POLS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mayor Quimby
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Thirty-eight states and the federal government approve state executions (capital punishment), one of the most strong state intervention endorsements imaginable. Around two million americans are incarcerated in prisons (though some are privately owned and run). And as concerns about inflation and unemployment were especially common during the 1970s, marketplace federal regulation grew to include topics ranging from toy health to marine life. And when, as it did in november 1995 as a result of a stalemate between. President clinton and congressional republicans, the federal government shut down, americans were aghast. Compared with europe, where history with tyrannical rule included mass exterminations in nazi germany and soviet russia, american attitudes toward the state are considerably more negative. As ronald reagan quipped in 1980 that "i"m from the government and i"m here to help" was the most alarming word in the english language, he received an overwhelmingly positive response from millions of his compatriots.
