Government Regulation and Domestic Social Policy

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Recent Health Programs

-Cuts down on diseases -National Maritime Service : Helps sick and disabled Sailors.

New Health Care Law

-has many facets - Phased in on a year by year basis

Fairness Doctrine

Broadcasts have to cover events adequately and fairly, with contrasting views.

Supplementary Security Income (SSI)

Cash payments to elderly or blind.

Arguments for Regulation

Children mortality rate has gone down. Life expectancy had gone up.

Land Grant Education/ Morrill Act of 1862

Colleges set up by federal governemnt will be granted land for the school to use for agricultural and mechanical purposes.

Telecommunications Act

Deregulates somethings. Hoped to increase competition and make better programing.

Role of Agencies After Legislative Creation

Legislates broadly. Created by National Labour Relations Act. Regulates fair labour practices.

Early Regulation

Low population, not much need for regulation. Laize fair attitude Rural society- people had own means of sustenance

National Health Insurance

Medicare: For Old people Medicaid: For poor people

Detection and Prosecution

Most common method of regulation. Basic administrative move.

Early Health Programs

Not a lot of food saftey procedures. People used to help each other

Unemployment Insurence

Paid on assumption person is able to work.

Bad View of Regulation

Paternalistic, Red Tape: Interferes with private activities.

Media Regulation

Print Media is mostly exempt from regulation. TV and Radio = No obscenities.

Smithhouse act

attempt to improve home economics at a high school level.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

1934: Regulates television and radio

Social Security Act

1935 -Monetary well being -Beginning of social insurance -Citizens have legal right to programs

George Dean Act

1936 Improve industrial education at high school level

National Science Foundation Act

1950 Awards and grants in support of research and education.

National Defense Education Act

1957

Higher Facility Act

1963 Grants and Loans to universities

National Enviromental Protection Act:

1970 (NEPA) Established EPA

Safe Water Drinking Act

1974

Sipper Fund Act

1980. Cleaned up hazardous waste sites.

Programs of the Federal Government

1. Civil Service Retirement 2. Military Retirement 3. V.A. Benefits. 4. Student Aid 5. Farm Aid 6. Housing Aid (FHA): Federal Housing Authority 7. Low interest loans for students and veterans

Aid To Business and Industry

1. Tax write-offs 2. Bailouts 3. Subsidies 4. Grants 5. Lucrative Government Contracts 6. Tariffs 7. Monetary Mechanism 8. Public Roads and Highways 9. Uniform standard of weights and measures 10. Copyrights, patents, research, provision of useful data 11. Uniform Bankruptcy Procedure

Two Major points of debate

1. Who is deserving of these programs 2. What do the people deserve.

Homestead Act

1862 The beginning of legislation

Munn V. Illinois

1887: Supreme Court upheld the right for State Government to uphold regulations on business in a private firm.

Federal Trade Commission

1914 Protect public from unfair regulation.

Federal Radio Act

1927: Said airwaves are public property.

The Great Depression

35% unemployment Belief there should be a lot of safety nets.

adjudication

A process designed to establish whether a rule has been violated.

Domestic Social Policy

A wide range of government programs designed to protect citizens against want and deprivation. -Improve health and well being of society. - Provide education and training opportunities.

Bureaucracy

Administration network that carries out government plans and regulations.

History of Social Welfare

Aid had been increasing since the 1930s. Welfare programs originally funded by churches.

The change to interdependency

As society became industrialized self sufficiency declines. People rely on each other.

Environmental Regulation

EPA in 1970 Makes laws that help the environment. Conservation of resources and controlling land use. Prevention of water and air pollution

Inspection and Licensure

FCC Licences TV and radio shows.

Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)

First regulatory comission on a national level. Deals with transportation regulation. Set standard for regulatory policy making. Done away with in 1996

Food Assistance

Food Stamps for poor Administered by the state.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

For families with unemployed parents. Administered by state

Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

For poor families with kids. Administered by state.

Early Educational Aid

For specific purposes only (Native Americans)

G.I Bill

Gives money to retired veterans to go to school

Retroactive Liability

Government tries to get people to clean up after themselves by threatening to charge people

Medicaid

Hospital aid for poor. Funded by Grants. Administered by states.

Three elements of all regulation

Idea of the whole process being part of law and regulatory government. Power and direction from Congress. Set of rules and guidelines to accomplish objectives.

Pervasiveness

It is everywhere, you can't escape it.

Arguments against deregulation

Regulation is complex, burdensome, and costly. Hurts competitiveness abroad.

Good View of Regulation

Regulation protects population from bad things.

Research and Education

Research and education

Court Packing Plan

Roosevelt said to add 6 judges and justices on the Supreme Court. Congress turned them down.

New Deal

Roosevelts Series of liberal policies and programs that would help society and economy. A social and economic revolution. Government gets involved in a big way.

Libel

Slander

Impact Statement

Tries to access impact will be on the environment.

Government Regulation

Use of Government authority to control or change some practice in the private sector

Litigation

Use of courts by Government to get something done.

Controversial Role

Weather or not government helps or hurts people.

Economic and Business Regulation

as the nation grew, government and regulation grew. Industry expands with problems like sweatshops and exorbitant rates.

Workman's Compensation

assumes you are unable to work


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