Government Responces Flashcards
Response to undocumented immigrants
E- There is about 10-12 million people living in the US who are undocumented- they either entered illegally or stayed longer then they were supposed to. These people contribute under the US society, but are always worried of deportation and are blocked from accessing educations/benefits. Government policy has now focused on protecting young children who have came to the country for a pathway of citizenship.
E- the deferred action for childhood arrivals is an immigration policy started by the Obama administration in 2012. It gives immigrated children who have came to the country a work permit and safety from deportation for two years.The DACA is re-enable every two years. They must have completed school, be under 31 or have been discharged from the military.Over 2M have been benefited from this as its increased there wages and pulled them out of poverty.
However - supports of immigration reform argue that it offers no citizenship and is a stopgap measure. They say that the application fee of over $400 means that many undocumented people can’t afford it. Opponents on the republican side say that it is rewarding immigrants for entering the US illegally. The trump administration tried to end the DACA however they were stopped by the courts.
Response to health inequalities.
Point - responce to health inequalities
Explain - there is many health issues in the US were the poorest households report three times more health than the trouble rich ones.
Out of 32 countries studied by health affairs. The USA ranks 30th for health inequalities. The US. Olutionjs for this is fixing the health insurance system.
. Making sure everyone can afford there medical bills if they get sick and cover health insurance
Example responce to Health inequalities
Example - the main policy for this is the 2010 affordable care act (obamacare) a huge overahaul of the healthcare system.
Which sought to cover all Americans who were too poor to pay for health insurance and to lower the cost of health care.
The ACA has increased the number of insured Americans to more than 40M as of 2023, the highest ever recorded.
However response to health inequalities
However - many people feel that it did not do enough to revolutionise healthcare, 30M are still uninsured. Bernie sanders and many other have called for a single payer like the NHS in the UK.
Republicans have tried over 70 times to repeal the ACA or challenge in the courts. They have not been successful yet.
Response to poverty
Point - response to poverty
Explain - as of Jan 2024 according to the US census bureau there is 37.9M people living in poverty in America. This is the highest number of Americans living in poverty.
The US way to tackle this issue is feeding children and encouraging more people into work.
Very little is provided in the financial way for those who do not have families and are not working.
Response to poverty
Example - the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Also known as food stamps. This provides help buying food to low and no income people living in the US.
This benefits costs $76.4bn a year and a supply roughly 42 million Americans with an average of $133.08 per month in food assistance. As of 2022 roughly 13% of Americans are receiving food assistance through SNAP.
In 2020 due to the pandemic SNAP households were given an extra $95 or more per month depending on the household size.
However response to poverty
However - many critics of SNAP have argued that because of pre packaging food is much h cheaper than fresh food. Many SNAP participants use their vouchers to buy there high fat/sugar foods in order to save money which can lead to unhealthy diets.
Another problem is not all retailers accept SNAP vouchers so many participates are travelling long distance to find somewhere were they can spend them.
Finally congress have decided to end the special benefits so by 2023 everyone participating in SNAP will go back to receiving pre pandemic amounts meaning a s smaller monthly food budget.
Response to unemployment inequality
P - response to unemployment inequality
Explain - woman, those with disabilities and people of colour in America face signifant inequality when it comes to being hired for and promoted.
The US gov has introduced a number of different actions programmes for the executive branch and federal contractors.
This means that they must deliberately aim to recruit and advance qualified people from ethnic minority groups/women and people with disabilities
Example of responses to unemployment inequality
Example - the affirmative action policy followed by the department of labour, which requires all contractors and subcontractors to recruit and advance qualified minorities/woman/perosn with disabilities.
Affirmative action has been effective it has led up to 5M minority workers moving up in the workforce.
However responses to unemployment inequality
H- there are many critics of affirmative action who claim that is discriminates against white people and that race shouldn’t be a factor when hiring.
Conservatives such as Richard sander says that artificially putting minorities into jobs or uni they are unable to attend increases the chance of failure.
many have said this undermines people hardwork.
