Role+and+Size+of+Government

Proper Role of Government?

The above question has been and continues to be at the center of American politics. This questions is uniquely important now, as the US Government faces a Fourteen Trillion dollar deficit, inflation, high unemployment, and an impending oil crisis. You will use the attached website located here to answer some of the following questions. Questions 2-6 can be answered through this link here.


 * 1) What is, and what should be, the role of government in American life?
 * 2) How do Republicans and Democrats want to define the role of government?
 * 3) What ideologies drive the political parties’ views on the role of government?
 * 4) What is meant by the “size of government”?
 * 5) How big is our government? How does its relative size compare with other democratic nations’ governments?
 * 6) How are the role and size of our government connected to the federal budget? How is most government spending directed?
 * 7) What is [|the state of the federal budget today]? What are some of the ways that changes to it can affect the United States economy, and with it, the world economy?
 * 8) What is a government shutdown? Why had this been [|a possibility] in recent days? Why does the threat of a possible shutdown still loom?
 * 9) How have the role and size of government been debated throughout United States history?