What are some good sites to learn about politics?

I’m a beginner, but I’m interesting in this stuff. What are some sites I can learn the easiest about politics and whats happening now with our government and debt to China, or etc.

I’m a beginner, but I’m interesting in this stuff.

What are some sites I can learn the easiest about politics and whats happening now with our government and debt to China, or etc.

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How did Politics help lead to the Civil War?

I need to know in what ways did Politics have an effect and eventually lead to the civil war. Thanks! And if someone could help soon, that would be awesome, I need it ASAP! Thank you SO much!

I need to know in what ways did Politics have an effect and eventually lead to the civil war.
Thanks!
And if someone could help soon, that would be awesome, I need it ASAP! Thank you SO much!

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What role do gender and race play in politics today?

Especially when you think of it in terms of how a “conservative” and a “liberal” define each term. I’m not really looking for a definitive answer, but rather your opinion on the purpose gender and race serve in contemporary politics and society/America.

Especially when you think of it in terms of how a “conservative” and a “liberal” define each term.

I’m not really looking for a definitive answer, but rather your opinion on the purpose gender and race serve in contemporary politics and society/America.

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Why can people no longer respectfully disagree about politics?

Today’s politics is all about creating fear and hatred in the electorate. What led America to this? And why?

Today’s politics is all about creating fear and hatred in the electorate. What led America to this? And why?

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What are good books or other sources to read from to better learn about politics and government in the US?

Part of my New Year’s Resolution this 2009 is to inform myself more on the history of the US and our politics and government. I was interested in knowing which are some great books to read or possibly other sources to look into so I can get a good set of knowledge down. Thanks everyone [...]

Part of my New Year’s Resolution this 2009 is to inform myself more on the history of the US and our politics and government. I was interested in knowing which are some great books to read or possibly other sources to look into so I can get a good set of knowledge down. Thanks everyone for your responses.

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How did Physical Geography and Sociology influence the politics of the United Kingdom?

Geography: How the fact that it is an island, separation from the main continent, and natural resources influenced politics of the U.K. Sociology:how age, sex, religion, socio-economic status influenced U.K.

Geography: How the fact that it is an island, separation from the main continent, and natural resources influenced politics of the U.K.

Sociology:how age, sex, religion, socio-economic status influenced U.K.

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What makes people think the Federal reserve is ‘independent of politics’?

For God’s sake, they control the money supply and they control politics. Most major events and pork barrel spending could not happen without them. When the Chairman is up for re-appointment, he will be good to the President. Human beings are all political creatures. Whether that is Congress in Washington or your high school. If [...]

For God’s sake, they control the money supply and they control politics. Most major events and pork barrel spending could not happen without them.

When the Chairman is up for re-appointment, he will be good to the President.

Human beings are all political creatures. Whether that is Congress in Washington or your high school.

If the money supply is run be people, it will inevitably be politicized. By suggesting otherwise you show a lack of understanding of human nature.

If you want a money independent of politics, you want GOLD. No human can control that.

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What happened to the Transformers avatar user in Politics?

He was in the Top 10 point earners in Politics, was Liberal drone and used a Transformers image as his avatar. I don’t see him on here and on the Top 10. Did he finally get banned?

He was in the Top 10 point earners in Politics, was Liberal drone and used a Transformers image as his avatar.

I don’t see him on here and on the Top 10. Did he finally get banned?

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Why were Politics and politicians of late 1800s forgettable?

Why were the politics and politicians of the late 1800s so “forgettable” and what underlying problems handicapped the nation’s government?

Why were the politics and politicians of the late 1800s so “forgettable” and what underlying problems handicapped the nation’s government?

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Are the politics and economics of the welfare state at odds with each other?

The politics of the welfare state are simple – the government provides largesse in exchange for votes. That largesse has to come from somewhere, and government does not create wealth – so it must take wealth from those who are not its clients, in the form of taxes. Typically that is resented. Thus, you have [...]

The politics of the welfare state are simple – the government provides largesse in exchange for votes. That largesse has to come from somewhere, and government does not create wealth – so it must take wealth from those who are not its clients, in the form of taxes. Typically that is resented. Thus, you have to maintain a majority that is or could become a client of the welfare state and thus will vote for it, or that is employed by it. And the taxes that pay for all that are what keeps most people from becoming financially independent of it. It’s a self-fulfilling machine, politically. This was the New Deal / Great Society.

But economically a welfare state can work only with a small client base and a large class that is financially independent of government and yet supports it. So the welfare state model described above must fail and did fail – without organic growth the Fed had to inflate to fuel the economy, and it all washed up on the beach in the 1970s as stagflation.
Volcker HAD to do what he did, if he didn’t, we’d still have stagflation today.

But he was able, politically, to do it because the tax cuts triggered organic growth, thus reducing the pain of monetary tightening.

The series of tax cuts we’ve had since 1981 have resulted in more economic mobility, in growth of earnings – real capital – thus less reliance on inflated currency for short-term growth. The result has been an almost uninterrupted 30 year boom, which has significantly enlarged that class of people who are financially independent of government – who are not potential clients of the welfare state. We “live paycheck to paycheck” in that we spend what we bring in, but we spend most of it on things we don’t need such as cable tv, internet, vacations, a new grill, marble and granite countertops, hardwood floors, homes 50% larger than homes in the 1970s – not the same thing as someone who makes only enough to pay for rent for a studio apartment and groceries.

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