, I shall never cease to do what little I can to help the world advance along that road. VII So-in this my last good night to you as your President-I thank you for the many opportunities you have given me for public service in war and peace. I trust that in that service you find somethings worthy; as for the rest of it, I know you will find ways to improve performance in the future. You and I-my fellow citizens-need to be strong in our faith that all nations, under God, will reach the goal of peace with justice. May we be ever unswerving in devotion to principle, confident but humble with power, diligent in pursuit of the Nation's great goals. To all the peoples of the world, I once more give expression to America's prayerful and continuing aspiration: We pray that peoples of all faiths, all races, all nations, may have their great human needs satisfied; that those now denied opportunity shall come to enjoy it to the full; that all who yearn for freedom may experience its spiritual blessings; that those who have freedom will understand, also, its heavy responsibilities; that all who are insensitive to the needs of others will learn charity; that the scourges of poverty, disease and ignorance will be made to disappear from the earth, and that, in the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect and love.

Do you think that there is a such discrimination in the United Arab Emirates? The US Equal Employment Opportunity commission (EEOC) was established by the title VII of the civil rights act of 1964 and began operating on July 1965. EEOC enforces the principal federal statutes prohibiting employment discrimination*. The US Federal laws prohibiting the following job discrimination: - employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex-based wage discrimination. protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older. - -prohibit employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector, and in state and local governments; - prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities who work in the federal government. The U.A.E constitution stated that; Equality and social justice and the provision of security and equal opportunities for all citizens is the pillars of society. Do you think that there is a such discrimination in the United Arab Emirates? And if there is... What is the best solution to avoid such discrimination? Awaiting your comments. Ahmed Alhosani --------------------------------------------------------- * The essentials of human resource management (ch. 2) page 20 See the http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeo/overview_laws.html for more details.

Why is the initial cut off level for thc 50 ng/ml, but 100 ng/ml for employment screening in Hawaii? Why are people in Hawaii able to have more thc in their system (100 ng/ml vs. 50 ng/ml) when they are screened for employment ? If this was a law passed by the state, why is it permitted by the federal government while they deny the ability of the states to permit medical marijuana?

What are the possibilities of securing benefits for the paid staff of a nonprofit organization? I am looking to start a nonprofit organization in a small rural town. My research has only just begun, but it feels like the best route to take with this particular project. Any experience with the area of paid staff and how their employment may be different from a for profit business would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! PS The business project is a Community Learning Center that picks up where our federal government services leave off: child care, after school program, tutoring, and a homeschool supplement program.

Can a student loan be waived? A recent business show on TV stated: if a student accepts employment with the Federal government upon graduation, his student loan can be waived. Is this correct?

Best Way to Get a Government JOB? how can I get my foot in the door to obtain Federal Employment?

I am a college student interested in a career with the federal govt in MI. Where can I find a career mentor? I would like to be able to speak with someone specifically about the Student Temporary Employment Program or similar programs geared toward helping students find jobs with federal agencies. I am especially interested in the following agencies or ones similar: *Veteran's Administration *Immigration and Naturalization *Customs and Border Protection *Environmental Protection Agency I realize that I am limited by the fact that I live in Michigan and not D.C. or somewhere else there is a concentration of federal agencies. However, Detroit has an international border, enormous poverty, and the Great Lakes to protect - I'd be willing to bet that there are plently of federal interests here. I understand that there are difficulties associated with finding a federal job (competitiveness, for instance) but what I am looking for is, again, information SPECIFIC to college students seeking government jobs. Thank you for looking!

Civilian Employment with Dept of the Navy? I am seeking a civilian IT job with US dept of the navy. Hopefully at US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Is it more than likely that I will be required to get a security clearance if I don't already have one? What if I was once turned down for the interim clearance due to having been in a therapy, and I left my employer (a private contractor in the federal gov) while my investigation was going on for a secret clearance. If by any chance, the navy considers me for clearance, I would have to tell what I did, but with a legitimate reason about having given up on going for secret clearance. Can something like that be an issue with civilian employment in the navy or any other federal government branch? Is it better that I limit myself to local government or private sector? I am currently an IT person in local government, and just that fact probably would mean that I can work in the navy if they decide to trust me with a clearance. I am kind of weary of this need for clearance in the federal government. Is getting clearance such a big obstacle? Is anyone else discourage to pursue federal employment due their issue with getting clearance?

Do you support providing government assistance to people who cannot pay their mortgage? Creative financing in the past two+ years allowed financial institutions to give individuals who wouldn't normally be approved for a mortgage (because of poor credit history and/or unstable employment record), a subprime mortgage. Today, 730,000 of these individuals are not paying their mortgage payments and are facing foreclosure. Countless others are struggling and don't know if they will be able to maintain their payments and keep their homes. The House approved the "Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007" that will give the Federal Housing Administration the authority to assist struggling homeowners in making their mortgage payments. Should the taxpayer be responsible? If the individual doesn't receive assistance and loses their home, will the government (the taxpayer) have to provide some other form of financial assistance that would, in the long run, be equal to what is spent to help them pay their mortgage?

State (not federal) inheritance tax question? In 2005, I was temporarily living and working in Michigan, but a legal permenant resident of New York, when a person in Florida died. I inherited $5000, which I received later that year, while living in NY and unemployed. I filed a federal 1040, an NY resident income tax return and a MI non-resident income tax return, and reported the income from employment in MI on all three. (I also claimed a credit on the NY return for the duplicate state income tax on the income from MI.) Do I have to report the inheritance to any of the three states, and to which states (if any) do I pay inheritance tax? (Do not worry about the estate taxes due to the federal government; someone else is responsible for that.) dk01237... is wrong. Inheritance is NOT reported on the federal 1040, for example. Bostonia... is probably right about the tax laws. He is wrong about what I knew when I asked the question. I never lived in Florida and was only in Michigan for a few months, so I do not know their laws well. However, this happened two years ago, so I might have known when I filed, and forgotten about it since then.

DUI and Contracted Government Position? I work at a private company that recently landed a contract to do some work for the federal government. I have recently been offered a position to work on this project, but I must first pass the government's background check. I am concerned about a OWI offense that occurred about a year ago in Wisconsin. This is my first (and will be only) offense. I know Wisconsin does not consider the first offense criminal but it is on my DMV record, and I know it can't look good during an employment screening. Will this cause me to fail the screening?

What do you think about the impact of military contract on our enonomy? Federal Government is pouring more than 100 billions into the American Society for supporting the war in Iraq and Afganistan in the form of military contract. Those military contractor get the contract and make huge donation to the political party in power in return. They are both benefited from the war. What is the situation if the war is over, over 150,000 G.I. come back to seek employments, no more military contract for people to work on. The military spending comes from bonds issued by the Federal Government. The unemployment rate is low because Federal Government hires tons of security guards to prevent possible terror attack and send more than 150,000 military aboard. What the unemployment rate will be after the war. We will get broke.

Can I be rehired? Was terminated from federal employment for being charged with menacing in 2004. The judge contacted the agency and was assured there would be no termination, sure enough I got the axe. Will I ever be eligible for any type of federal, government, state, or civil service. I thought there might just might be a period of time before I could reapply

Employment Health Insurance Legality:? Hi everyone. I just need some advice about a legal situation. Please only answer if you are sure. I know someone who is listed as an employee of a company that a family member owns. He/she does not actually render any services, but pays taxes on the income, and reports all wages to the federal government. He/she gives all money earned to his/her boss, who owns the business by himself. The reason for this "employment" is medical insurance. The person involved would not have otherwise been able to afford prescription medications and surgery. So the family member offered to put him/her on payroll so that he/she would be covered under a cheaper health insurance policy. Is this situation legal? Is his/her boss allowed to put him/her on the payroll without him/her rendering services? If word of this situation were to get out, who would get introuble -- the employee or the employer, or both? Is it fraud, or just a loophole in the system? To me it seems like a loophole.

What looks good in an application? I put this in the Business: Careers and Employment because I figured you would know the most about applications. I am applying for something called "Keystone Youth Policy Summit." It is a week-long trip for 4 students from my high school to Colorado to meet with 9 other high schools. It is about energy efficiency, and we meet with experts on the field. We are writing some policy for the federal government. I really don't want to screw this application up. What should I say? I've already expressed my interest and considerable knowledge in the subject, but what else should I say? Would it be good to say I'd enjoy a trip to Colorado, or would they be like "PWNT! He just wants a free vacation."? Any help is appreciated.

Illegals facts on employment in the US!? UNEMPLOYMENT At the time of this writing there are over 7,500,000 unemployed Americans who are actively seeking jobs, many of which are taken by the more than 12,000,000 alliens currently in the United States. Our brilliant politicians have established a minimum wage of $5.15 and hour, which becomes approximately $50 a day with various government fees. Minimum wage jobs go to illegal immigrants who will do them for $2 a day. Is the problem really that Americans are lazy and don't want to work as defenders of illegal immigration say? The facts are: -Companies will have problems with the federal government if they pay less than minimum wage to citizens or legal immigrants. -The federal government does not actively enforce laws against hiring illegal immigrants for well under the minimum wage. -Illegal immigrants live in squalid conditions, often 4 or more to a room supported by churches and other organizations. If Americans worked for $2 a day they would be homeless. Are Americans not willing to take these jobs? Are Americans not willing to work for $2 a day? Are Americans not offered these jobs because of minimum wage? Minimum wage does not guarantee that Americans will have a minimum income when others work for less. It guarantees that millions of Americans will be unemployed. The federal government allows employers to violate immigration laws, tax laws, and minimum wage laws. Politicians, including George Bush, routinely refer to illegal immigrants taking "jobs that Americans don't want". American citizens collect garbage, clean out bed pans, and clean toilets. They used to work as cooks and dishwashers in restaurants. Politicians fail to explain exactly what jobs Americans don't want when the unemployment rate is over 5%. The fact is that an employer must pay minimum wage, and often other fees, when hiring a citizen or legal immigrant.

employment as an editor? I graduated from college with a BA in journalism. Right now I'm working as a reporter, but I'd like to know what other opportunities are available for me, particularly in editing. Does any know if the state or federal government hires editors? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks for the answer! I always assumed editors only worked at newspapers and magazines, and I heard from someone that the government may hire editors. Do you know of any other organizations or companies that might?

My new place of employment will fail if we get inspected! How sould I fix it? I just got a new job...and i totally stepped into a pile of pooh! Seriously... nothing in up to code or done according to regulation. I have never managed anyone bofore and now I find my self having to change how 8 people have been working for ever. Hmm.. to make things worse the owner for the (very small) company knows that things are not being done correctly and that it will take too long to do it right... at least in his eyes. Should I have a sit down with everyone and try to change everying at one (the inspection from the federal government could be any day) or should I change one thing at a time till it is all taken care of? My position is basically to make sure that all the production and testing is in accordance to federal reguations

help please? 10.A recession is a period during which a.employment, production, and income decrease b.the price level is increasing c.inventories are falling dramatically d.the unemployment rate is falling while the price level is rising e.the government attempts to reduce a budget deficit by reducing taxes and increasing government spending 11.Long-term growth in production can be partially explained by a.improvements in the "rules of the game" that facilitate production and exchange b.the peaks and troughs of the business cycle (or economic fluctuations) c.trade surpluses that lead to accumulations of precious metals d.federal government budget deficits e.a gradual but consistent increase in the price level 12.Long-term growth in production can be partially explained by a.trade surpluses that lead to accumulations of precious metals b.a gradual but consistent increase in the price level c.general optimism about the future and the pioneering spirit of America d.improvements in technology e.federal government budget deficits 13.The aggregate demand curve slopes downward because households feel poorer after a decrease in the price level. a.True b.False 14.As the price level rises, individuals feel richer. Therefore, they will spend more. a.True b.False 15.Which of the following explains why the aggregate demand curve slopes downward? a.If the price level increases, we feel poorer and therefore buy less. b.If the price level increases, we feel richer and therefore buy more. c.If domestic prices increase, we substitute domestic goods for imported ones. d.If the price of a particular good increases, we substitute away from that good. e.A decrease in the price of a particular good is like an increase in income and therefore we buy more. 16.The aggregate supply curve indicates a.the quantity of aggregate output that producers are willing and able to supply at each possible price level b.the total quantity of a particular good that all producers are willing to supply at each possible price level c.the total quantity of a particular good that all producers are willing to supply at the equilibrium price level d.the quantity of aggregate output that producers are willing and able to supply at the equilibrium price level e.the quantity of aggregate output that producers are willing and able to supply at the equilibrium level of GDP 17According to Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, in order to get an economy out of a depression, the government should a.increase spending b.decrease spending c.reduce taxes d.increase taxes e.allow the economy to correct itself 18.On an aggregate demand and aggregate supply graph, the Great Depression can be pictured as a.a leftward shift of the aggregate supply curve b.a rightward shift of the aggregate supply curve c.a leftward shift of the aggregate demand curve d.an increase in the price level caused by a movement along the aggregate demand curve e.a decrease in the price level caused by a movement along the aggregate supply curve 19.The Wealth of Nations was written by a.John Maynard Keynes b.Adam Smith c.François Quesnay d.Henry Ford e.John D. Rockefeller 20.Adam Smith's "invisible hand" explains a.why people act in their own best interests b.why the government intervenes to overcome failures in private markets. c.how people, acting out of self-interest, unintentionally promote the general good d.how comparative advantage and specialization promote international trade e.how the creation of goods and services (supply) generates its own demand by creating employment and income 21.Keynes believed that the best method for ending the Great Depression was to reduce government spending and raise taxes, thereby reducing the federal budget deficit. a.True b.False 22.According to Keynes, "animal spirits" a.make investment spending unstable b.make consumption spending unstable c.make government spending inherently stable d.guide the economy back to equilibrium after a disruption e.create the federal government budget deficits that have become so common today 23.Which of the following best describes the Keynesian approach to economic policy? a.supply-side b.classical c.demand-side d.mercantilist e.laissez-faire 24.The Employment Act of 1946 a.guaranteed full employment b.obliged the federal government to hire as many people as it could to achieve full employment c.gave the federal government the power to levy an income tax d.imposed a responsibility on the federal government to foster full employment e.obligated the federal government to run budget surpluses to achieve full employment 25.Inflation is a.a rise in the value of money b.a decline in nominal income c.a sustained increase in the price level d.a general reduction in prices e.an economic problem only for the retired population 26.Who wrote The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money? a.Adam Smith b.Jean Baptiste Say c.François Quesnay d.John Maynard Keynes e.Alfred Marshall 27.Stagflation refers to a.a simultaneous reduction in output and the price level b.a simultaneous increase in output and the price level c.a decline in the price level accompanied by increases in real output and employment d.an increase in the price level accompanied by decreases in real output and employment e.a simultaneous increase in both the trade deficit and the budget deficit 28.Stagflation refers to a.a combination of rising unemployment and rising trade deficits b.a combination of high unemployment and rising prices c.high and rapidly increasing inflation d.extremely high unemployment e.a combination of rising trade deficits and rising federal government budget deficits 29.Which of the following does not contribute to an improved standard of living? a.increases in the amount and quality of available resources b.better technology c.lower prices for the necessities of life d.improvements in the “rules of the game” e.increases in the quality of labor 30.The rules of the game refer to a.any factor that facilitates production and exchange, such as tax laws and property rights b.a gradual but consistent change in the price level until a fair price is attained c.the set of election laws that ensure that all elections are fair d.the requirements placed on firms in earning a profit e.the requirements that households must supply labor to firms 31.Which is the resource whose quality is most often enhanced by technological change a.capital b.land c.labor d.entrepreneurship e.credit

economicw help? 11.On an aggregate demand and aggregate supply graph, the Great Depression can be pictured as a.a leftward shift of the aggregate supply curve b.a rightward shift of the aggregate supply curve c.a leftward shift of the aggregate demand curve d.an increase in the price level caused by a movement along the aggregate demand curve e.a decrease in the price level caused by a movement along the aggregate supply curve 14.According to Keynes, "animal spirits" a.make investment spending unstable b.make consumption spending unstable c.make government spending inherently stable d.guide the economy back to equilibrium after a disruption e.create the federal government budget deficits that have become so common today 16.The Employment Act of 1946 a.guaranteed full employment b.obliged the federal government to hire as many people as it could to achieve full employment c.gave the federal government the power to levy an income tax d.imposed a responsibility on the federal government to foster full employment e.obligated the federal government to run budget surpluses to achieve full employment Inflation is a.a rise in the value of money b.a decline in nominal income c.a sustained increase in the price level d.a general reduction in prices e.an economic problem only for the retired population

Prior military? Who has gotten out of the military and gotten employment with the federal government if so what was your rate/mos and what is your current job with the federal government?

Why can American Citizens file charges against the politicians over Federal Immigration and Nationality Act? Federal Immigration and Nationality Act Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii) "Any person who . . . encourages or induces an alien to . . . reside . . . knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such . . . residence is . . . in violation of law, shall be punished as provided . . . for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs . . . fined under title 18 . . . imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both." Section 274 felonies under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, INA 274A(a)(1)(A): A person (including a group of persons, business, organization, or local government) commits a federal felony when she or he: * assists an alien s/he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him or her to obtain employment, or * encourages that alien to remain in the U.S. by referring him or her to an employer or by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or agent for an employer in any way, or * knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions Penalties upon conviction include criminal fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of vehicles and real property used to commit the crime. Anyone employing or contracting with an illegal alien without verifying his or her work authorization status is guilty of a misdemeanor. Aliens and employers violating immigration laws are subject to arrest, detention, and seizure of their vehicles or property. In addition, individuals or entities who engage in racketeering enterprises that commit (or conspire to commit) immigration-related felonies are subject to private civil suits for treble damages and injunctive relief. Source(s): http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/osc/ref/8usc132... http://www.mnforsustain.org/immigration_... http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/uscode... Why can't American Citizens file charges against the politicians over Federal Immigration and Nationality Act? Sorry - that's what the question should be.

Old rationales for government growth (discredited) and terrible time of recruiting employeess : GOOD¡? If you say that government is too big and truly overweening, you elicit a surprising degree of agreement among people, even mainstream columnists, economists, and nearly everyone. Even government employees, who famously resent their bosses, might be quick to agree. If you hang outside the offices of the IRS in Washington, D.C., in the park at noontime where its employees take their lunch, you will get an earful of vitriol against the bureaucracy such as you wouldn't hear outside 1990s militia circles. Incidentally, the government is having a terrible time recruiting employees. Only 16% of college-educated workers say that they are interested in a government job. Among those without a college degree, there is twice the level of interest. Among people currently employed, those with managerial or professional occupations show a low interest level of 17%. Among those who want work to be challenging and enjoyable, only 9% thought a government job qualified. And, interestingly, among those who say they want to make a contribution to society, 90% said that non-government work in the private sector, whether for profit or non-profit, is the way to go. Now, what this means is that the smart set avoids government. Government work might still be attractive to people with fewer economic opportunities, but they are entering it for reasons that are not ideological. And for that reason too, they are less loyal to the public sector and glad to bail out if something else comes available. Most people view this as a very bad trend. I would only say that it is a significant trend, especially considering that in the heyday of government central planning, government sought to attract the best and the brightest. Often it did. Now, one might argue that if government were doing what it should be doing, this would be a good thing. But if government is doing many bad things, it is certainly not a bad trend for it to experience a brain drain. It is always a tragedy to see smart and entrepreneurial men and women be attracted away from productive employment in the private sector toward a position of power in the public sector. It makes us poorer to have the talents drained away from wealth creation toward wealth destruction. As for the very few good people in politics — Ron Paul is the great exception that proves the rule — they are true public servants only insofar as they work to diminish government power rather than increase it. So long as government is large and overweening, we are better off with a public sector that cannot attract the best and brightest. They should stay put where they can continue to expand the range of goods and services offered within the market framework. It is the market that provides us the means necessary to improve our standard of living, and the tools we need to maintain some degree of independence from the state. We often rail against incompetence in government. But before we go too far with this language, we need to consider that competence in government may be a far worse fate. We don't need genuinely competent antitrust enforcers, drug and food regulators, tax collectors, money manipulators, labor-law interventionists, gun grabbers, and environmental police. As H.L. Mencken said, we should be thankful that we don't get all the government we pay for. To be sure, we are paying far more today for government than ever before. Consider the real annual growth rate of total government outlays by presidents. Under Nixon, it was 3%. Under Carter, it was 4.1%. Under Reagan, 2.6%. Under Bush's dad, 1.9%, a figuring owing to the cuts in military spending. Domestic spending soared. Under Clinton, whom we all denounced as a socialist, it was 1.5%, the lowest rate in the postwar period. And under the present Bush, who promised less government? The real annual growth rate of total government outlays has been 5%, which compares to Johnson-era spending. The old rationales for government growth may have been discredited in the public mind. But they are alive in Washington, among the special interest groups, and among the media. I would like to identify the main ones. Rationale Number One: The Good Samaritan State. In this view of government, the state should act like the third person to come upon the poor man who had been beaten and robbed. They imagine a population that is divided among three types of people: victims, victimizers, and those who refuse to help. The victim classes we know all too well, because the litany is said again and again within the structure of labor law: the elderly, the very young, ethnic and racial minorities, religious minorities, sexual minorities, the physically and mentally disabled, workers, the underpaid, people in rural areas, those who deal with urban overcrowding, people who breathe dirty air or eat chemically produced products, artists, the manufacturing industry, people with peanut allergies, the dyslexic, short people, fat people, the leisure deprived, and I've probably left out a hundred or so other groups. Among the victimizers, we similarly have a list: capitalists, racial and ethnic majorities, sexual majorities, the overpaid, managers and CEOs, people who live in gated communities, the well armed, consumers of cell phones, owners of mines, anyone living off a trust fund, fully abled men, and anyone who resents social managers telling them what to do. In the view of those who advocate the Samaritan State, these two classes of victims and victimizers are constantly at war. There is nothing but conflict between them. The loss of one is the gain of the other. These categories are fixed and unchanging. The lack of harmony of interests is built into the structure of the social and economic world. The remedy requires an institution that is relentlessly engaged in reweighing the power relationships between the two groups. The conflict cannot be finally ended, but justice requires that the victims are given an unending stream of compensation and that the victimizers are treated with disdain and punished for their very existence. Social justice thus requires that victimizers are reduced, disabled, denounced, and spat upon, while the victims must be exalted, fed, clothed, funded, and made whole. This is how the Left, broadly speaking, thinks the world works, and should work. It doesn't matter whether one considers oneself a hard Marxist or a soft social democrat, the intellectual tie that binds them together is the view that conflict and not cooperation characterizes the work of society in the absence of an institution dedicated to bringing about social justice. The institutional answer is, of course, the state. The state is the Samaritan who lifts up and exalts the meek, and smites the proud and powerful who would otherwise walk right past the poor person on the street, who is the very archetype of the victim in the leftist view of how the world works. But there are many things wrong with this view of society. In the parable, the victim was beaten and robbed. He was exploited only in a very narrow and old-fashioned sense: his person and property were violated. These are crimes against libertarian ethics, a system of thought that mirrors what every religious and ethical system has taught: do not kill and do not steal. In other words, he was not a victim of some hazy notion of Social Injustice. He was not discriminated against, exploited by an employer, made to work long hours, or denied a comfy living in his old age. There is a huge difference between being beaten and robbed, and having to pay high prices for prescription drugs. The great error of the Left is its inability to distinguish the injustice of violence from the supposed injustice of inequality of material condition. As for the Samaritan, he was not acting as an agent of the regime. He used his own money to help the victim. He got him back on his feet and paid his bills at the private clinic where he was deposited for care. The Samaritan did not rob someone else to give money to the man on the street. He presumably got his money justly by hard work and investment. He had no desire to keep the man dependent, nor to exercise power over him, tax him, regulate him, nor send him to war. The state is something very different. It has no income but that which it robs from someone else. It seeks its own gain at others' expense. It protects itself and promotes itself before the interests of everyone else. It is beholden to special interests who create and control its regulatory apparatus. It is not impartial. It sides with its friends over its enemies. Moreover, the state is an exploiter, a murderer, a violator of human rights. The typical response of the Left is to say that they want a state that does only good things such as share and care, and not bad things such as steal and kill. But this cannot be. We might as well wish for a lion that only purrs and cuddles, or a rattlesnake that only provides percussion accompaniment to mariachi music. The very nature of the state is that it exists only through and for compulsion. To imagine otherwise is not to face reality. Rationale Number Two: The Solomonic State. In the Bible we are told that King Solomon had "understanding exceeding much and largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore." And his "wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt." He was "wiser than all men" and "his fame was in all nations round about." He spoke "three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five." He "spake of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom." Now, I'm not here to dispute the Bible's account of Solomon's wisdom. But let us also recall that Solomon's rule later became close to tyrannical. His son Rehoboam inherited his power, and when the people begged for relief from Solomon's "heavy yoke," and instigated a full-scale crackdown: "My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions." To be wise and prudent is not characteristics of rulers. In fact, it is very dangerous to hope that they may be. If we set out to find such a person, and have fantastic power available to him when we believe he has arrived, we have set up the framework for tyranny. The founders knew that no man can be trusted with power. They attempted to construct a system that presumed that men were corruptible, and that there would be some means to dislodge them when their corruption showed. Still, today many people long for the Solomonic State as a means of dispensing justice. Unlike the Samaritan model, the goal here is not charity but the just wielding of the sword on behalf of the right and true. Thus should we seek out righteous men of learning and moral character who know what evil is and have the courage to stand up to it and destroy it. This model is what inspires this mentality. There are many problems with this model. One man might be very wise, even the wisest of all men. But as F.A. Hayek might remind us, all the accumulated knowledge in the head of one person is still infinitesimal as compared with the wisdom that emerges through social cooperation on the marketplace. We can consider the price of any good on the market as it stands right now, and know that this one price results from the accumulated decisions of millions of people across thousands and thousands of sectors of economic activity spread throughout the world. The knowledge is dispersed in a million directions and results from small decisions and actions by economic actors. But the result is a single indicator that assists in allocating resources better than any single mind could ever do. The model of the Solomonic State also imagines that somehow the social order we see around us cannot possibly have come about without a single will operating in society, some firm hand that has designed the order and keeps it running smoothly. People who think this way imagine that in the absence of this firm hand, there would be nothing but a Hobbesian state of nature, where society is a war of all against all and life is nasty, brutish, and short. Our age is notably lacking in the likes of Solomon, and so those who fear the Hobbesian state of nature turn to the managerial state to act wisely in the interest of justice and order, at home and abroad. They might not always like what the rulers do, but they consider the alternative to despotism more fearsome. They warn about the dread results of anarchism and liberty, where people senselessly kill and rob without consequence. They fear this liberty more than they fear the abuses of power. This, I submit, is the mentality of many conservatives and many on the Right. We see it in the affections they have for Bush, the Patriot Act, the war on terror, and how quickly people fall for any leader who uses Manichean rhetoric in defense of the latest nationalistic crusade. What these people need more than anything else is a familiarity with the insights of the old liberal tradition as represented by Jefferson, Bastiat, Mises, Hayek, and Rothbard. They need to come to see how order is not the mother of liberty but its daughter. They need to see how society is harmonious not because of the state but because of the prevalence of human cooperation in the marketplace, where people work to trade to their own mutual betterment. People who fail to understand this become the unwitting servants of tyranny, particularly in the modern age when it is so obviously not wise but stupid and violent and presumptuous. They imagine that the state can posses godlike powers and bring justice and order, but they end up only empowering the worst elements in society, bringing injustice, and chaos. Now, you might say that the old liberal view of society is naïve. It might be in people's interest to learn to trade rather than steal but we live in a fallen world. If not for some overarching controlling force, people would loot each other unrelentingly and kill for fun. Now, to this I can say that it is true that some societies have not learned to make trading and peace significantly more prevalent than violence and killing. History is strewn with examples. The question we have to ask ourselves is whether a society that fails to learn the art of civilization will erect and sustain a state that will impose civilization on the people. I submit that history also teaches that when a people are brutal and uncivilized, the state is even more so. The state is rarely and maybe never better than the people it rules; in fact, it is almost always worse. Rationale Number Three: Log-Rolling. Given these two very different conceptions of the state, one favoring the welfare state and the other favoring a warfare state, why don't the visions cancel each other out? So intense is the desire of one group to have the state that it wants that it is willing to put up with another group's desire for its conception of the state. The two conceptions decide to cooperate and erect a state that purports to behave both like Solomon and like the Samaritan. That is the origin of the guns-and-butter state, or the welfare-warfare state, or the modern state as we know it, one that purports to meet every need. We see how this log-rolling works every day on Capitol Hill. One group wants more money for tanks and weaponry, and the other wants more for Medicaid and education. If both agree that politics is the art of compromise, they will put up with the other group's priorities in order that their own vision can be fulfilled. On the Right, we find that the love for the police power is more intense than the hatred of redistribution. On the Left, we find that the love of redistribution is more intense than the hatred of war and leviathan. They therefore work together to erect a massive and ever-growing executive. They are similarly unwilling to oppose the state in total. They fear that in doing so, the state as an institution will be discredited, and their conception of what the state should do along with it. Neither side particularly loves big government but both sides agree that it is better than the alternative of letting people alone. So they log-roll to support the public sector above all else, even when it means that they must sleep with their ostensible political enemies. Rationale Number Four: The Inflationary State. Now we come to the reason this system is able to perpetuate itself. And there is something of a mystery to explain here. No people anywhere will put up with a leviathan that grows and grows forever. At some point, the problem of funding state expansion will result in too much violence against property, and the people will revolt. Indeed, if the federal government had to collect all its revenue through a tax of any kind, leveled right now against the public, I submit to you that it would spark a tax revolt on a scale never before seen in modern history. Thus do we have the central bank to create money for the state. Thus do we have paper money that can be created in unlimited quantities. Thus do we have deposit insurance to make banks failure proof, so that the masses will never doubt that the credit pyramid is immortal. Thus do we have the Fed's power to manipulate interest rates and control the flow of credit to the system. An economist at Lehman Brothers sent us an interesting chart the other day. It compares the level of price increases across many Fed regimes. Under the first Fed governor Charles Hamlin, the dollar declined 8% in value. Under Thomas B. McCabe from the late forties, it declined 7.2%. Under Arthur Burns, wholly owned by Nixon, the dollar declined 42% in value. Under Volcker, Mr. Tight Money, it fell 40%. And under Greenspan, who has a reputation as a great inflation fighter, the value of the dollar in terms of goods and services fell fully 44%! Inflation serves the cause of the state by giving it room to run up debts without limit and fund its activities without making the people cough up more revenue. Indeed, that is the primary purpose of the inflationary state. People often say to me that a gold standard is impractical. In fact, that is not the case. It is very practical. It is the free-market answer. The state doesn't need to produce money any more than it needs to produce shoes or shirts or clocks. The problem is that we lack the political will to stop the inflation monster. Rationale Number Five: The Propaganda State. In every society control of educational institutions increases in tandem with the rise of the state. This is because the state needs these institutions to inculcate the civic religion of loving the public enterprise, and also because the less people know about the idea of liberty the more the state is provided the room to grow. Consider the Department of Education. Ever since its creation, every Republican administration has come to power with an intention to abolish it. But once they get in power, they find that bureaucracy has its uses. Instead of cutting or abolishing it, they increase the agency and give it more to do. The more the state does, the more the state sees the need to control public opinion by controlling the schools. Now, there is a point of optimism here. If any state could rule without propaganda, it would surely do so. Why then do states find educational control and the propagation of the civic religion in their interest? Because at some level, every state, in all times and places, is required to seek the tacit consent of those it governs. No state can control a society by use of the sword only and alone. It must also seek some degree of ideological conformity with its own goals. Otherwise its rule becomes threatened and destabilized. The other side of the coin is that states can indeed be destabilized by the ultimate counterrevolutionary tactic of providing alternative sources of education. As Mises said, all of history is a battle of ideas. Where the ideas of freedom are triumphant, liberty prevails. Where the ideas of freedom are buried and suppressed, despotism prevails. More from Lew: $25 Our pathway is clear. It is a choice of the Mises Institute not to mix in the mire of a political system that is wholly owned or attempt to seek favor from influential opinion makers. Our path is one of education, pursued with high-minded ideals, advanced using the most modern methods, and animated by the spirit of guerilla warfare. There are Misesians and Rothbardians strewn throughout the academic world, financial and banking houses, law firms, and in every walk of life, not only in this country but all over the world. We have worked for nearly a quarter of a century on a very radical project of advancing economic science and logic. We have pushed to keep the fire of freedom burning brightly. We have sought to teach anyone and everyone about the workings and benefits of liberty. We have come under pressure from left, right, and center. Yet the attention given to this body of ideas grows by the day. We can prevail against the Propaganda State. So long as we are free to do so and have the means available, we will continue to do so. This is our weapon against power. It is the most effective weapon anyone could ever possess. If we win this victory, we win all others. We thank you for supporting education for liberty, for supporting the Mises Institute financially and morally, and for being part of the revolutionary vanguard that sees through the errors of our day and imagines a brighter future of freedom, private property, and peace. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lew Rockwell

Does anyone know the TOTAL EMPLOYMENT in the US with the % PUBLIC and %PRIVATE sector? For example, the total US workforce in 2005 was _____. This breaks down ____% private sector, _____% Government (of some type). Even better would be "Government" broken down by Federal, Military, State, Local, etc. If I could find historical figures, that would be totally ideal! In this manner, I will be able to show employment trends and from where the jobs are coming. ---- I am NOT looking for an unemployment rate. Everyone knows what this is. I AM looking for something much deeper. That is the total number of employed by Public and Private sector. For Example (made up numbers)- 2007: 193,000,000 employed with 18.4% public sector, 3.8% military and 77.8% public sector. Something like that. Again, if anyone knows the source where I can find this data for other years, that's ideal

And you wonder why undocumented immigrants dont pay taxes? Posted: July 26, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Bob Unruh © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com The Internal Revenue Service has lost a lawyer's challenge in front of a jury to prove a constitutional foundation for the nation's income tax, and the victorious attorney now is setting his sights higher. "I think now people are beginning to realize that this has got to be the largest fraud, backed up by intimidation and extortion and by the sheer force of taking peoples property and hard-earned money without any lawful authorization whatsoever," lawyer Tom Cryer told WND just days after a jury in Louisiana acquitted him of two criminal tax counts. And before you consign him to the legions of "tin foil hat brigades" who argue against paying taxes, and then want payment to explain how to do that, he addresses the issue up front. "These snake oil peddlers have conned millions of dollars out of many well-intended patriots and left a trail of broken lives in their wake. … These charlatans should be avoided, not only because they will lead you to bankruptcy and prison, but because by association they discredit those who are telling the truth," he said. The truth, he said, is where he comes in, with the launch of a new Truth Attack website that is intended to build on his victory, and create a coalition of resources to defeat – ultimately – the income tax in the United States. Although the legal citations in the case tend to run the length of paragraphs, Cryer told WND the underlying issue is not that complicated. Essentially, he argued that income is not necessarily any money that comes to a person, but rather categories such as profit and interest. He said the free exchange of labor for compensation has been upheld as a right by the Supreme Court, but that doesn't necessarily make the compensation income. If ever such an argument were to be presented widely, Cryer said, the income to the federal government would plummet. But not to worry, he said, the expenses could be reduced equally by eliminating programs, departments and agencies that also have no foundation in the Constitution. "The Founding Fathers intentionally restricted the taxing powers of the new federal government as a measure of restraint on its size. By exceeding that limited taxing authority the federal government has been able to obtain resources beyond its intended reach, and that money has enabled the federal government to exceed its authority," he said. For example, he said, the Constitution does not empower the federal government to regulate education, or employment, and agriculture, yet it does so. The jury in U.S. District Court in Louisiana voted 12-0 to find Cryer, of Shreveport, not guilty of failure to file income taxes for two years. He had been indicted in 2006 on charges of failing to pay $73,000 to the IRS in 2000 and 2001. The next step in his personal case will be up to the IRS and prosecutors, if they choose to continue the issue, he said. But for the rest of the nation, he's working with Save-a-Patriot, the Free Enterprise Society, Live Free Now and his own Lie Free Zone to spread the message of the truth. "There are three points that are important," he told WND. "There's no law making the average working man liable [for income taxes], there's no law or regulation that allows the IRS to contend that earnings are 100 percent profit received in exchange for nothing, and the right to earn a living through any lawful occupation is a constitutionally protected fundamental right, and it is exempt from taxation." Spokesman Robert Marvin in Washington's IRS office told WND the Internal Revenue Code provides for taxation on salaries or wages, but when pressed for a specific citation, or constitutional provision, he said, "I can't comment." Cryer's encounter with tax law began more than a decade ago when a friend told him the income tax was sham. Cryer started researching, hoping to keep his friend out of trouble. But his conclusions, after years of research, were exactly what his friend told him. He researched not only tax laws, but also the documents pertaining to the drafting of the U.S. Constitution as well as the first income tax. He said throughout his battle, he's offered at every turn to pay taxes if the IRS could show him the authorization, and that never has happened. "The Criminal Investigation Division and Department of Justice both responded only with 'your position is frivolous.' I had never stated a position, so how could they know whether it was frivolous?" he said. "Imagine my sending you a bill for $1,000 and when you call me and ask what the bill was for I simply said, 'that position is frivolous, just write the check and send it in.'" His acquittal, he said, was a precedent because it means "people can see and recognize the truth." He said multiple Supreme Court opinions have affirmed an individual's ownership of his or her own labor, and "exercising your fundamental rights" is not taxable. "It is definitely a trade. What most people receive in the form of wages, salaries or in my case fees that they personally earned for their labor is not received in exchange for nothing." He said there might be a profit that should be taxable, but there might not. "The IRS lets Wal-Mart sell a trillion dollars worth of goods, but they can back out their cost of goods [before being taxed,]" he said. "The IRS considers, in the case of a Wal-Mart wage earner, 100 percent of what he takes in is profit." "But he's using his life, energy and work lifespan, and depleting it as he goes," Cryer told WND. "[Working] is a God-given fundamental right that is protected under the Constitution and can't be taxed any more than exercising freedom of speech." While he waits to see what, if anything, the IRS and Justice Department will do next in his case, he's working to coordinate the groups that are battling taxation as unconstitutional. "I have started a campaign to unify [the work] and we've got a number of organizations that are sponsoring and supporting this campaign," he said. The goal is to get everyone "who is aware of the truth" organized so they can spread the word. He warned without a restoration of constitutional basics, the nation is lost. "Read your Constitution and you will see that the federal role does not include ANY authority to regulate or tax any citizen directly and that WE expressly reserved the right to rule and govern ourselves as States, not as mere political subdivisions," his website says. "The Constitution does not allow the government to run your lives, but the money it is stealing from millions of Americans is the fuel for its over-reaching and kibitzing. Take the money back and we and our states and communities can again be free," he said. Long Story short, income tax is unconstitutional, and yet most undocumented immigrants pay taxes

State : Neither Samaritan Nor Solomon ?? Mises? If you say that government is too big and truly overweening, you elicit a surprising degree of agreement among people, even mainstream columnists, economists, and nearly everyone. Even government employees, who famously resent their bosses, might be quick to agree. If you hang outside the offices of the IRS in Washington, D.C., in the park at noontime where its employees take their lunch, you will get an earful of vitriol against the bureaucracy such as you wouldn't hear outside 1990s militia circles. Incidentally, the government is having a terrible time recruiting employees. Only 16% of college-educated workers say that they are interested in a government job. Among those without a college degree, there is twice the level of interest. Among people currently employed, those with managerial or professional occupations show a low interest level of 17%. Among those who want work to be challenging and enjoyable, only 9% thought a government job qualified. And, interestingly, among those who say they want to make a contribution to society, 90% said that non-government work in the private sector, whether for profit or non-profit, is the way to go. Now, what this means is that the smart set avoids government. Government work might still be attractive to people with fewer economic opportunities, but they are entering it for reasons that are not ideological. And for that reason too, they are less loyal to the public sector and glad to bail out if something else comes available. Most people view this as a very bad trend. I would only say that it is a significant trend, especially considering that in the heyday of government central planning, government sought to attract the best and the brightest. Often it did. Now, one might argue that if government were doing what it should be doing, this would be a good thing. But if government is doing many bad things, it is certainly not a bad trend for it to experience a brain drain. It is always a tragedy to see smart and entrepreneurial men and women be attracted away from productive employment in the private sector toward a position of power in the public sector. It makes us poorer to have the talents drained away from wealth creation toward wealth destruction. As for the very few good people in politics — Ron Paul is the great exception that proves the rule — they are true public servants only insofar as they work to diminish government power rather than increase it. So long as government is large and overweening, we are better off with a public sector that cannot attract the best and brightest. They should stay put where they can continue to expand the range of goods and services offered within the market framework. It is the market that provides us the means necessary to improve our standard of living, and the tools we need to maintain some degree of independence from the state. We often rail against incompetence in government. But before we go too far with this language, we need to consider that competence in government may be a far worse fate. We don't need genuinely competent antitrust enforcers, drug and food regulators, tax collectors, money manipulators, labor-law interventionists, gun grabbers, and environmental police. As H.L. Mencken said, we should be thankful that we don't get all the government we pay for. To be sure, we are paying far more today for government than ever before. Consider the real annual growth rate of total government outlays by presidents. Under Nixon, it was 3%. Under Carter, it was 4.1%. Under Reagan, 2.6%. Under Bush's dad, 1.9%, a figuring owing to the cuts in military spending. Domestic spending soared. Under Clinton, whom we all denounced as a socialist, it was 1.5%, the lowest rate in the postwar period. And under the present Bush, who promised less government? The real annual growth rate of total government outlays has been 5%, which compares to Johnson-era spending. The old rationales for government growth may have been discredited in the public mind. But they are alive in Washington, among the special interest groups, and among the media. I would like to identify the main ones. Rationale Number One: The Good Samaritan State. In this view of government, the state should act like the third person to come upon the poor man who had been beaten and robbed. They imagine a population that is divided among three types of people: victims, victimizers, and those who refuse to help. The victim classes we know all too well, because the litany is said again and again within the structure of labor law: the elderly, the very young, ethnic and racial minorities, religious minorities, sexual minorities, the physically and mentally disabled, workers, the underpaid, people in rural areas, those who deal with urban overcrowding, people who breathe dirty air or eat chemically produced products, artists, the manufacturing industry, people with peanut allergies, the dyslexic, short people, fat people, the leisure deprived, and I've probably left out a hundred or so other groups. Among the victimizers, we similarly have a list: capitalists, racial and ethnic majorities, sexual majorities, the overpaid, managers and CEOs, people who live in gated communities, the well armed, consumers of cell phones, owners of mines, anyone living off a trust fund, fully abled men, and anyone who resents social managers telling them what to do. In the view of those who advocate the Samaritan State, these two classes of victims and victimizers are constantly at war. There is nothing but conflict between them. The loss of one is the gain of the other. These categories are fixed and unchanging. The lack of harmony of interests is built into the structure of the social and economic world. The remedy requires an institution that is relentlessly engaged in reweighing the power relationships between the two groups. The conflict cannot be finally ended, but justice requires that the victims are given an unending stream of compensation and that the victimizers are treated with disdain and punished for their very existence. Social justice thus requires that victimizers are reduced, disabled, denounced, and spat upon, while the victims must be exalted, fed, clothed, funded, and made whole. This is how the Left, broadly speaking, thinks the world works, and should work. It doesn't matter whether one considers oneself a hard Marxist or a soft social democrat, the intellectual tie that binds them together is the view that conflict and not cooperation characterizes the work of society in the absence of an institution dedicated to bringing about social justice. The institutional answer is, of course, the state. The state is the Samaritan who lifts up and exalts the meek, and smites the proud and powerful who would otherwise walk right past the poor person on the street, who is the very archetype of the victim in the leftist view of how the world works. But there are many things wrong with this view of society. In the parable, the victim was beaten and robbed. He was exploited only in a very narrow and old-fashioned sense: his person and property were violated. These are crimes against libertarian ethics, a system of thought that mirrors what every religious and ethical system has taught: do not kill and do not steal. In other words, he was not a victim of some hazy notion of Social Injustice. He was not discriminated against, exploited by an employer, made to work long hours, or denied a comfy living in his old age. There is a huge difference between being beaten and robbed, and having to pay high prices for prescription drugs. The great error of the Left is its inability to distinguish the injustice of violence from the supposed injustice of inequality of material condition. As for the Samaritan, he was not acting as an agent of the regime. He used his own money to help the victim. He got him back on his feet and paid his bills at the private clinic where he was deposited for care. The Samaritan did not rob someone else to give money to the man on the street. He presumably got his money justly by hard work and investment. He had no desire to keep the man dependent, nor to exercise power over him, tax him, regulate him, nor send him to war. The state is something very different. It has no income but that which it robs from someone else. It seeks its own gain at others' expense. It protects itself and promotes itself before the interests of everyone else. It is beholden to special interests who create and control its regulatory apparatus. It is not impartial. It sides with its friends over its enemies. Moreover, the state is an exploiter, a murderer, a violator of human rights. The typical response of the Left is to say that they want a state that does only good things such as share and care, and not bad things such as steal and kill. But this cannot be. We might as well wish for a lion that only purrs and cuddles, or a rattlesnake that only provides percussion accompaniment to mariachi music. The very nature of the state is that it exists only through and for compulsion. To imagine otherwise is not to face reality. Rationale Number Two: The Solomonic State. In the Bible we are told that King Solomon had "understanding exceeding much and largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore." And his "wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt." He was "wiser than all men" and "his fame was in all nations round about." He spoke "three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five." He "spake of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom." Now, I'm not here to dispute the Bible's account of Solomon's wisdom. But let us also recall that Solomon's rule later became close to tyrannical. His son Rehoboam inherited his power, and when the people begged for relief from Solomon's "heavy yoke," and instigated a full-scale crackdown: "My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions." To be wise and prudent is not characteristics of rulers. In fact, it is very dangerous to hope that they may be. If we set out to find such a person, and have fantastic power available to him when we believe he has arrived, we have set up the framework for tyranny. The founders knew that no man can be trusted with power. They attempted to construct a system that presumed that men were corruptible, and that there would be some means to dislodge them when their corruption showed. Still, today many people long for the Solomonic State as a means of dispensing justice. Unlike the Samaritan model, the goal here is not charity but the just wielding of the sword on behalf of the right and true. Thus should we seek out righteous men of learning and moral character who know what evil is and have the courage to stand up to it and destroy it. This model is what inspires this mentality. There are many problems with this model. One man might be very wise, even the wisest of all men. But as F.A. Hayek might remind us, all the accumulated knowledge in the head of one person is still infinitesimal as compared with the wisdom that emerges through social cooperation on the marketplace. We can consider the price of any good on the market as it stands right now, and know that this one price results from the accumulated decisions of millions of people across thousands and thousands of sectors of economic activity spread throughout the world. The knowledge is dispersed in a million directions and results from small decisions and actions by economic actors. But the result is a single indicator that assists in allocating resources better than any single mind could ever do. The model of the Solomonic State also imagines that somehow the social order we see around us cannot possibly have come about without a single will operating in society, some firm hand that has designed the order and keeps it running smoothly. People who think this way imagine that in the absence of this firm hand, there would be nothing but a Hobbesian state of nature, where society is a war of all against all and life is nasty, brutish, and short. Our age is notably lacking in the likes of Solomon, and so those who fear the Hobbesian state of nature turn to the managerial state to act wisely in the interest of justice and order, at home and abroad. They might not always like what the rulers do, but they consider the alternative to despotism more fearsome. They warn about the dread results of anarchism and liberty, where people senselessly kill and rob without consequence. They fear this liberty more than they fear the abuses of power. This, I submit, is the mentality of many conservatives and many on the Right. We see it in the affections they have for Bush, the Patriot Act, the war on terror, and how quickly people fall for any leader who uses Manichean rhetoric in defense of the latest nationalistic crusade. What these people need more than anything else is a familiarity with the insights of the old liberal tradition as represented by Jefferson, Bastiat, Mises, Hayek, and Rothbard. They need to come to see how order is not the mother of liberty but its daughter. They need to see how society is harmonious not because of the state but because of the prevalence of human cooperation in the marketplace, where people work to trade to their own mutual betterment. People who fail to understand this become the unwitting servants of tyranny, particularly in the modern age when it is so obviously not wise but stupid and violent and presumptuous. They imagine that the state can posses godlike powers and bring justice and order, but they end up only empowering the worst elements in society, bringing injustice, and chaos. Now, you might say that the old liberal view of society is naïve. It might be in people's interest to learn to trade rather than steal but we live in a fallen world. If not for some overarching controlling force, people would loot each other unrelentingly and kill for fun. Now, to this I can say that it is true that some societies have not learned to make trading and peace significantly more prevalent than violence and killing. History is strewn with examples. The question we have to ask ourselves is whether a society that fails to learn the art of civilization will erect and sustain a state that will impose civilization on the people. I submit that history also teaches that when a people are brutal and uncivilized, the state is even more so. The state is rarely and maybe never better than the people it rules; in fact, it is almost always worse. Rationale Number Three: Log-Rolling. Given these two very different conceptions of the state, one favoring the welfare state and the other favoring a warfare state, why don't the visions cancel each other out? So intense is the desire of one group to have the state that it wants that it is willing to put up with another group's desire for its conception of the state. The two conceptions decide to cooperate and erect a state that purports to behave both like Solomon and like the Samaritan. That is the origin of the guns-and-butter state, or the welfare-warfare state, or the modern state as we know it, one that purports to meet every need. We see how this log-rolling works every day on Capitol Hill. One group wants more money for tanks and weaponry, and the other wants more for Medicaid and education. If both agree that politics is the art of compromise, they will put up with the other group's priorities in order that their own vision can be fulfilled. On the Right, we find that the love for the police power is more intense than the hatred of redistribution. On the Left, we find that the love of redistribution is more intense than the hatred of war and leviathan. They therefore work together to erect a massive and ever-growing executive. They are similarly unwilling to oppose the state in total. They fear that in doing so, the state as an institution will be discredited, and their conception of what the state should do along with it. Neither side particularly loves big government but both sides agree that it is better than the alternative of letting people alone. So they log-roll to support the public sector above all else, even when it means that they must sleep with their ostensible political enemies. Rationale Number Four: The Inflationary State. Now we come to the reason this system is able to perpetuate itself. And there is something of a mystery to explain here. No people anywhere will put up with a leviathan that grows and grows forever. At some point, the problem of funding state expansion will result in too much violence against property, and the people will revolt. Indeed, if the federal government had to collect all its revenue through a tax of any kind, leveled right now against the public, I submit to you that it would spark a tax revolt on a scale never before seen in modern history. Thus do we have the central bank to create money for the state. Thus do we have paper money that can be created in unlimited quantities. Thus do we have deposit insurance to make banks failure proof, so that the masses will never doubt that the credit pyramid is immortal. Thus do we have the Fed's power to manipulate interest rates and control the flow of credit to the system. An economist at Lehman Brothers sent us an interesting chart the other day. It compares the level of price increases across many Fed regimes. Under the first Fed governor Charles Hamlin, the dollar declined 8% in value. Under Thomas B. McCabe from the late forties, it declined 7.2%. Under Arthur Burns, wholly owned by Nixon, the dollar declined 42% in value. Under Volcker, Mr. Tight Money, it fell 40%. And under Greenspan, who has a reputation as a great inflation fighter, the value of the dollar in terms of goods and services fell fully 44%! Inflation serves the cause of the state by giving it room to run up debts without limit and fund its activities without making the people cough up more revenue. Indeed, that is the primary purpose of the inflationary state. People often say to me that a gold standard is impractical. In fact, that is not the case. It is very practical. It is the free-market answer. The state doesn't need to produce money any more than it needs to produce shoes or shirts or clocks. The problem is that we lack the political will to stop the inflation monster. Rationale Number Five: The Propaganda State. In every society control of educational institutions increases in tandem with the rise of the state. This is because the state needs these institutions to inculcate the civic religion of loving the public enterprise, and also because the less people know about the idea of liberty the more the state is provided the room to grow. Consider the Department of Education. Ever since its creation, every Republican administration has come to power with an intention to abolish it. But once they get in power, they find that bureaucracy has its uses. Instead of cutting or abolishing it, they increase the agency and give it more to do. The more the state does, the more the state sees the need to control public opinion by controlling the schools. Now, there is a point of optimism here. If any state could rule without propaganda, it would surely do so. Why then do states find educational control and the propagation of the civic religion in their interest? Because at some level, every state, in all times and places, is required to seek the tacit consent of those it governs. No state can control a society by use of the sword only and alone. It must also seek some degree of ideological conformity with its own goals. Otherwise its rule becomes threatened and destabilized. The other side of the coin is that states can indeed be destabilized by the ultimate counterrevolutionary tactic of providing alternative sources of education. As Mises said, all of history is a battle of ideas. Where the ideas of freedom are triumphant, liberty prevails. Where the ideas of freedom are buried and suppressed, despotism prevails. Our pathway is clear. It is a choice of the Mises Institute not to mix in the mire of a political system that is wholly owned or attempt to seek favor from influential opinion makers. Our path is one of education, pursued with high-minded ideals, advanced using the most modern methods, and animated by the spirit of guerilla warfare. There are Misesians and Rothbardians strewn throughout the academic world, financial and banking houses, law firms, and in every walk of life, not only in this country but all over the world. We have worked for nearly a quarter of a century on a very radical project of advancing economic science and logic. We have pushed to keep the fire of freedom burning brightly. We have sought to teach anyone and everyone about the workings and benefits of liberty. We have come under pressure from left, right, and center. Yet the attention given to this body of ideas grows by the day. We can prevail against the Propaganda State. So long as we are free to do so and have the means available, we will continue to do so. This is our weapon against power. It is the most effective weapon anyone could ever possess. If we win this victory, we win all others. We thank you for supporting education for liberty, and for being part of the revolutionary vanguard that sees through the errors of our day and imagines a brighter future of freedom, private property, and peace. : Mises Institute

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Liberals are followers and Bush is a leader. Its better to be right than popular? President Bush's Accomplishments Abortion & Traditional Values 1. Banned Partial Birth Abortion — by far the most significant roll-back of abortion on demand since Roe v. Wade. 2. Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy. 3. By Executive Order (EO), reversed Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act. 4. By EO, prohibited federal funds for international family planning groups that provide abortions and related services. 5. Upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals. 6. Made $33 million available for abstinence education programs in 2004. 7. Supports the Defense of Marriage Act — and a Constitutional amendment saying marriage is between one man and one woman. 8. Requires states to conduct criminal background checks on prospective foster and adoptive parents. 9. Requires districts to let students transfer out of dangerous schools. 10. Requires schools to have a zero-tolerance policy for classroom disruption (reintroducing discipline into classrooms). 11. Signed the Teacher Protection Act, which protects teachers from lawsuits related to student discipline. 12. Expanded the role of faith-based and community organizations in after-school programs. Budget, Taxes & Economy 1. Signed two income tax cuts, one of which was the largest dollar-value tax cut in world history. 2. Supports permanent elimination of the death tax. 3. Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession, and deeply shocked as a result of the 9/11 attacks. 4. Is seeking legislation to amend the Constitution to give the president line-item veto authority. 5. In process of permanently eliminating IRS marriage penalty. 6. Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people. 7. Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts. 8. Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules would have shut down every home business in America. 9. Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals. 10. Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains. 11. Signed trade promotion authority. 12. Reduced and is working to ultimately eliminate the estate tax for family farms and ranches. 13. Fight Europe's ban on importing biotech crops from the United States. 14. Exempt food from unilateral trade sanctions and embargoes. 15. Provided $20 million to states to help people with disabilities work from home. 16. Created a fund to encourage technologies that help the disabled. 17. Increased the annual contribution limit on Education IRA's from $500 to $2,000 per child. 18. Make permanent the $5,000 adoption tax credit and provide $1 billion over five years to increase the credit to $10,000. 19. Grant a complete tax exemption for prepaid or college tuition savings plans. 20. Reduced H1B visas from a high of 195,000 per year to 66,000 per year. Character & Conduct as President 1. Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the presidency. 2. Has reintroduced the mention of God and faith into public discourse. 3. Handled himself with enormous courage, dignity, grace, determination, and leadership in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 hijackings and anthrax attacks. He almost single-handedly held this country together during those searing days: Just three days after the attacks, in his address at the National Cathedral, the President reassured the nation when he said: "War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others. It will end in a way, and at an hour, of our choosing." On Friday, September 14, 2001, President Bush visited Ground Zero. Standing on a crushed and burned fire engine atop the smoldering pile at Ground Zero, he put his arm around a retired firefighter who had volunteered to help, and began speaking to the crowd. Rescue workers shouted that they could not hear him. Someone handed him a small American flag and bullhorn. The President spontaneously shouted: "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." The crowd roared with cheers and chants of "USA! USA! USA!" Then he raised that American flag and rallied a nation. Education & Employment Training 1. Signed the No Child Left Behind Act, delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations). The very liberal California Teachers union is currently running radio ads against the accountability provisions of this Act. 2. Announced "Jobs for the 21st Century," a comprehensive plan to better prepare workers for jobs in the new millennium by strengthening post-secondary education and job training, and by improving high school education. 3. Is working to provide vouchers to low-income students in persistently failing schools to help with costs of attending private schools. (Blocked in the Senate.) 4. Requires annual reading and math tests in grades three through eight. 5. Requires states to participate in the National Assessment of Education Progress, or an equivalent program, to establish a national benchmark for academic performance. 6. Requires school-by-school accountability report cards. 7. Established a $2.4 billion fund to help states implement teacher accountability systems. 8. Increased funding for the Troops-to-Teachers program, which recruits former military personnel to become teachers. Environment & Energy 1. Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty. 2. Submitted a comprehensive Energy Plan (awaits Congressional action). The plan works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc. 3. Established a $10 million grant program to promote private conservation initiatives. 4. Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops. 5. Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary cleanup of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger. 6. Part of national forests cleanup: Restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges), and removed the need for an Environmental Impact Statement before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger. 7. Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California. 8. Provided matching grants for state programs that help private landowners protect rare species. Defense & Foreign Policy 1. Successfully executed two wars in the aftermath of 9/11/01: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50 million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom. 2. Saddam Hussein is now in prison. His two murderous sons are dead. All but a handful of the regime's senior members were killed or captured. 3. Leader by leader and member by member, al Maida is being hunted down in dozens of countries around the world. Of the senior al Qaeda leaders, operational managers, and key facilitators the U.S. Government has been tracking, nearly two-thirds have been taken into custody or killed. The detentions or deaths of senior al Qaeda leaders, including Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, the mastermind of 9/11, and Muhammad Atef, Osama bin Laden's second-in-command until his death in late 2001, have been important in the War on Terror. 4. Disarmed Libya of its chemical, nuclear and biological WMD's without bribes or bloodshed. 5. Continues to execute the War On Terror, getting worldwide cooperation to track funds/terrorists. Has cut off much of the terrorists' funding, and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network. 6. Initiated a comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, and which accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE capabilities were critical in the 21st Century. 7. Killed the old US/Soviet Union ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses. 8. Has been one of the strongest, if not THE strongest friend Israel has ever hand in the U.S. presidency. 9. Part of the coalition for an Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace," along with Great Britain, Russia and the EU. 10. Pushed through THREE raises for our military. Increased military pay by more than $1 billion a year. 11. Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia. 12. Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia, and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ. 13. Prohibited putting U.S. troops under U.N. command. 14. Paid back UN dues only in return for reforms and reduction of U.S. share of the costs. 15. Earmarked at least 20 percent of the Defense procurement budget for next-generation weaponry. 16. Increased defense research and development spending by at least $20 billion from fiscal 2002 to 2006. 17. Ordered a comprehensive review of military weapons and strategy. 18. Ordered a review of overseas deployments. 19. Ordered renovation of military housing. The military has already upgraded about 10 percent of its inventory and expects to modernize 76,000 additional homes this year. 20. Is working to tighten restrictions on military-technology exports. 21. Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed. Globalization & Internationalism 1. Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become another League of Nations (in other words, showed the UN to be completely irrelevant). 2. Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court. 3. Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e., the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty).* 4. The only President since the founding of the UN to essentially tell that organization it is irrelevant. He said: "The conduct of the Iraqi regime is a threat to the authority of the United Nations, and a threat to peace. Iraq has answered a decade of UN demands with a decade of defiance. All the world now faces a test, and the United Nations a difficult and defining moment. Are Security Council resolutions to be honored and enforced, or cast aside without consequence? Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?" We all know the outcome and the answer. 5. Told the Congress and the world, "America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country." Government Reform 1. Improved government efficiency by putting hundreds of thousands of jobs put up for bid. This weakens public-sector unions and cuts undeserved pay raises. 2. Initiated review of all federal agencies with the goal of eliminating federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of the federal government while increasing private sector jobs. 3. Led the most extensive reorganization the Federal bureaucracy in over 50 years: After 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency, the Department of Homeland Security.* 4. Ordered each agency to draft a five-year plan to restructure itself, with fewer managers. 5. Converted federal service contracts to performance-based contracts wherever possible so that the contractor has measurable performance goals. Health 1. Strengthen the National Health Service Corps to put more physicians in the neediest areas, and make its scholarship funds tax-free. 2. Double the research budget of the National Institutes of Health. 3. Signed Medicare Reform, which includes: A 10-year privatization option. Prescription drug benefits: Prior to this reform, Medicare paid for extended hospital stays for ulcer surgery, for example, at a cost of about $28,000 per patient. Yet Medicare would not pay for the drugs that eliminate the cause of most ulcers, drugs that cost about $500 a year. Now, drug coverage under Medicare will allow seniors to replace more expensive surgeries and hospitalizations with less expensive prescription medicine. More health care choices: As President Bush stated, "…when seniors have the ability to make choices, health care plans within Medicare will have to compete for their business by offering higher quality service [at lower cost]. For the seniors of America, more choices and more control will mean better health care. These are the kinds of health care options we give to the members of Congress and federal employees. What's good for members of Congress is also good for seniors. New Health Savings Accounts: Effective January 1, 2004, Americans can set aside up to $4,500 every year, tax free, to save for medical expenses. Depending on your tax bracket, that means you'll save between 10 to 35 percent on any costs covered by money in your account. Every year, the money not spent would stay in the account and gain interest tax-free, just like an IRA. These accounts will be good for small business owners, and employees. More businesses can focus on covering workers for major medical problems, such as hospitalization for an injury or illness. At the same time, employees and their families will use these accounts to cover doctors visits, or lab tests, or other smaller costs. Some employers will contribute to employee health accounts. This will help more American families get the health care they need at the price they can afford. Homeland Security, Border Enforcement & Immigration 1. *See Government Reform above. Under President Bush's leadership, America has made an unprecedented commitment to homeland security. 2. Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first 10 ABM silos in Alaska so that America will have a defense against North Korean nukes. Has ordered national and theater ballistic missile defenses to be deployed by 2004. 3. Announced a 9.7% increase in government-wide homeland security funding in his FY 2005 budget, nearly tripling the FY 2001 levels (excluding the Department of Defense and Project BioShield). 4. Before DHS was created, there were inspectors from three different agencies of the Federal Government and Border Patrol officers protecting our borders. Through DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) now consolidates all border activities into a single agency to create "one face at the border." This not only better secures the borders of the United States, but it also eliminates many of the inefficiencies that occurred under the old system. With over 18,000 CBP inspectors and 11,000 Border Patrol agents, CBP has 29,000 uniformed officers on our borders. 5. The Border Patrol is continuing installation of monitoring devices along the borders to detect illegal activity. 6. Launched Operation Tarmac to investigate businesses and workers in the secure areas of domestic airports and ensure immigration law compliance. Since 9/11, DHS has audited 3,640 businesses, examined 259,037 employee records, arrested 1,030 unauthorized workers, and participated in the criminal indictment of 774 individuals. 7. Since September 11, 2001, the Coast Guard has conducted more than 124,000 port security patrols, 13,000 air patrols, boarded more than 92,000 vessels, interdicted over 14,000 individuals attempting to enter the United States illegally, and created and maintained more than 90 Maritime Security Zones. 8. Announced the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), an internet-based system that is improving America's ability to track and monitor foreign students and exchange visitors. Over 870,000 students are registered in SEVIS. Of 285 completed field investigations, 71 aliens were arrested. 9. This week, the US-VISIT program began to digitally collect biometric identifiers to record the entry and exit of aliens who travel into the U.S on a visa. Together with the standard information, this new program will confirm compliance with visa and immigration policies. 10. Eliminated INS bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability. 11. Split the Immigration and Naturalization Service into two agencies: one to protect the border and interior, the other to deal with naturalization. 12. Signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal aliens. 13. Established a six-month deadline for processing immigration applications. 14. Information regarding nearly 100% of all containerized cargo is carefully screened by DHS before it arrives in the United States. Higher risk shipments are physically inspected for terrorist weapons and contraband prior to being released from the port of entry. Advanced technologies are being deployed to identify warning signs of chemical, biological, or radiological attacks. Since September 11, 2001, hundreds of thousands of first responders across America have been trained to recognize and respond to the effects of a WMD attack. Judiciary & Tort Reform 1. Is urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits. 2. Killed the liberal ABA's unconstitutional role in vetting federal judges. The Senate is supposed to advise and consent, not the ABA. 3. Is nominating strong, conservative judges to the judiciary. 4. Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims. Politics 1. His leadership resulted in Republican gains in the House and Senate, solidifying Republican control of both houses of Congress and the presidency. 2. Signed an EO enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision regarding union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes. Second Amendment 1. Ordered Attorney General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, and is NOT a Leftist-imagined "collective" right. 2. Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit. 3. Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers. 4. *See Globalization & Internationalism. Traditional Values, Compassion & Volunteerism 1. Endorses and promotes "The Responsibility Era." President Bush often speaks of the necessity of personal responsibility and civic volunteerism. He said, "In a compassionate society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody else — to one in which every single American understands that he or she is responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself." 2. Started the USA Freedom Corps, the most comprehensive clearinghouse of volunteer opportunities ever offered. For the first time in history, Americans can enter geographic information about where they want to get involved, such as state or zip code, as well as areas of interest ranging from education to the environment, and they can access volunteer opportunities offered by more than 50,000 organizations across the country and around the world. 3. Established the The White House Office and the Centers for the Faith-Based and Community Initiative — located in seven Federal agencies. The faith-based initiative supports the essential work of these important organizations. The goal is to make sure that grassroots leaders can compete on an equal footing for federal dollars, receive greater private support, and face fewer bureaucratic barriers. Work focuses on at-risk youth, ex-offenders, the homeless and hungry, substance abusers, those with HIV/AIDS, and welfare-to-work families. 4. The White House released a guidebook fully describing the Administration's belief that faith-based groups have a Constitutionally-protected right to maintain their religious identity through hiring — even when Federal funds are involved. 5. Issued an EO implementing the Supreme Court's Olmstead ruling, which requires moving disabled people from institutions to community-based facilities when possible. 6. Increased funding for low-interest loan programs to help people with disabilities purchase devices to assist them. 7. Revised the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 8 rent subsidies to disabled people, permitting them to use up to a year's worth of vouchers to finance down payments on homes. HUD has started pilot programs in 11 states. 8. Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men, women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa. 9. Heeding the words of our own Declaration of Independence, the president laid out the non-negotiable demands of human dignity for all people everywhere. On January 29, 2002, he said, "No nation owns these aspirations, and no nation is exempt from them. We have no intention of imposing our culture. But America will always stand firm for the non-negotiable demands of human dignity." As stated by the President, they are a virtual manifesto of conservative principles: Equal Justice Freedom of Speech Limited Government Power Private Property Rights Religious Tolerance Respect for Women Rule of Law

some questions 30? 1: The Watergate scandal grew out of the efforts of Nixon's confidants to: control all new appointments to the Supreme Court stop the growing influence of Secretary of State Kissinger assure the re-election of Nixon in 1972 control inflation in the US during the early 1970s 2: The invasion of Cambodia by US and South Vietnamese forces in the spring of 1970: resulted in a crushing defeat of the US forces led to large demonstrations in the US was the last major encounter of the war involving US troops led to Chinese intervention on the side of the North Vietnamese 3: Richard Nixon's approach to China was to: isolate the mainland government because of its support for North Vietnam pressure the nationalist government of Taiwan to seek reunification with the mainland open to contact for the first time since 1949 by visiting China and beginning diplomatic relations try to stir the Soviet-Chinese border conflict to reduce their tensions with the US 4: All of the following occurred during the Nixon Presidency EXCEPT: the policy of “Vietnamization” diplomatic overtures to China, including a presidential visit the Watergate break-ins and later Congressional hearings the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese 5: Which of the following is generally regarded as THE major accomplishment of the Nixon administration? new social programs environmental regulations Supreme Court appointments detente with the Soviet Union and China 6: The Pentagon Papers, published in 1971: revealed President Nixon's role in the Watergate scandal exposed the deception that had led the US into the Vietnam War was the first the American public knew of the Nixon Doctrine exposed President Nixon's bombing war of Cambodia 7: The reporters who broke the story of the Watergate break-in were… Kissinger and Agnew Cronkite and Johnson Woodward and Bernstein Koppel and Brokaw 8: President Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy sought to: get the Soviet Union to stop shipping military supplies to North Vietnam build up South Vietnamese forces to replace American troops rely on the United Nations to end the Vietnam War through diplomacy build support for the South Vietnamese government through a land redistribution program 9: What was considered especially devastating about the Watergate scandal? The President was the known leader of a burglary ring Democrats exaggerated the scandal and caused a lack of confidence in the political system It was justified by radicals in the Democratic Party It represented subversive action against the American political process 10: Nixon’s Presidency ended when… he was impeached he resigned from office his term expired he died 11: Name the federal agency established to enforce US laws to protect the nation's land, air, and water from pollution. CIA FBI EPA FDA 12: In relation to his involvement in the Watergate scandal, Nixon… was absolved of any crime he may have committed on September 8, 1974 when President Ford granted Nixon a full and complete pardon was convicted of treason and sentenced to five years in federal prison was impeached from his office as President was forced to testify in Supreme Court against his own staff 13: What term is defined as the relaxation of strained political relations and Cold War tensions between the US and USSR? Defense Detente Glasnost Perestroika 14: These ended the war between North Vietnam and the US in 1973. Geneva Accords SALT Treaties Paris Peace Accords Strategic Defense Initiative 15: Which of the following made the Ford administration different from any other in the history of the United States? the vice president was also the Attorney General President Ford made no appointments to the Supreme Court Neither the president nor the vice president had been elected to office Congress asserted power in the field of foreign policy 16: Which of the following was NOT a major issue during the presidency of Jimmy Carter? Iranian hostage crisis inflation the unilateral withdrawal of US troops from Europe energy 17: Jimmy Carter's success in the election of 1976 resulted in large part because: President Ford refused to choose a running mate who appealed to the Republican right Carter seemed to possess honesty, piety, and an outsider's skepticism of the federal government Carter's considerable service in Washington assured voters of an experienced administrator Ford's personality had generated an atmosphere of bitterness in Washington 18: "Reaganomics" was based upon which of the following theories? Cutting taxes would stimulate investment which would in turn increase employment and tax revenue Government must "prime" the economic pump by large expenditures in order to produce prosperity The government must turn to tight controls on the money supply in order to cut inflation The government must institute wage and price controls in order to control inflation 19: All of the following contributed to President Ronald Reagan's election victory in 1980 EXCEPT: The Iranian hostage crisis The state of the domestic economy President Carter's Vietnam policy The domestic energy crisis 20: The costly and highly criticized Reagan program known as "Star Wars" proposed to: arm the Contras in order to bring down the Sandinista regime create a defensive missile system in space to shield the US from any foreign missile attack place the Marines in the Middle East in order to defend access to Middle East oil move beyond limiting the growth of nuclear weapons to negotiating actual reductions 21: Ronald Reagan's political objectives as president included all of the following EXCEPT: an increase in military spending a balanced budget the expansion of the welfare state the appointment of a conservative judiciary 22: Reagan and Gorbachev met three times in three years, with discussions focusing on: environmental issues the sharing of computer technology arts and cultural exchanges arms reduction 23: The stunning victory of the Republican Party in the 1980 election was due primarily to the fact that: many Democratic votes went to third party candidates the American public wanted to elect a more conservative government Ronald Reagan was a more effective debater than Jimmy Carter after 12 years of Democratic rule, the voters were ready for a change 24: In the Reagan Doctrine, the Reagan administration declared that it would: end restrictive trade policies allow all nations to determine their own political and economic future openly support anti-Communist forces fighting the Soviets or Soviet-backed governments respect the sovereignty of all nations 25: The effect of Reagan’s economic policy was that… Americans saw themselves with more money in their pockets The nation faced a period of extreme poverty and high rates of unemployment There was no noticeable economic difference between Carter’s time in office and Reagan’s time in office Americans tended to hoard their money in fear of another depression 26: The policy of reducing taxes in order to leave business with more money to invest in productive enterprises: Vietnamization Reaganomics Glasnost Perestroika 27: In general, Conservatives… Favor greater government intervention in the economy Favor economic freedom Support greater social welfare programs Support abortion rights and gay marriage 28: President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed this major arms limitation treaty in 1987, dismantling all short-range and intermediate-range nuclear missiles. SALT I INF EPA KGB 29: She was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court. Ruth Ginsburg Geraldine Ferraro Sandra Day O'Connor Nancy Reagan 30: Better known as "Star Wars", this was the attempt by the Reagan administration to create a missile defense system. SDI SALT SKY SDD

Is this why the libs hate BUSH?