assignment #8 H. VanDyke

This article entitled its not about socialism, its about rescuing capitalism was written by a man named Harold Meyerson who writes for the washigton post. The article was written for a general audience and for people who might not know about the difference between capitalism and socialism. Capitalism is an economic system in which wealth is attained by the means of privately owned businesses rather than comonly or publically state owned businesses. This article was also written as the title of the aarticle says to ensure people that it is about rescuing the smaller businesses and not so much about the bigger businesses.
In the article the author points out that various politicians and news organizations have declared that "we are all socialist now" this was declared by newsweek added mike huckabee we are creating socialst republics. he also points out that " it is striking that their is an absence of advocates of socialism" and also makes a reference to the capitalist crisis of the 1930's when socialist and comunist spoke of nationalizing all major industries and getting rid of all the private markets and the wage system. the author also says that obama is creating a more socially competitive capitalism. it is clear in reading this article that the author wants the reader to understand that obama is trying to do what he feels is right for the country and tells the audience that obama is making our capitalism more like europes overall i thought this was a very informative article about capitalism verses socialism.

Assignment #8 A. Williams

In the article It’s Not about Socialism, It’s About Rescuing Capitalism written by Harold Meyerson, in the Washington Post, the idea is proposed that President Obama is turning to Socialism for the fix of our economy. Mr. Meyerson believes that President Obama wants to solve this crisis by signing stimulus plans for America. Does America really think that he is going to be “the man” and fix this? The shape of our economy did not happen overnight, it was a gradual process. I cannot say that I disagree or agree with Mr. Meyerson.

Assignment#6 A. Williams

In the article entitled Revenge of the Glut that was posted in the New York Times on March 2nd 2009 Paul Krugman describes to us how bad our economy has gotten. The article is directed towards the Americans who are curious to know where all of these economy troubles were perceived. The amazing facts about the troubles are that the American bankers created bubbles, and basically buried the problems. The bubbles have now been exposed and the nations that were once in good economic standing such as America, Iceland, Estonia, Ireland, are now experiencing a bad economic crisis. The reason for this is because they created the bubbles and eventually they burst into our situations. Our secrets were revealed and we are left with little to no money with the same needs and wants remaining. No solution has been concluded. In my opinion I think our country should turn to God. He is the only one who can pull us out of this crisis. Because our money says “In God We Trust,” why don’t we do what it says we do?

Assignment #8 by z.wright

The article: "It's not about socialism, it's about rescuing capitalism" by Harold Meyerson of The Washington Post is basically talking about President Obama being a socialist, and also saying that we are also socialist by creating the problem, but the reason why the arthor wrote this about socialist is because it seems that more people are worried more about bailouts and stimlus packages, than the economy being in shambles, this is directed towards the citzens because we are the ones to blame this uprising of socialism instead of blaming the president for the stimlus bill that was recently passed.

The basic argument the arthor wants to make is rising of socialism, and why should we bailout capitalism, and social capitalism is another thing blaming the failures of Wall Street and the worldwide crisis of commercial banks; the collapse of Japan, German and American exports; the decline of the U.S. auto industry; the failure of the Stock Market, and the low percentage of jobs at a all-time high I guess that social capitalism is blowing up big time and it is taking the whole world for a ride.

Assignment #8 pgriffin

This article was written by Harold Meyerson who wrote this article for the Washington Post, in which this article appeared. The article was written in response to critics of President Obama who feel as if President Obama has turned to socialism as a way out of the financial crisis America finds itself in. I have no idea who this article was directed to because I could not grasp its full meaning. I would guess and say it was written to the American public and those in political office as well.

Mr Meyerson basic argument is that President Obama is not trying to set up a socialist government but is trying to reform the capitalist system we now have. Mr Meyerson seems to believe that because of the lack of oversight on the capitalist system many have brought it to its demise, or neat demise. Mr Meyerson point is don't blame the direction of the stimulus package on socialist agenda but rather blame it on the out of control capitalist society. Capitalism caused its own overhaul and if President Obama realizes his agenda, what should emerge according to Mr. Meyerson who calls himself a democratic socialist is a more social, sustainable, competitive capitalism. I put my trust in God's system not capitalism or socialism. God's system is the only one that will last and have unmeasurable benefits!

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john thomas assign #8

This article appeared in the Washington Post and was written Harold Meyerson. This article was written to draw everyone away from the window seal about jumping because they angry conservatives keep trying to play the Obama is a socialist card. It was also written to show people, especially conservatives that we are in the mess we are in because of unrestricted capitalism.

The writer pinpoints some harsh quotes by stauch conservative leaders that try to tie Obama to socialism with every news bite that circulates. Everything Obama's administration does that they are not in agreement with is "socialist". From heathcare to regulation of the financial sector, its all socialist to them. Rich, uptight conservatives have gotten so fat and rich with capitalistic greed that the only sector of the population they are concerned with is their own. They had their chance with unrestricted capitalism and they blew it and sent this country spiraling downwards, and all they seemed to be concerned with is keeping things they way they are so that they can keep at it some more when the storm clears.

The writer's point and argument is basically that Obama is not trying to envoke a socialist nation, like anyone in this country would stand for that anyway? He is trying to get people back to work and get this country moving again as well as trying to safeguard us from having such a massive failure like this one again.

ASSIGNMENT#8(KMcClure-Vicars)

Harold Meyerson a journalist for the Washington Post wrote an article, "It’s not about socialism, it’s about rescuing capitalism" Meyerson is speaking to the public and the hot head conservatives who keep attacking everyone else but themselves. Meyerson explains our system of Capitalism has failed and he suggests Socialism is a good idea to regenerate our problems. Americas problems consists of crisis of commercial banks, plunge of stock markets, global joblessness and much more. Indeed change is needed and Meyerson suggests Obama’s idea of Socialism might be the ticket to save Capitalism.

Meyerson also states don’t be so quick to judge Obama and his ideas for it is capitalism that has gotten America into this mess, 30 years of being unregulated. Even though socialism has not gotten the best reputation perhaps Obama is making a turn for the good and combining Capitalism with Socialism ideas, so says Meyerson. Myers states, "investing more tax dollars in education and research and development is a way to use public funds to create a more competitive private sector.

If you ask me I think Myerson’s point of view could work and get our lost nation back into gear. Even though Im not an Obama fan for some of his ideasbut i respect him. therefore, Meyerson makes a point by saying Obama is tying this form of government with Capitalism because Capitalism has failed and he wants to try something different. By all means if it will work try it. So I say welcome Socialism I hope your help.

Assignment #6 C.Vigeant

The article “Revenge of the Glut” was written by Paul Krugman, a New York Times columnist and professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University. Krugman received his BA from Yale and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has written or edited many books and more than 200 professional papers. In 2008 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. The article appeared in the New York Times on March 2nd 2009. The NY Times is a liberal leaning, nationally distributed, daily newspaper. “Revenge of the Glut” appeared on the Op-Ed Page.

The article was written for American citizens who are interested in the origins of the economic crisis, as well as for scholars and politicians. The author wants to inform the readers about his opinion on how the crisis started and why it is so widespread. His main point is that after the Asian financial crisis Asian countries started buying foreign assets which caused huge capital inflows to the US, as well as to some smaller European economies. Most money flowed to the US however, due to deregulation allowing American bankers to hide risks and fool investors. This led to an illusion of wealth in America and in countries such as Iceland, Ireland and Estonia. When the bubble burst, as all bubbles will eventually, assets were lost, but the debt remained. The housing bubble burst took place mainly on the coast; yet demand for manufactured goods plummeted, spreading the crisis all across the country and the world. At the moment, people are unwilling to invest and reluctant to buy. A solution to the problem has still not been found.

Assignment 6, M.Stevenson

The name of the article is Revenge of the Glut written by Paul Krugman of the New York Times paper. This article is written for the audience of americans who are worried about the economic problem we are having. This article also explains why this problem is happening. Krugman is a professor at Princeton University where he won the noble prize. He basically said you cant blam it on mortagage and loans even if very cheap money is being spent. The author brings a speech to the audiences attention about how the problems started from asia and alot of the glut basically came to the US. This article did inform us on how it started or where it orginated from.

Assignment#6 M.Gardner

"Revenge of the Glut," is an article written by Paul Krugman. The article appeared in the New York Times on March 2, 2009. The article was directed toward the American people, and for those who keep track of all financial crisis. Krugman wrote the article to express his thoughts on the debt crisis in the U.S.

Krugman argues that the answer to the debt crisis is in a speech that was given four years ago by, Ben Bernanke. Bernanke believed the causes of the debt crisis, were not in America but Asia. Bernanke explained the emerging of economies in Asia had been huge importers of capital, and after the Asian Crisis, the country exported capital to the world including the U.S.

Krugman explains the exporting of capital to the U.S. as,"our giant trade deficit." With this in mind, he explains that the inrush of capital created the illusion of wealth, and by time the wealth would burst like a bubble. And of course it did. Krugman believes that this is how we got into the mss, and now are looking for a way out.

Assignment #6 AHarrison

The article entitled Revenge of the Glut was written by a Paul Krugman. Mr. Krugman recieved his Ph. D. from MTT, in 1997, and is currently a proffessor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University. And, ever since 1999, he has also worked as a columnest for The New York Times (whose articles appear on the Op-Ed Page). His articles, of caurse, focus on his forte of economic knowlege. Hence, his estensive education and research in the field of economics make him a great asset to any article, as he can offer some valuable insight.

This particular article (Revenge of the Glut) was published in The New York Times, on March 1, 2009. The item was writtern as an attempt to answer the question of where our current economic situation came from. To do this, the author draws a line from the various economic situations of the past, to today. This article is directed torward a curious, open-minded, and politicaly-inclined sector of the American population, who, among themselves, pose some of the same questions as the author.

The basic aurguement Krugman wants to make is that America's entire current-day economic crises can be traced back to a time when everything seemed fairly fine. At one point in the article, Krugman states, "This may explain the almost eerie correlation between conservative praise two or three years ago and economic disaster today." In other words, what some people praised then, they now regret. Also interesting is this, "“Reforms have made Iceland a Nordic tiger,” declared a paper from the Cato Institute. “How Ireland Became the Celtic Tiger” was the title of one Heritage Foundation article; The Estonian Economic Miracle” was the title of another. All three nations are in deep crisis now." This article teaches us that nothing is stable, while also pointing-out some of the U.S. sad mistakes in perspective.

Assignment #6 DSinatra

Paul Krugman wrote this article that appeared in The New York Times. The article was written to help Americans make sense of how our current economic crisis all started.

We, apparently, shouldn't be at all surprised with the economic disaster we now find ourselves in. Ben Bernanke forshadowed what was to be in a speech he gave four years ago. Many countries, including the United States, were living for the here and now--living high on the hog so to speak. Since many didn't see the need to heed warnings of impending economic meltdown, they chose to ignore the fact that there would be consequences down the road. So now we see that most of us are wanting to save and not spend. This has caused the entire global economy to come to a screeching hault.

assignment#6 H. VanDyke

In this article entitled Revenge of the glut by a man named paul Krugman who is a writter for the New York Times. The article talks about the global debt crisis and how it happened. This article was written to inform people about the global debt crisis and how it happened. The author points out a speech that Ben Bernanke who is the Federal reserve chairman a few years ago forshadowing what was to happen. The speech was entitled The Global Saving Glut and the US Current Account Deficit. In the speech Mr. Bernanke points out that the problem lied in Asia and that they had been importers of capital borrowing abroad to finance their development. and that most of the "glut" had gone to the United States. Asia had a financial crisis from 1997-98 which caused asia to export capital to the rest of the world. Most of the money went to the United States. The author points out that mr. bernanke said that the reason why this ended up in the United States was that the depth and the sophistication of the countries financial markets.
i think that like the author points out in the column that this can also be blamed on loosly regulated financial systems that is not asia's fault that is our own fault.
This was an interesting article about going back to how all of this got started and it was interesting to read about asia's involvment in the US economy. I think that it is a very informative article.

Assignment #6 T.Whiteaker

The article is titled, “Revenge of the Glut” was written by Paul Krugman of The New York Times. Krugman is a professor at Princeton University and has received a Nobel Prize.This article is written to all Americans interested and concerned about our current economic crisis. This article was written to explain exactly why this crisis has taken place.

One of the main points that Krugman expresses is how exactly did we get into this situation? He explains that it cant all be blamed on the loans and mortgages but mostly the "cheap" money spent by Asia into countries and also America. However, this created an illusion of wealth in America and eventually it caught up to us. Now when we are in a crisis everyone wants to save and spend no money at all which digs us even deeper into the hole. Overall, it was a very good article that states a lot of our current problems and a lot could be learned from Mr. Krugman.

Assignment#6 (KmcClure-Vicars)

“Revenge of the Glut” was an article written by Paul Krugman for the New York Times. He gets down and dirty with the understanding of what really happened to our economy and how it wasn’t just the subprime lending in which played a factor in our fallen economy. Instead he explained in a speech given by Ben Bernake, a federal Reserve chairman four years ago who stated the problem lied in Asia. Bernake stated foreign assets were taken and capital was then sent to the rest of the world fairly cheap. And therefore the money went to America. So therefore the gloval saving glut as explained in the article was here in America and it was because of the clever financial markets keeping secrets of risks that could hurt our nation and also these people are con artists to other investors so they can keep themselves safe but leave America high and dry.

Therefore because the financial system was not regulated more capital inflow took place. Krugman is writing to everyone of what went wrong in America. I feel we are in world of money- fools. I also believe the stimulus package will not work, just the other day on Fox news it was stated wall street plunged again, this being after the package was signed. This change was not a good one. This is all a mess and there are too many stupid people trying to solve this. For example, everyone wants to believe our tax money is going to projects such as infrastructure to help their state to look better. Well not exactly instead millions of our tax money is going to Alabama grant project where research is being done of catfish's DNA. Evidently this production is worth $245 million annually.

All in All Krugman states our problem does not lie on one area instead multiple areas are involved and a miracle needs to come quickly and i input, before more of our tax money goes to something so inappropriate to our economy.

Assignment # 6 D DeWitt

Paul Krugman a writer of the The New York Times writes an article "Revenge of the Glut." He argues in his article that the sub prime crisis, housing loans are not the only problem or cause of Americas deficit, and the constant down spiral we are facing today. This article appears to reach out to all Americans and possibly those around the world. He informs us of a message that Mr. Bernanke stated that possibly was the warning that all ignored, "The causes, lay not in America but Asia."

Although all the warnings and red lights were going off the American CEO Investment Bankers, Wall street did not get it right. Paul Krugman illustrates that the Asians took foreign assets and exported capital to the rest of the world, which the value of their money was cheap. He tells us also that the majority of the cheap money came to America. I am truly glad that the government is trying to regulate how our markets are running with little input. Investors for years have been hiding risk and fooling their own investors allowing the American free opportunity and Dreams die because of greed it really does not make any sense.

For instance, the owner of Sanford Bank who was apprehended because of fraudulent hidden risk stocks took from his investors and somehow all the media and republican brings forth in discussion is the Fannie and Freddie is the cause, but somehow I beg the differ the rich and the greedy cause this crisis upon the American Dream. The question is for me is how the government will handle those who took and hid. I have a problem with standards of our law; For instance, a man Micheal Vick dog killer, fighter ;whatever, goes to prison for 23 years and yet those who have done America a great disservice of being greedy and careless, which cause our present decline. They walk around and fly in jets as if they do no wrong or did no wrong: shame on them. Moreover, the article is informing audience of the main cause and warning that it could happen again because being greedy is always apart of prosperity, "ME MYSELF and I."

Assignment #6- K. Stiling

In the New York Times, Paul Krugman writes, "Revenge of the Glut", an article about the global debt crisis and how it began. Krugman says that the answers to how the crisis started and why it is so widespread can be found in Ben Bernanke's speech entitled "The Global Saving Glut and the U.S. Current Account Deficit". According to Bernanke, the causes of this crisis are found in Asia, not in America; when Asia had their financial crisis in 97-98, they basically exported money to the rest of the world in order to protect themselves.

The money from Asia went into other countries besides America as well. Three countries in "deep crisis now" are Iceland, Ireland, and Estonia (a small country in Northern Europe). At the end of the article, Krugman states a way to look at the situation, ".. around the world, desired saving exceeds the amount businesses are willing to invest. And the result is a global slump that leaves everyone worse off." and likes to call this situation "the revenge of the glut."

Assignment #6 K.Sanders

This article was written by Paul Krugman, and printed in The New York Times. I think this article was written to enlighten its readers to the fact that the economic crisis we are in now was not solely the because of the subprime lending. I think it was directed to mainly the general American public, but it is also good information for anyone.

Krugman says that the answer to how we got into this crisis can be found in a speech made by Ben Bernanke. In the speech Bernanke says that after the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, the Asian countries wanted to save up foreign assets so they basically started exporting money to the rest of the world. This put a lot of cheap money into many countries, but mainly into America. As Krugman states, it caused an illusion of wealth, but when the bubble burst, the assets were gone leaving an all too real debt to other countries. Now everyone wants to save as much as they can and this Krugman says results in a global economic slump that. Desire to save exceeds the willingness to invest and it is causing more of a slump.

Assignment #6 A Lucketta

The article "It's not about socialism, it's about rescuing capitalism," by Harold Meyerson, is a great article about how this economy has got into worst debt. This article is to inform American society about the continuous years we are adding up debt.

Americans are now saving every penny they can get to survive. Jobs everyday laying off people, rising cost of groceries increase, etc. The dollar has lost value it is not worth much to America anymore. People go out when there is a say kids eat free night, coupons, getting gift cards for spending so much etc. America is not doing so hot, we are digging deep into a cold island with numerous getting lay-off. Debt gets racked up with young adults getting a great paying job, buying a house, and nice car then reality hits them in the face. Some racking up the credit cards one after one, getting into huge debt.

America needs to wake up, take time and look around, America is not getting any better this is just the beginning trying to get out of debt. This debt will take many years it will be passed on to great great grandchildren. We can only hope and pray that this debt will not hurt America anymore, that it will help out the need.

Assignment #6 A. Van Lieu

The article entitled, “Revenge of the Glut” was written by Paul Krugman of The New York Times. This article is directed towards the general audience and for people who are interested in knowing how the United States got itself into such an economical disaster. This article was written to inform people that our economic standing is getting considerably worse than it was in the past. Americans used to worry about the subprime crisis but nowadays as Krugman stated, “that was only a small fraction of the problem.” Today knew kinds of debt are emerging and we have gotten ourselves in such a mess that will be extremely hard to get out of.

The main argument that Krugman is trying to address is how exactly America got itself into this mess. He goes on to explain that the “rapid rise of the U.S. trade deficit in the early 21st century did not lay in the hands of America but in Asia.” As stated by Krugman, “For a while, the inrush of capital created the illusion of wealth in these countries, just as it did for American homeowners: asset prices were rising, currencies were strong, and everything looked fine. But bubbles always burst sooner or later.” As of now our bubble has definitely burst. Not only is America in a slump but other countries are as well; which makes this economic crisis, global. We are still trying to find a way out of this mess but in reality it is going to be a very long and strenuous process.

Assignment #6 pgriffin

This article was written by Paul Krugman, a columnist for the New York Times, in which this article appeared. Mr Krugman is a professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University and in October of 2008 it was announced that Mr. Krugman would receive the Nobel Prize in Economics. This article was written in response to the economic depression America finds itself in. The article was intended for the general public as well as those in the financial markets and institutions.

Mr.Krugman basic argument was that greed will come back to haunt you. The banks and financing companies who sold the American public and investors smoke and mirrors are now reaping what they have sown. The bailout money received by these companies and banks are outrageous. What happened to all the money the banks and other companies received as a result of lying to investors and the American public. Taxpayers are now paying these criminals for the mess these bankers and financial institutions made. In the words of Don King, "Only in a America". It does not add up! It is the poor man who gets stuck with the bill, while the rich man is eating, drinking and being merry. The American system of checks and balances is a long way from being balanced and if America does not stop those who are greedy and selfish from selling the country right out from under Americans, then America will not have to worry about terrorist, because they will not need to destroy what they now own.

Assignment #6 J. Linton

The "Revenge of the Glut" was written by Paul Krugman. It was published in the New York Times. The audience that it is trying to reach is those who do not understand the economic breakdown. The article was written to tell how the US got into such debt. The author also tells how he believes that the recession started. The basic argument is that the government could see some of the debt coming but no one really realized how bad it would be. There has been several other times when a recession a gone but never as severe as the one that the US is in now. There really is no good way of getting out the global economy without hurting other countries. It is a bad situation that will not have a good outcome.

assignment # 6 by z.wright

The article called "Revenge of the Glut" by Paul Krugman from New York Times is basically towards the citzens of this country because we are going through so much these past couple years with the war in Iraq, the bail out of Wall Street, and major corparate companies, energy crisis, the decline of healthcare, and most important the jobs that we are losing. It will take us a long time to get over these crisis we are facing, the basic argrument the arthor is talking about the good old days when we used to talk about the "subprime crisis",and subprime lending, and on how it is becoming a small fraction of a problem, in the U.S.

The reason why this was written is because the economic problems we face today, people back then where facing the same problems we are now and these trades from earlier in this century are now limited and we are wondering how did we get in this global debt crisis? because trying to help other countries out when they can help themselves, spending billions and billions of dollars on trying to blow each other up when we can spend money on new roads, new schools, and on new jobs, and trying to get other peoples oil and fighting them for it, thats my opinion on how we got into this situation, and the reason why its widespread is because we are selfish with money and spend it on foolish things.

Christy Rasmussen;;Assignment #5

In the article "Will: The continuing fall of federalism" the author George F. Will of the Washington Post brings about a good point. He points out that Senator Feingold could have just apologized for vandalizing the Constitution of the United States. This is written to the general public and to all the senators and members of the states that make major decisions in passing laws.

He is in outrage because they want to change the 17th amendment because some states have had problems with electing good senators. For example, the senator of Illinois that tried to sell President Obama's senate seat. This article was actually written in response to the ordeal in Illinois and the McCain-Feingold evisceration. This will only get approval from those outraged in the recent ordeal in Illinois. Feingold is seen as a progressive but one without apologies... Will says he is trying to get farther away from federalism and the nature and function that the Framers put in place for us.

john thomas assign #6

this article was written in the NY Times by Paul Krugman. the audience of this article was to everyone whom does not quite understand where are current economic troubles are coming from, i.e. the orientation of the recession. It was written to basically trace back the steps of the recession and state why it is happening.

The argument the writer is making is that the recession is a result of Asian and European economies exploding along with the U.S. housing boom and burst near the coastal states.

I believe that the writer is spot on for the most part. There are tons of things we can attribute the current recession to. I believe that the combination of dulling out credit to those that aren't credit worthy for homes they never could afford in this country and the explosion of modern competing markets in Asia and India are the main issues of all this, along with just general history. History when it comes to recessions especially, generally recessions seem to come around about every 10 or so years. The last recession was back in 2000-2001 era and now we are near the bend of another decade so historically, its a bit early but its close enough. This recession seems to be alot worse than any we have had in almost 80 years so I guess we can only be hopeful and pray that for one time in our existence we learn from our mistakes once this is over.

Assignemnt # 5, M.Stevenson

The article the will:the continuing fall of federalism was posted on feb.22,2009 in the washington post by george f. will. This article was about the 17th amendment. it talks about the change from the first amendment to the 17th amendment. George feels like the amendment needs to looked at better because he talks about how the amendents thinks that nobody should be a senate from a state unless the person have been elected by the people. i think that it is right because in order for you to run for senate u have to want to run and let the people elect u. maybe i am looking at this wrong but i dont believe i am. Will wants change but he is undecided how much change america needs because times are hard. understanding what the purpose for these changes..

Assignment #5 C. Vigeant

The article “The continuing fall of federalism” appeared on the 22nd of February in the opinion section of The State’s website. The State is South Carolina’s largest daily newspaper. The article also appeared in the Washington Post, a conservative leaning newspaper. The author is George Will, a conservative twice weekly columnist for the Washington Post and contributing editor for Newsweek. He is also a contributing analyst for ABC News. His columns cover foreign and domestic politics and policies. Will is the author of several books. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Princeton University and received the Pulitzer Prize for his commentary in 1977.

The article is directed at politically minded Americans who are interested in preserving the Constitution. The author seems to target a conservative leaning audience. The purpose of the article is to alert the readers about Senator Feingold’s attempt of “vandalizing” the Constitution by amending the 17th amendment. Will’s main point is that Senators Feingold and McCain, in response to the Blagojevich-Burris debacle in Illinois, want to amend the 17th Amendment. Feingold, a Democrat, and McCain, a Republican, want to change the Amendment so that future replacement senators will have to be elected, rather than be appointed by the governor of the state. Will argues that the Amendment should not be amended, but rather be repealed. Before 1913 senators were chosen by the state legislature. During the Progressive Era the 17th Amendment was added to the Constitution, which dictated that senators be elected by the citizens of a state. Only in the case of a replacement during a term is a senator to be chosen by the state legislature. Will believes that this is wrong and that senators should always be chosen by the state legislature just as the framers of the Constitution intended.

Assignment # 5 B. Rohner

On Sunday, February 22, 2009 George F. Will wrote an article for the Washington Post entitled "Will: The Continuing Fall of Federalism". It was also printed in The State a Columbia, South Carolina newspaper. This article was written to get the author opinion across about the proposed amendment to the 17Th amendment.

In light of recent events some senator want to amened or repeal the 17Th amendment. They want a special election or senate to decide who will replace senators who leave or die during their term. Right now the governor of that particular state can appoint whom ever they chose in most states.

I believe that in most cases governors are trust worthy enough, at least I hope, to appoint the best person.

Assignment # 5 D DeWitt

The Continuing fall of federalism by George F. Will of the Washington Post directs his attention to an audience who is concern with the fall of federalism and perhaps those that are anti-federalist. This article brings forth the changes of the first Amendment and the 17th Amendment. He illustrates how the framers established election of senators by state legislators, and Feingold- McCain to amend the 17th Amendment. However, George Will suggest that the amendment be repeal. In short, 17 th Amendment suggest that the executive authority shall issue writs of election to fill vacancies, and the Amended Amendment suggest no person shall be a senator from a state unless such person has been elected by the people.

Although the Framers gave three political components, separation of powers to have check and balance Mr. Feingold and with McCain support decides to tamper with the structure of the Constitution. Like as of this present time many Amendments are being tamper with to suggest the Framers mind set can only deal with their era and not our generation. However, Will in some quotes agree with change, but his concern is how much change does America need from its original design and purpose. I agree that to much progressiveness will cause the intent of the Framer to be demolition and we can not allow that to happen. I believe these laws are in place and if we can always change them to better suit us we will always apologize as will Feingold; George Will suggest.

Assignment #5 J. Linton

• The article was written by George F. Will for The State. The article was written to express the way that the amendment was ratified during the senate. An apology would of been better than the way they tried to hide the fact that they messed up on the finance. The senate did not want to admit that they had to come up with a plan to protect themselves from financial bust. The article was written to the audience that wanted to listen to the mess up of the senate. The authors basic argument was to explain the mess up that the senate made on ratifing the amendment.

Assignment #5 T. Whiteaker

This article was written by George F. Will of the Washington Post. This article titled,"Will: The continuing fall of federealism" was posted on thestate.com on February 22. Mr Will is writing this opinion article to all Americans voicing his disgust with a lot of US Senators. Specifically, I think hes writing towards a more liberal audience like himself with his constant bashing of conservative republicans.

However, I do agree with his statement that says the Constitution should not be touched. In order for the Constitution to be changed it should go through the natural process of being ratified like our fore-fathers intended it to be. He writes that he wants Senators to be elected all at one time because doing it state by state is a long and difficult process. He feels that the more the Constitution is changed the more federalism will continue to fall. I believe he has a very good point and that changing the Constitution should only happen after the proper steps have been taken.

Assigment #5 H. VanDyke

This article was written by a man named George F. Will. Will is a writter for the Washington Post. This article appeared on a website called The State.com which is a South Carolina based website. This article was written to inform people in general about the proposed rattification of the seventeenth amendment of the constitution proposed by Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold and suppoted by Republican presidential nominee John McCain. The seventeenth amendment states that when a senate vacancy occurs the exective authority of the affected state shall isue writs of the election to fill such vacancies: provided that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments untill the people fill the vacancies by election. Senator Feingold states that the state "needs to be as resposive to the people as possible."
Senator Feingold wants to make some small changes to the amendment senator Feigold proposes that the amenment be changed in this regard, he states that "No person shall be a Senator from a state unless such person has been elected by the people thereof, when vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the senate, the executive authority of each state shall issue writs of elections to fill such vacancies."
I dont see that much difference between Mr. Feingolds proposal and the original amendment. while i think that its a good proposal i dont think that the original needs to be changed because they are both very similiar. I think that the constitution is fine the way it is. The author of this article also shares this opinion that the constitution should be left alone. The author points out that the amendment would also call for if something happened to president obama that the people would have the authority to choose the next president. i think the president has the right to choose who will be the next president of the united states if something were to happen to him.

Assignment #5 DSinatra

This article was written by George F. Will, a writer for the Washington Post, and was posted on thestate.com last Sunday, February 22. The author is voicing his concern to all of us, as American citizens, regarding the importance of both federalism and the integrity of our national constitution. Apparently, there are senators (namely, McCain and Feingold) that believe we ought to change the 17th amendment and therefore enforce the practices filling senate seats of 4 states onto the other 46.

I find this infuriating. While I am at a point where I disagree almost completely with how our own state is currently being ran, I do believe in federalism. I agree with this author that there was a specific reason the House, the Senate, and the President were all given different electors. We must retain these procedures in order to maintain our governmental system of checks and balances.

Assignment #5 AHarrison

On Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, an article by a Mr. George F. Will (of the Washington Post) was posted on TheState.com website. And, the item is entitled Will: The continuing fall of federalism The item was written with the purpose of being an outlet for the author to share his opinions about the constitution, etc. Hence, it seems as through this article is primarily an opinion-piece, with its ultimate goal being to produce public arousal. In other words, by sharing his opinion, the authur of the article hopes to cause more people to see things the way he does. And, being that he is so obviously fixed in his views---and even a bit anti-liberal---it goes without saying that the article would of course, be directed toward a more like-minded audience; which in his case, would probably be people who are more along the lines of conservatism.

With the subject of the article being Wisconsin senator, Russ Feingold, and his desire to change the 17th Amendment, it is clear that the author's aim is to argue against it. In the article, it states at many times that Russ Feingold is of the progressive ideology. Thus, he believes that the constitution is never off-limits to change. Basically, the article is an argument against changes to the Constitution (and more specifically, changes to the 17th Amendment). Again, on the one hand, there is Russ Feingold---who of course is for it, and then there is the author, Goerge F. Will---who is against it. Therefore, it stands to reason that being for change is a more liberal view, whereas being against change is a more conservative view. Also, as part of the author's argument, he believes that the sort of change which Feingold (and his backer, McCain) advocate is essentially a threat to Federalism (including the checks and balances wherein the Framers had implemented). Thus, in its most basic sense, this article is an argument about allowing more direct democracy (which means giving the people more voting power), vs. sticking with the way things are.

Assignment #5 Williams A

The article entitled “Will: The Continuing Fall of Federalism” was posted on www.thestate.com on 2009 February 28. In this article, Senator Russ Feingold and John McCain are in agreement to change the 17th amendment of our Constitution. They want to change our government to run similar to Washington’s by letting the people elect candidates for open spots in the senate of their state. They both agree that only the people of that state should be allowed to put them there. In our present day, executives elect these people for us. George F. Will of the Washington Post was the one who wrote this article and he opposes their ideas completely. He states that we are enabling the father’s of our Constitution the rights to keep the original document. This is all being done by the progressives that are pushing to have this passed.
In my opinion, I do not think that the Constitution should be touched. I think that if it is touch that it should take a while and that there should be a lengthy process to have it changed and ratified. I also do not support this idea. The executives of each state are voted by us to be our representatives and we should trust their judgments. Free and Fair elections are displayed because we vote in our executives and this should be enough to say that we support them.

ASSIGNMENT#5(KMcClure-Vicars)

George F. Will a journalist for the Washington Post, wrote a very mindful article about the 17 Amendment. He writes in his article, "Will: The Continuing Fall of Federalism" about Senator Feingold wants a change in the constitution which I agree with. Also McCain is a sponsor of the change. They both state any seat vacant in the senate should be decided by the people instead of chosen by the executive of the state. Why shouldn’t the people vote for who is going to make critical decisions for their state? The only conflict for this change is Pluralism. But why wouldn’t anyone want a time consuming election to go on? Why would anyone want a quick election? I would think any political seating would want to have a time consuming process to make sure everything goes smoothly and to rule out any error.

F. Will is against this action of course he feels that the original founders are being pushed aside each and every day by these progressives. Of course there will be people who deviate away from the true structure and function of what the constitution means. I feel no threat in this action though. Now, I do disagree on the first Amendment in which Feingold and others that agree with him regulated. I feel that the effect that was changed gives more power to government and allows them to have more power in censoring freedom of speech. This article is directed to people who aren’t contemporary and who do not like change and change for the good I feel a free and fair election is most definitely stated by the framers of the constitution. So why shouldn’t there be fair election in decided who is senate?

Assignment #5- K. Stiling

"The Continuing Fall of Federalism" can be found on thestate.com.  The author, George Will, writes this article to talk about Sen. Russ Feingold and the 17th Amendment.  Feingold wants all of the US to be like Wisconsin, in the way that they elect their senators.  Midway through the article Will states, "Feingold says mandating election of replacement senators is necessary to make the Senate as 'responsive to the people as possible.'"  He then says that the House was made to be responsive and the Senate was made to be more deliberative.

Feingold would like for all 50 states to elect their senators just as Wisconsin and three other states are currently doing, but he wants it all to happen at once, because "state by state would be a long and difficult process."  Will concludes the article by saying that Feingold is and unapologetic progressive with more and more for which to apologize.

Assignment #5 A. Van Lieu

The article entitled, “Will: The continuing fall of federalism” was written by George F. Will of the Washington Post. This article was posted on posted on Sun, Feb. 22, 2009 on South Carolina’s Homepage: TheState.com. This article is directed to the general audience of the American people. This article was written to show that Feingold’s wants to amend the 17th Amendment. John McCain is also co-sponsor of Feingold’s solution. The 17th Amendment says that when Senate vacancies occur, “the executive authority” of the affected state “shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.” Feingold’s amendment says: “No person shall be a Senator from a State unless such person has been elected by the people thereof. When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.”

Therefore the author’s main argument is the Feingold is trying to change the constitution. Will argues that the constitution should not be touched and he strongly disagrees with Feingold’s and McCain’s beliefs. The author makes it clear that the more the constitution is bothered with the more federalism will continue to fall. As stated in the title of this article it clearly states how the author is feeling. Personally, I agree with George F. Will and think that the constitution should not be touched in this matter. I think that there are some things in the constitution that could use minor changes or some additional add-ons as the year’s progress but this is not one of them.

Assignment #5 A Lucketta

The Article Will: the Continuing fall of Federalism, is a article wrote by George F. Will in The state.com. This article talks about the 17th Amendment saying, "That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct." As Wisconsin is doing something similar to this propose. Wisconsin will replace the Senate if someone gets appeal, instead of waiting six years for their people to vote during the election.

Why should this happen? We Americans waited in long lines anxious to vote this year. So why should our privileges be changed because of the seat in Senate being vacant? We should be able to put the person in the seat that has knowledge of what he/she is doing. What if the seat gets screwed up with some dummy that has no idea of what is going on? We do not need any more downfalls in the United States.

The Constitution should not be touched to much, it has great history that helped build the United States of America. The Constitution should have some add-ons or a few minor things should be changed not a whole bunch of this and that.

Assignment #5 pgriffin

This article was written by George F. Will , who is a writer for the Washington Post. The article appeared in The State newspaper. The article titled, "The continuing fall of federalism", was written in response to senator Russ Feingold wanting to amend the Constitution. Feingold and McCain have proposed the amending of the 17th Amendment. The article is targeting the American public and the congress in an attempt to say watch what is happening in our government.

The writer of this article, Mr. George F. Will does not agree with Mr. Feingold and Mr. McCain. Mr. Will argues that the Constitution is fine the way it is and that the way in which senators are replaced as their seats becomes vacant is just fine. Mr. Will argues that the more the Constitution is tampered with the more federalism continues to fall. What exactly is federalism you may ask? Well, it is defined as a structure of government whereby several independent states or other forms of geo-political entities come together in an agreement for common defense and other common interests. These entities remain independent but submit to an agreement to protect one another and to allow a federal government to regulate certain areas born out of necessity of a common union. Mr. Will seems to think that this is being eroded and that progressives like Mr. Feingold is using the Blagojevich-Burris fiasco to fuel the issue. I would agree that we need to have a better system of watching who is replacing who and why that particular individual was selected. I do not agree that we need to amend the Constitution to allow elections before the seat can be filled. I would need more information before I would change my mind.

Assignment #5 pgriffin

assignment # 5 by z.wright

The article, "The continuing fall of federalism" by George Will from the State newspaper is talking about the rise and the continuing fall of federalism. Sen. Russ Feingold said that he was reluctant to tamper with the document, basically some governors are acting real strange when appointing people to fill U.S senate vacancies, some governors are even putting U.S senate seats up for auction, charging people to get the seat, like the governor from Illinois charging people for President Barack Obama's former senate seat, but the 17th Amendment says "when Senate vacancies occur, “the executive authority” of the affected state “shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies".

The 17th Amendment also said that the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. So basically the governor has no power to fill the Senate seats without permission from the executive branch, Feingold said the holding a election is very necessary to have to make it easier so they will be any confusing.

And you can think the McCain-Feingold speech for empowering the government to regulate the quantity, timing and content of political speech. And with the 1st Amendment now in full effect which says That "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech unless it really, really wants to in order to guarantee that there will be only as much speech about the government as the government considers appropriate, and at times the government approves.”
This was written in order to prove that crime does not pay if you want to fill a vacant spot for a seat you should follow the rules, the audience was directed toward the governors who break the rules in trying to fill seats on their own, the agrument that the arthor wants to make is about the governors trying to break rules and about the fall of federalism

john thomas assign #5

this article appeared on the state.com, an SC online news outlet and was written by George F. Will. This article was written to bring attention to what the author believes is the potential of debilitation of federalism in our country. The author is passionately against this and is very upset with the actions of McCain-Feingold and wants all readers, particularly patriotic readers, to be informed at Feingold's desire at tampering with the constitution.

According to the writer, Feingold and McCain have a desire to amend the 17th amendment which he believes will rupture our lengthy policy of checks and balances and puts federalism in jeopardy.

I personally find myself lately believing that states have a bit too much power and seem to consistently fail in all types of arenas such as budget shortfall, corrupt appointing, and not really putting the people first. I tend now to lean towards that side that the states should be relinquished of their powers and have the federal government have more control over the entire country. my best comparison to this would be would pro sports like NFL and NBA do with collective bargaining. some teams (states) obviously aren't ran or perform as well as others. with collective bargaining (federal govt) we equally distribute the success and failure so that there is a balanced league (USA).

I also subscribe to the fact of never touching the constitution so I am against Feingold as well here. The more you pick at a thread the more it will unravel. I dont think this country can stand to have much more unraveling. our complex system of checks and balances seperates us from other countries and if we pick away at that, this country will quickly fail and crumble.

Assignment #4 KMcClure-Vicars

Monica Davey a journalist fo the NYTimes writes about the spending of the Stimulus packing. She explains the challenges Obamas stimulus package faces. States already have projects lined up but there are far more in the way of project that are ready to go than we have money to fund them, Kevin A. Elshenhimer a Republican state representative reminds. There are many conflicts dealing with the package and here is just a little taste of what is to be worried. How will the money be spent and distributed for example, conflict arose in Massachussests where mayor Michael D. Bissonnette, a council of mayors and other leaders there were outraged to understand that one state proposal would deliver millions to the Massachusetts Turnpike rather than local road and bridge projects.

Also, to make sure the package works it determins rather local and governments can work through rules and resolve the bickering. There is also fear on rather governors might try to dicate where the money goes. In my opinion of course govnerns are going to try to argue where the money should try to be spent you can not just hand billions of dollars and expect a state to be quiet about recieving the money. Their going to voice their opinions on their ideas about infrasturcture, medicade or education spending. I feel this whole package is sent out way to fast. only 48 hours to conjure up a plan and then sign it is not a very good way to deal with the issue. Mark Sanford, Soucth Carolina chairman of the Republican Governors Association makes a good point by saying , "for every job the bill creates, American taxpayers will spend $223,000." All in all Monica is writing an overview to everyone about what different states did to get ready for the money that was to be handed to them and also she explains the conflict that each state governors and legislatures, state capitols and city hall faces. There is no telling what will happen to our economy i can only hope for the best.

Assingment #4 J. Linton

The article was written by Monica Davey, who writes for the NYTimes. The audience that it is directed toward is the public that is willing to listen on what is happening to the economy. The basic argument that is trying to be implied is that President Obama's stimulus package was made to help out the economy. It will help many people get jobs. The jobs are vanishing and Obama is trying to bring the jobs back. The success of Obamas' plan will depend on the legislature, state, and governors. The way that they resolve their money issues while lifting the economy.

M.Stevenson Assignment # 4

This article the states and cities in scramble for stimulus cash by Monica Davey was published feb.16,09 in the new york times. I think the audience is the society because they were informing us about how the bill would work. She was also directing it to the public who are waiting to receive the stimulus check that is causing so many problems. It’s amazing how each state feels they need to compete with each other. We are all one which help make the United States. Yes, you may receive the money but there is a catch for going about this plan. Gov. Mark Stanford of South Carolina feels that this will only pull us deeper in the hole. Different governments and states need to work together instead of worrying about which states gets what and how much. The United States is becoming a bigger mess each day. We need to stop some of the things we are doing before we no longer have money to get food for groceries or jobs to provide our families.

Assignment #4 pgriffin

This article was written by Monica Davey who writes for the New York Times. The article was written in response to the signing of the stimulus package by President Obama and the passing of it by the US senate. Monica Davey was directing the article to the American public and the state and local governments who are waiting to receive the stimulus checks.

Moncia Davey was not making an argument but was trying to inform the governmental agency and the American public to the fact that the money comes with strings attached to it. South Carolina governor Stanford said he may not accept the money at all because it puts the American people into a deeper deficit than before. The state and local governments are already arguing over who gets what and it has not received the money as of yet. It seems as if the stimulus is causing problems and it has not reached the people it is intended to help. State governments are talking about changing their budgets in order to get a bigger piece of the pie. The county is in a mess and it will take more than a stimulus package to fit the mess. Only God and true faith in Him and His power will change and save a dying America.

Assignment # 4 B.Rohner

Monica Davey wrote an article entitled "States and Cities Angle for Stimulus Cash". This article appeared in The New York Times on February 16, 2009. This article was written to informed people that there is a lot to still due in the local and state governments before the money from president Obama's stimulus package can be spent.

Everyone has plans for the money to be given out but there are many rules and regulations that have to be met first. Political leaders are worried about how much will be received by each state, county, and town. They are looking over the package to see where their constituents stand. They worry that because their state is not advanced or populated as others they will lose some of their funding to other more advanced or populated states.

Some legislators do not agree with this stimulus package and are considering not taking any of the funds. They are worried about the cost to pay it back. They are trying to decide if their states can continue without this assistance. I don't see how we will be able to continue on without it.

Assignment # 4 D DeWitt

States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash by Monica Davey writer of the New York Times
suggests in her writings that the stimulus package is causing chaos amongst governors, legislatures, state capitols, city halls, and municipalities. Her argument reveals the disbursement of funds comes with complex rules from the White House, and she reflects on how much of the spending will rest with officials from the Washington. Monica directs her attention to the locals, the American people keeping us aware of what really is going on behind the scenes of the Stimulus Package.

Although the Package has passed we must be aware of the confusion that may cause delay and no action, which is scary considering America is heading down a downward spiral. Many of the politicians argue they will not receive the proper funds; therefore, they are competing against other states in concern if their city is the smallest or the largest: will they come up short of receiving a greater portion of funds. We must stop this and come together at this most crucial time in America's history an instead of arguing come together collectively with bipartisanship and create a plan that will most of all create jobs in their state, city, and town.

I am most pleased with the Administrations task and I feel that every governor that can help their citizens should. What is most horrible is that Governor Sanford is not willing to take South Carolina to the next level. We are already in a deficit and South Carolina State has lost so many jobs the unemployment rate is high. HE MUST CARE! WE MUST CARE! stop the confusion and work together

assignment #4 C. Robinson

This article was written by Monica Davey, reporter for the New York Times. I believe this article was written for American citizens (taxpayers), to inform them on how the stimulus package will end up effecting our economy and how some of their tax money will be spent. "It is expected to set off a multitude of political battles across the map", stated Davey. The article also mentions the effect it will have on state needs such as roads, bridges, and other infrastructure projects.
I believe the stimulus package will help our economy but I disagree with some of the things Obama is giving money toward. I think more money should be given for education and improving schools. I hope our president will use the money to bail out successful companies instead of companies that have never been successful.
I conclude this blog by saying that the basic argument of the article is what the whole country has been arguing about since Obama became president, whether or not he is doing the right thing and using tax money for the right reasons.

Assignment #4 AHarrison

The article entitled States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash was written by a Monica Davey. The item appeared online and in print, as part of The NYTimes. The item was written to showcase the many different pros and cons and opinions regarding Obama's (then) forthcoming stimulus plan. And, the item is directed towards any interested American. But, being that the NYTimes famously maintains a mostly liberal base for its audience, it could be that mostly liberals will read it.

The basic argument of this article seems to be that although the stimulus plan is meant for great things (in theory), it is only as great as the goals that it was created for. In other words, it is not full-proof, especially in-terms of how the politicians agree to use it (if they can agree at all). And, unless some compromises can be made, it may well turn out to be useless. Then, there is the other side of the argument (which is primarily republican-based), which includes those people in power who are mostly concerned with the effect the stimulus plan would have on taxes, as opposed to whatever benefits it may include. Therefore, it is clear that much of the disagreement in regards to the stimulus plan is partisan based. Hopefully though, in the end, there turns out to be something in there fore everyone!

Assignment #4 K.Sanders

This article was written by Monica Davey, with contributing reporting from Robbie Brown, Michael Cooper, David M. Herszenhorn and Robert Pear. It was printed in the New York Times on February 16th, 2009. This article was written with the general public in mind, but also the states specifically mentioned in the piece: Massachusetts, North and South Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, Rhode Island, and Minnesota. I think this article was written to enlighten Americans about the issues within the different states of deciding what to do with the stimulus package and how much money the states will get.

Davey talks a lot about how this stimulus package will pit different organizations against each other, whether they be governors against mayors, urban schools against suburban and rural schools, or even the legislators against the governors. These clashes will result in a delay of spending and a loss of money in some states. This delay in spending works against the purpose of the stimulus package. Also the loss of money in some states is caused by not having a plan for the money because of a difference in opinion about what the money should be used for as well as whether or not the state should use the money at all.

Assignment #4 M.Gardner

The article "States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash," was written by Monica Davey. The article appeared in the New York Times on Feburary 16th. The article was directed toward all American citizens and acknowledging those who are interested in the uproar of the Stimulus Package. Davey explains how many have already started planning how they will spend the funds that they receive.
Davey argues that not only will this bill cause chaos amongst different states but will put a strain on the states that deseparately need the funds. However, with all of the chaos amongst who's getting what, may in fact backfire for those who have already mapped out their plans for the funds. In all of the dispute of who is getting what, many have decided not to receive any of the funds based on their beliefs, even when they know their will consequences to be fixed in the long run.

Assignment#4 T.Whiteaker

The article “States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash” was written by Monica Davey, a writer for the New York Times. It was published in the New York Times on February 16th. The article targets all of Americans because it deals with our current economic crisis that this entire country faces.
The article focuses on state and local government officials and how they plan to spend the money they will receive because of the new Stimulus deal. There is a great debate on who and how much everyone will get and what they will be spending it on. Some states have already mapped out how they will spend it and others are thinking about not taking the money at all. This package seems to help fix up local issues and create more jobs. However, it seems there may not be a conclusion on where the money is going for some time to come.

Article #4; Christy Rasmussen

"States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash" by Monica Davey of the New York Times wrote this article in response to President Obama's stimulus package that was to be signed this past Tuesday in Chicago, Illinois.

In this article, Davey brings up many good points to his stimulus package. The amount of money released with this stimulus package is the biggest amount of money since LBJ's Great Society program. With this amount of money also comes many disputes on the state, local, and federal levels. This money however is not freely given, with it comes many restrictions. It provides battlegrounds for political fights. This money has to be divided between schools, roads and infrastructures, and medicaid. Many states are cutting back on what seems to be the most important things... this worries many people because it is going to hurt schools and those who are on medicaid.

I find it interesting that Davey also included something from Mark Sanford, governor of South Carolina. He thinks that the stimulus package is a crock. In the State Newspaper he says, it's a pork-barrel spending and bad policy and vowing that he will not take any of the money from Washington.

Also for every job that the package creates, it cost $223,000 to American taxpayers. This is interesting considering the fact that it is supposed to help people by creating jobs and such but then it turns around costs the ones in America who are stable. I found it interesting to know that if the stimulus bill were a country, it would be the 15th largest country in the world. This information really puts the crisis in a perspective that virtually everybody can come to understand. We have got to unite as a country and do something about this crisis or we are slowly going to migrate into another "great depression."

assignment#4 H. VanDyke

This article was written by a woman named Monica Davey who is a writter for the New York Times. The article is entitled States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash. The article was written towards a general audience and anyone who may be unfamiliar with how the stimulus package works. Also who is going to recieve what dollar amounts and for what purposes the stimulus money will be spent on. This article touched on alot of things regarding the stimulus package but mainly was about how some governers and state legislators either disagree with the stimulus package completely or how they cannot agree on how to spend the money. Also arguments between states that have and states that do not as far as education spending is concerned.
there are many arguments concerning the Stimulus package and how the money should be divided up and what to use the money for. Michael D. Bissonnette, a mayor for the town of Chicopee, Mass. says "There is a tension happening between mayors and governors across the country how about who is going to recieve what dollar amounts and for what purposes." thisn is the main argument in the article. Also the author points out another argument by saying that states want the money so bad that they are going to find themselfs competing against other states for the right to have the money. One example of this the author points out is the situation in North carolina where the state does does not have a deficit. A spokesperson for Governor Bev Purdue of North Carolina said "We dont want to be penalized for not having a deficit." Meaning that she does not want to see the money promised to NC go to another state that may need the money more. There are also critics of the stimulus package all together, such as governor Mark Sanford of SC he says "For every job the bill creates, american taxpayers will spend 223,000" and that that could lead to a deficit of 9.7 trillion dollars. This is a big political decision for him and i think that it will backfire on him because the state of SC needs the stimulus money desperately.
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Assignment #4 C. Vigeant

The article “States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash” was written by Monica Davey, a journalist and reporter for the New York Times. Four other reporters contributed information to this article. It appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 16th 2009. The New York Times is a nationally distributed daily newspaper, based in New York City. It is the largest metropolitan newspaper in the country. On political and social issues the NY Times is liberal leaning. The article is targeted at the American public, especially at anyone who is interested in politics and the current economical crisis.

“States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash” was written to show the reader that no consensus has been reached amongst and within the states as to how the stimulus money should be used. The author’s main point is that some states have already made plans for spending the money, whereas others are still arguing about whether to take it at all. Also, within the states, there is considerable debate between state and local governments centered on more specific issues, such as which infrastructure improvements to use the funds for and which parts of the state to give them to. Some states without looming deficits are worried about not receiving funds for certain areas at all, and others are revising their budgets to ensure eligibility for certain funds. It is evident that the debate will not come to an end any time soon.

Assignment #4 Williams A

The article entitled “States and cities scramble for stimulus Cash” written by Monica Davey in the New York Times, explains how this stimulus is going to help our economy slightly. I can see where she is coming from. Even though there will be conflict between local politicians, governors, and small-town mayors, the decision on spending the $787 billion federal plan will still be set by officials in Washington.
As stated in the article, the money will be spent on bridge projects, road and infrastructure projects. Some states have more than “5,000 ready to go projects,” they just need the money. My question is, is what does ready to go mean? Does that mean that they are going to demand more tax dollars from taxpayers because once they have started it, they must complete it? The idea that I do not understand at all is Mr. Sanford stated that “It will come down to whether extra money will be spent to save the jobs of a teacher or firefighter.” This is the scary part because how can our economy get better if the students in school are not given fair chances. Some things in life just do not make since, and to me this is one of them.

Assignment #4- K. Stiling

Monica Davey writes "States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash" for the New York Times on February 16, 2009.  The article is mainly about the money the states will receive from the stimulus package and how they will spend it. There is a lot of strife and tension between government officials who are trying to decide how to spend the money and how much will be used for certain projects.  According the article, the state authorities will have great discretion on state needs like roads, bridges, infrastructure projects, Medicaid, and education.

This article also mentions some down-sides to the stimulus package for specific states.  Mentioned is North Carolina and Arkansas, who might receive less money for education, just because they don't have a shortfall in their education budgets right now.  Chrissy Pearson, a spokeswoman for Gov. Bev Perdue of North Carolina says, "We don't want to be penalized for not having a deficit."  It could be the same for Rhode Island in the area of alternative energy, simply because they do not have many sources dedicated to wind power, and therefore may not receive as much money to try and expand that area.

Assignment #4 DSinatra

Monica Davey wrote this article that appeared in the New York Times on February 16. This was the day before President Obama was to sign the newly passed stimulus bill. It was written, I believe, to show all of us that if we thought the struggle to get the bill passed in the first place was tough, we haven't seen anything yet.

How to dispurse the funds from the stimulus bill is proving to be a seemingly larger obstacle than actually passing the bill. There are struggles between states, between counties, between cities, and even between local municipalities over who gets what out of the stimulus funds. And as if that's not enough, we even see politicians that are right out refusing to accept the so desperately needed funds because of their supposed strong conservative beliefs. I guess those politicians really don't care that even though we don't accept the funds (and therefore don't reap any of the benefits from them) we're still responsible to help pay it back. How fair is that???

Assignment #4 A Lucketta

In the article, "States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash," by Monica Davey (a writer for NY Times), has gone in great detail with how the states want to spend the funds the states receive.

This article is wrote to the United States citizens to let us know how most states want to spend their stimulus money. In Missouri, it is prepared to begin 34 transportation projects, costing $510 million and promising 14,000 jobs. In Florida, Mayor Frank C. Ortis says, "We have a wish list, making the repairs aging sewer pipes in his city of 150,000 number one." In South Carolina, Governor Mark Sanford thinks this is the worst idea to do. He says, "If we add the cost of this bill to the previous efforts of the Federal government to deal with the financial crisis the American taxpayer is on the hook for $9.7 trillion. Sanford also said, "If the stimulus bill were a country, it would be the 15th-largest country in the world.” It should not matter how big of a deal this stimulus package is, this package is suppose to help the Economy come up and out. It will be great-great grand children paying off the debt.

American society is already falling off the cliff, Obama just wants to make things better and efficient so America can have the jobs and better technology to improve in the future and climb great distance.

assignment #4 by z.wright

The article States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash by Monica Davey from New York Times is basically talking about states and major cities trying to recover from these 8 years from a horrible economy, Missouri for example; the Department of Transportation says that within 180 days of Obama’s signing the legislation it is prepared to begin 34 transportation projects, costing $510 million and with the promise of 14,000 jobs. and when President Obama sign this big stimulus bill in Denver this will be the biggest flux of the feds money since the times of former president Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society program and this bill will help out millions of jobless citzens in america.

But some are guessing was this a good idea, Gov. Mark Sanford of S.C. is against the bill, saying that it as pork-barrel spending and bad policy and vowing to the anger and chagrin of the Democratic members of the state’s Congressional delegation not to take any of the money from Washington. Alot of senators, and governors do not think signing this bill is putting us in bigger debt than ever, but i feel that this going to be the begining of the end of this economy suffering, but wanting to put money towards the war that should of been over, doesn't make any sense to me at all, instead of trying to put Obama down and making him into a bad president, we should try to help him.

The reason why this article was written, is because these senators and governors want to make a statement saying why they do approve of this bill being passed and what it should really be put towards to. This is pointed towards the President, because they are giving him a hard time with this bill. The basic argument that the arthor is trying to make is about this bill being passed, talking bout state budgets and why some say that this bill could destory are nation.

Assignment #4 A.Van Lieu

The article titled “States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash” was written by Monica Davey of the NYTimes. This article is directed to the American people interested in knowing the details about the stimulus package. Monica Davey wrote this article to inform people about the stimulus package that President Obama will be signing. Davey stated that “This event will release the biggest influx of federal dollars since the days of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society program.” Therefore this stimulus package has a lot of people’s attention and is causing a scuffle between governors and legislatures, state capitols and city halls, and even between neighboring municipalities.

The reason tension exists between mayors and governors across the country is because they want to known who is going to receive what dollar amounts and for what purposes. The main argument that Davey is trying to make in this article is that states are going to jockeying for money over other states. For example, “states without enough eligible “shovel-ready” construction projects might have to pass up some money, which could then be granted to other states” as stated by Michael Bird, a policy analyst at the National Conference of State Legislatures. So who is to say where the money will go? What will the money be spent on? And who determines the necessity of the money for one thing over another? The main argument Davey has made in this article is that hopefully Obama can divvy up this money enough to make a difference in not some states but in most states.

john thomas assign #4

this article was written by Monica Davey for the NY Times. the audience this article is trying to reach is everyone in America who wants to know just how and where the stimulus money will be spent. The article is coming from a left wing perspective and written in a left wing media outlet as well. The point of the argument is that states are going to be jockeying for money over other states and this process will most likely trickle down to the local level as well.

The fact of the matter is that for the stimulus money, the line forms to the left with every governer and mayor with their hand out, or both hands out. The end result is likely going to be that everyone is going feel shortchanged on this money. 787, even if equally distributed by 50 states is only 15.4 billion per state, then you need to see how the state would likely distribute that down per city/town.etc... Now, equality of distribution is wishful thinking and wont happen so let that go, that means some states (yes the bigger more revenue providing states, FL, CA, TX, NY etc...) will probably see the strongest percentage of this money. Is that right, wrong? who is to say I guess.

This mystery of distribution should and hopefully will be spelled out from jump street. If you tell people what to expect from the get go you are more likely to have a positive and more orderly result. The money should be first slated toward the states with the highest unemployment first. Most of these states with 10% plus unemployment have seen job loss in the areas of manufacturing, a working infrastructure in this country that is quickly going out like a light and will never return. It would be a good thing to invest in education for alot of these workers, maybe a free 2 yr college plan like so many politicians advertised in their electoral ploys last fall. This will help educate the uneducated, a sector of our population that has relied on manufacturing jobs to put food on the table for decades now. With menial jobs no longer being a scapegoat, maybe then we will stop letting other countries catch up to us and eventually surpass us in an educated workforce and innovation. Lets hope that the president does a good job on divying up the pie so that the right and most key elements of our injured workforce gets to eat.

Assignment #3 T. Whiteaker

Madison Powers who works for the CQ Today Online News recently wrote an article titled "Trade-Offs in the Stimulus Package". Mr. Powers is a scholar at Georgetown University. This article was written for the citizens of the United States interested about the new economic package. Powers writes about the new stimulus package proposed by our government in Washington, and the trade-offs that have to be made.The stimulus package is a plan to help the economy problems this country currently faces. The people need to be assured this plan will work so that we can start to spend money again and in return create more jobs. The author also believes that we should help the small local businesses instead of the large ones. Hopefully, this plan helps us get back on our feet and we can get back to where we once were.

Assignment #3 D DeWitt

Trade-Offs in the Stimulus Package by Madison Powers, of CQ Guest Columnist
Is written to show the difference of what the republicans are willing to offer the Democratics. In our new America we are having to do a trade off . A trade-off is exactly what it says, it giving something for something else. In other words, it is the Big compromise that the Senate and House recently Passed. She is bringing forth the offsets of the compromise. How it will effect our America.

According to her language in the article she is capturing the audience of those in the Marketing field as well as the audience who is looking to invest and receive more knowledge about the Stimulus Package. Therefore, in her writing she illustrates the fact that the stimulus plan may be in a form of falsehood for the American people to believe. this package will be carried out really as a watered down package. The new job creation, which is the new infrastucture has went from 4.6 jobs to 3.2.

However, I must say that the President Obama can only do what he can because the house and senate chose to watered the package down. Therefore, He did what he said.

Assignment #3 M.Gardner

"Trade-Offs in the Stimulus Package," is an article written by Madison Powers, a CQ Guest Columnist. The article appeared onthe CQ Politics website on Feburary 4th 2009. The article was written for the American people to know what economic crisis we are facing and his thoughts on what needs to be done for the Stimulus package to be passed. The basic arguement Powers is making, is how two trade off of special significance should be in debate. He explains that goals of efficiency and a balance of infrastructure should be taken into effect for the stimulus package to be passed.

Assignment #3 AHarrison

The article entitled Trade-Offs in the Stimulus Package was written by CQ guest columnist, Madison Powers. And, the article first appeared on the gqpolitics.com website (in the CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS section), on Febuary 4TH, 2009. The aim of the article is to discuss the various trade-offs involved in legeslative decisions, particularly regarding economics. This article, as-well as all other articles published by CQ, is directed towards a politicaly-minded audiance, including those actually in political fields (i.e. members of Congress, etc.). Political scholars and teachers also constitute the typical audiance-members for whom this article is directed torwards.

Throughout the article, Powers tries to make a point of how the patterns to create change may actually be changing (or need to be). Hence, the basic argument Powers wants to make is that whereas in the past, political leaders had ascribed to the idea that change happens in a big way, in big doses, maybe now the opposite is true. For example, at one point in the article, Powers states, "Oddly enough, the multiple dimensions of the problems we face may require us to think small and act in hundreds or even thousands of undramatic ways." In other words, the author is urging the readers to be more detail-oriented and conscientious, when figuring solutions. At another point in the article, the author states, "Thinking small is a hard sell, especially after we were exhorted to dream of big things of lasting significance. But a diffuse approach to patching up many smaller leaks, unsexy and uninspiring as it is, is precisely what some economists think of as a new paradigm for spurring growth in developing nations." Therefore, it is clear from this article that even change, in essence, is not free from flaw. Thus, the methods to create change are in need of changing. And, that is the entire point.

Assignment #3 J. Linton

The "Trade-Offs in the Stimilus Package" was written by Madison Powers. The article appeared in the CQ Today online news. The article was written to explain the trade-off stimilus to balance the economic situation. Also to help with the equity-efficiency of the trade-off. The audience that it is addressing is the general public to inform them in the stimilus package on the trade-offs. The basic argument that is made is that their is no perfect trade-off to balance the economy and the government are trying to find ways to make better the system.

ASSIGNMENT#3 (KMcClure-Vicars)

Madison Powers, a columnist for the CQ Guest, wrote an article, “Trade-Offs in the Stimulus Package.” Powers is writing Trade-Offs to inform the general public about how there must be a balance, or equity of interests in the drafting of the new stimulus package which President Obama intends to sign into law this coming week. According to Powers, during the writing of the legislation there has been partisan conflict over where the estimated nearly $1 trillion should go. Most Republicans who oppose the bill claim that it is mainly a goody bag of Democrat programs such as increasing welfare, to please their constituents. There has been much debate over where this recovery money should go; most agree that we want the biggest bang for each buck of government expenditure, which leads to the second debate in the writing of the stimulus package.
Many politicians cannot be certain whether we should only spend the money on large infrastructure projects or a combination of other programs that will stimulate the economy. It seems that no one is certain because some economists say that by increasing food stamps, unemployment benefits, and even giving money to local and state governments could be just as economically stimulative as undergoing large infrastructure projects which may yield as much as $1.75 in profit for every government dollar invested in the stimulus. Lastly, I believe that our Congress must unite on a common goal or purpose to accomplish what is in the best interests of our nation, whether it be by investing in large infrastructure projects or small pet projects to boost the American economy.

assignment#3 H.VanDyke

This article was titled Trade-offs in the Stimulus Package and was written by Madison Powers who is a CQ guest columnist and is a senior research scholar at the Kennedy Institute of ethics at Georgetown and writes for CQ politics. This article was about the economic stimulus package that president Obama has put forth and talks about the competing legislation involving trade-offs and whether to balance the two ideas that the author Madison Powers sugest in the article. This article was written to a general audience to make certain the american people know both sides of the debate invoving trade offs in the stimulus package and what they are about.
The author Madison powers says in the article "One trade-off is between goals of efficiency and the ideals of equity. the second is the need to strike a balance between infrastructure and other activities that also stimulate economic growth." I think that he means first whether it is fair to be fair to all people or to be more efficient with regards to spending money. Another point that was made in the article was that some people want a more widespread recovery and others want " Our spending priorities to yeild a greater amount of economic activity". One other thing that was said in the article was that the author posed a question saying " do we make sure that all boatbes dont sink than to create a rising tide that will lift all boats" i think that he is saying do we save what we can now or do we fix the problem so that it will not happen again. the downside would be that future generations would be in a lot of debt.

Assignment #3 B.Rohner

Madison Powers wrote an article for the CQ Today Online News entitled "Trade-Offs in the Stimulus Package", on February 4, 2009. Mr. Powers is the Senior Research Scholar for the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. This article was written for every citizen of this country wondering what is going on with the economy. In this article the author talks about the stimulus package set forth by president Barrack Obama, and the trade-offs that have to be figured in to the decisions made.The stimulus package needs at least two trade-offs for this package to work.

First the stimulus package needs to help people be secure in the economy enough to start spending money. If the people of this country don't spend money then most of our other citizens will lose their jobs. Second the package has to make the economy of this country able to stand on its own after the package runs its course. The author goes on to talk about how it may be better to start the reform by helping more smaller businesses then a few large ones. Thinking small as he calls it may be the only way to do this. I believe he has a point. I believe building an economy is like building anything, if you make the base of something strong it will be able to support more.