DR. BRETT SCHMOLL
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BASICS OF THE COURSE EACH WEEK
These are time sensitive. You do not receive credit if you write them after the deadline each week. Furthermore, if you are in the habit of writing everything on Saturday you will not receive full credit. Why? There would be no time for others to interact with your writing. Write early; write often! Right? Right!
First, there's a blog entry (about 250 words) which will have you respond to a hopefully thought-provoking question. Each week, you must do the blog entry with enough time left in the week to be able to enter into dialogue online with your classmates. Write, reply, write more, reply more, and then write and reply more.
Second, there's a reading. There’s no blog entry associated with this. Just read.
Third, there's a written response to the reading. Your reading and writing on the blog must be completed by the SATURDAY (by midnight) of the week in which the reading falls. This entry should be a long paragraph. YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESPOND TO OTHER STUDENTS' PART THREE EACH WEEK.
Let us take a minute and digest this weeks read, and really think about the contrasts between how Australia conducts its electoral process against the way the United States does. Hmm, is there a benifical standing with forced voting as aposed to a nations freedom to vote. Either way you look at it, I strongly believe that these both approaches serve an injustice to the nation and its people. There is a push for people to do their civic duty to go and vote, but it is the people's civic duty to choose to vote or not. There is no gain nor fall on this matter. The huge issue falls on the amounts of money that is being spent, donated, and provided to push democracy to all electoral voters. The U.S. spends oodles of amounts of money to put their pony in the race, and this is a contry of freedom to choose and let choose. Now, if there was a forced democracy those dollars can then be placed in policies that need the money. For example, schools, prisons, and jobs. It a toss up if you ask me as to which one is better. They both have their pros and cons.
I wonder what the cost difference would be, how much money would be saved. I worry about taking money out of the game completely, because that itself is a limitation of freedom. But the money has surely complicated the democracy and given people with access to millions a better chance to influence the political culture of a whole nation. Should we offer free tv and internet time to any candidate and then say they cannot campaign other than that? We could certainly take federal support for campaigns out. What is the solution?
This reading assignment was kind of confusing but it was actually a good one though. Australia has their own ways to conduct its electoral elections by making them vote. The United States makes us choose for a certain political party or to vote freely without no one telling us what to do. Although I agree that money is spent in big amounts. This is not a new thing about politics, we know that it’s been like that for years. It is a fact that money controls everything and it can give you a lot of power. People will always do what it is best for them and their country. On the other hand, when making people vote as mandatory sometimes they vote for anyone just to get out of there. I do have a question though, what do they do with all that money spent? Hopefully this changes for the better. Voting should be optional in all countries and should be respected.
Let us take a minute and digest this weeks read, and really think about the contrasts between how Australia conducts its electoral process against the way the United States does. Hmm, is there a benifical standing with forced voting as aposed to a nations freedom to vote. Either way you look at it, I strongly believe that these both approaches serve an injustice to the nation and its people. There is a push for people to do their civic duty to go and vote, but it is the people's civic duty to choose to vote or not. There is no gain nor fall on this matter. The huge issue falls on the amounts of money that is being spent, donated, and provided to push democracy to all electoral voters. The U.S. spends oodles of amounts of money to put their pony in the race, and this is a contry of freedom to choose and let choose. Now, if there was a forced democracy those dollars can then be placed in policies that need the money. For example, schools, prisons, and jobs. It a toss up if you ask me as to which one is better. They both have their pros and cons.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what the cost difference would be, how much money would be saved. I worry about taking money out of the game completely, because that itself is a limitation of freedom. But the money has surely complicated the democracy and given people with access to millions a better chance to influence the political culture of a whole nation. Should we offer free tv and internet time to any candidate and then say they cannot campaign other than that? We could certainly take federal support for campaigns out. What is the solution?
DeleteThis reading assignment was kind of confusing but it was actually a good one though. Australia has their own ways to conduct its electoral elections by making them vote. The United States makes us choose for a certain political party or to vote freely without no one telling us what to do. Although I agree that money is spent in big amounts. This is not a new thing about politics, we know that it’s been like that for years. It is a fact that money controls everything and it can give you a lot of power. People will always do what it is best for them and their country. On the other hand, when making people vote as mandatory sometimes they vote for anyone just to get out of there. I do have a question though, what do they do with all that money spent? Hopefully this changes for the better. Voting should be optional in all countries and should be respected.
ReplyDelete