The Presidency

Inaugural Address                                January 20, 1981

Assignment #7

"We hear much of special interest groups. Well, our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected. It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions, and it  crosses party lines. It is made up of men and women who raise our food, patrol our streets, man our mines and factories, tech our children, keep our homes, and heal us when we're sick-professionals, industrialists, shopkeepers, clerks, and truck drivers. They are, in short, "We the people", this breed called Americans".

What Reagan was saying in the above quote in my eyes was that, special interest groups have been neglected long enough in America. He explain how those who are within theses special interest groups can be anyone of any race, gender and religion other hand known as the American Citizen are the one taking care of the homes and streets of other civilian. Since he was against FDR during the time, I believed he uses his confidence in Americas to take power out of Washington and return it to the states and the people. 

I selected this part of the passage because here Ronald Reagan Spoke about Housewives who don't get paid just do their part in order to keep their family in order. I also sleeted this passage because Reagan was very cleaver with his choice of words. It is a reality of the people who are citizen of the American country that do more than labor from their job description.  

Congress

"What 60 years of Political Gerrymandering Look Like"

By: Christopher Ingraham 

Assignment #6

"Pennsylvania and New York have lost congressional seats over time. But Pennsylvania gerrymandering scores have risen steadily, while New York's peaked around the 98th Congress and have declining ever since. Texas had nearly doubled it's congressional representation since 1950, and its gerrymandering average spiked in the 103rd Congress, dipped in the 108th, and shot back up in the 113th. Maryland's number of districts had been relatively flat, and it's gerrymander scores have fluctuated considerably". 

This section of the article to me means that the gerrymandering scores which are the boundaries in which it favor one electoral party, were risen in Pennsylvania and NewYork the peaks are falling. An advisory board New York set up to help monitor gerrymandering within there has been a shift that occurred. Although the legislature is not required to do what the committee ask of them- the board shows to have an influence in the amount of boundaries that politics seem to do right under congress noses. 

The reason for me selecting this section in the article is due to the fact that it gives example of how some of the major states is falling one sided as far as what party their representing. It also illustrate congressional size, compactness and lastly shape. Also it was also new to me what the term, "Gerrymandering" meant, I always thought that more Democrats live in cities similar to mine which is NewYork and the Republican lived in the rich cities. Clearly it's beyond that, it also amazing that in 60 years come states remain loyal to the political party they are in favor of and vice versa.  

Equal Rights 

T.H Marshalls on Social Rights

Assignment # 5

"It is no longer merely an attempt to abate the obvious nuisance of destitution in the lowest rank of society. It has assumed the guise of action modifying the whole pattern of social inequality. It is no longer content to raise the floor-level in the basement of the social edifice, leaving the superstructure as it was. It has begun to remodel the whole building, and it might even end by converting a skyscraper into a bungalow". (pages 153-154)

https://bbhosted.cuny.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-22105993-dt-content-rid-110545485_1/courses/LEH01_POL_166_H01_1159_1/marshall-citizenship-and-social-class.pdf

In the second to last paragraph when T.H Marshall stated this passage in his Citizenship and Social Class novel, my interpretation of this is that today in the twenty-first centry the explantions of what principle best fits the citizen of the State is at lost. As direct tax payer also as a State that its now so economically revoled history isn't able to do what it needs to do for the people. Th quoted passage above is saying social rights is no longer trying to improve, it's no longer trying to help the low class get the help and care they need to be "caught up" or "on the same page" as some middle class or high class citizen. Everything is now to a point where it's rebuilding the whole meaning on the "rights" that people felt that they where required to get from the state.

The reason for me selecting this passage is due to the fact that although now they maybe different opinions on what place politicians have on the citizen when it comes to what kinds of education, healthcare, etc are provided, however social welfare use to be in the hands of government. This is something that the United States can manage to do currently but don't want to make the finical risk. Off the record the U.S.A spend over 80% of their money out of country and  on war. Imagine if that money was used wisely as if was back in President Clinton time in office. Back on record public school and healthcare at minimum should be provided to the citizen of the state. If other countries can do it so can we, the system in America need to stop robbing the rights of it's citizen. Let's get the political system back to how it use to be.