Q45. How can the U.S. government be $ 25 trillion in debt? https://theweek.com/articles/747998/national-debt-explainedQ46. Are taxes too high in America? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/06/opinion/income-tax-rate-wealthy.html https://www.thebalance.com/how-us-taxes-compare-with-other-countries-4165500Q47. Why is the health care system to hard to reform? https://www.concordcoalition.org/primer/health-care-primer48. Why don’t we pass more gun control legislation?https://time.com/4100408/a-criminologists-case-against-gun-control/https://www.thoughtco.com/liberal-arguments-for-gun-control-3325528https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/19/taking-on-the-n-r-a49. Why is immigration such a hot-button issue?https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/a-guide-to-some-major-trump-administration-immigration-policies/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/what-you-need-to-know-about-daca-and-the-dreamers/2019/06/28/82264b04-99d3-11e9-9a16-dc551ea5a43b_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/building-the-wall-would-be-so-worth-it/2018/01/09/ff603f42-f562-11e7-a9e3-ab18ce41436a_story.html50. Will the fight against terrorism go on forever?51. What tools does the government have to stop the spread of nuclear weapons?Part 2 – Long Answer – Answer the one long essay below Persuasive essay pick 1 of the following below, don’t explain all. 1500 minimum wordsAmerican government: rational choice, pluralism, elitism, and democratic theory.In this essay, you must identify what you think is the best theory explaining the functioning of American government. In this course we have made reference to four theories of American government: rational choice, pluralism, elitism, and democratic theory. None of these theories offers a perfect explanation of how American government works. In this essay you are to present your theory of American government. You may focus on one of these theories or use some combination of these theories or devise a completely new theory. Your goal in the essay is to offer a theory that best explains the operation of the political system in the United States. In essence. make an argument that your theory is the best explanation of how the system works.After defining your theory you should present evidence illustrating the validity of your theory. In arguing for your theory you should use examples from the course to show the accuracy of your theory. In answering this question, you may want to discuss the founding, public opinion, interest groups, parties, Congress, the presidency, campaigns and elections, individual rights, the policy-making process, and so forth. Feel free to be bold, radical, and creative in proposing or defending your theory. Essays that make wide use of course of material, the textbook, class slides, and all additional readings will be more heavily rewarded.

You will write an 8-page, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins, policy brief on a current environmental issue.Please provide a cover page, which is not page 1 of the 8-page brief, and include page numbers.You should have a minimum of 10 original sources cited in the text, as well as in the bibliography. Wikipedia is not a source.Citations: in text, you choose the style. Using the Layzer text as a style guide, if you choose to do so, provide history/background to the issue.Discuss the various stakeholders that have been working on the issue, being sure to include all of the angles and viewpoints of those stakeholders.Note key already-established policies that are being used to address the problem, if applicable, as well as being sure to highlight any new policy suggestions being made by any/all of the stakeholders. After setting up the issue that you are investigating, and after providing thorough analysis of the politics, policies, and practicable approaches being used and/or suggested to address the issue, please provide your assessment of what the “best” policy approach would be to rectify the environmental challenge.It is your discretion to determine what “best” means.Essentially, you should explain why your approach is superior to other approaches that are being considered/used.This is not solely an opinion piece.Use evidence (e.g. science, economics) to support your decision.Also, keep in mind that policy is an ongoing process, meaning that you may suggest immediate actions to take and you may also suggest what might need to be further investigated/considered.You can have an action plan, so to speak, set to a timeline, if you’d like to do so.Do NOT forget to include some possible ways to evaluate the progress of your policy approach. An example of a paper outline might look like: I.Environmental Issue DefineHistory/Background II. Stakeholder Groups EnvironmentalistsCornucopiansOther III.Policy Approaches and Analysis Current Suggested/AlternativesYour “Best” Approach IV.Conclusion Possible Issues to Research:you can choose a local, regional, national, or international issue.Choose something that is of interest to you, and not necessarily something that is easy to find lots of information on when writing a paper.Sometimes distilling a huge quantity of information can prove to be very challenging when writing a focused research paper.Examples:fracking, wind energy, nuclear waste, watershed management, coal-fired electricity, mining, desertification, agricultural impacts on water quality, climate change, recreation on public lands, urban growth, palm oil, cash crops, maquiladores, international peace parks, public transportation.

Please choose one of the following questions and react to it briefly in the discussion boards.When you submit answer, please begin by pasting the question you are responding to in the text field. Then write your answer below.Discussion question options:In recent years people have proposed term limits for Congressional representatives— limiting Senators to two 6 year terms and members of the House of Representatives to 4 2 year terms. Do you think this is a good idea? Why or why not?The 17th Amendment was ratified in 1913, making the Senate directly elected by the people of each state. Consider how this changed the incentives of Senators — do you think this change had positive or negative implications for the Senate? Why?The filibuster makes it (usually) necessary to obtain a 60-vote supermajority to get legislation passed in the Senate. Should the filibuster be done away with? If so, why? If you argue we should keep it, why?