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What Can the Federal Government Do Well?


3. Federal government: Performance and role - Pew Research Center

Similar shares say that the government is doing a good job at keeping the country safe from terrorism (68%), ensuring that food and medicine are ...

50 Ways Government Works for Us - SEC.gov

Food stamps protect families facing hardship by helping them buy the food they need for good health. ... The “Do Not Call” Registry makes it easier for consumers ...

Government's Greatest Achievements of the Past Half Century

1. Rebuild Europe After World War II · 2. Expand the Right to Vote · 3. Promote Equal Access to Public Accommodations · 4. Reduce Disease · 5. Reduce Workplace ...

What does the Federal government do really well? : r/AskALiberal

The Federal government is best at supporting the things that are important to citizens that are either not profitable for the free market, are ...

The 10 best things government has done for us - MarketWatch

Educating everybody. Our economy and democracy would be impossible without an educated, skilled populace. From the beginning of our nation, ...

Six Big Government Success Stories of the Last Two Decades

Often, it's not what government has accomplished that's significant, but what it has prevented from happening. · $55 billion to provide access to ...

10 success stories of government action in the United States

... federal government, and seat of the United States Congress. Credit ... The improvements show how government action can create ...

What are some good things the government has done for the US?

Abolishing slavery, Social Security, the Federal Reserve Bank and federal taxation. I don't think abolishing slavery requires any kind of explanation.

Americans' Views of Government: Decades of Distrust, Enduring ...

Evaluations are highly positive in some respects, including for responding to natural disasters (70% say the government does a good job of this) ...

GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMON GOOD

We believe that our public sector—through the work of our elected officials, the dedication of the public workforce and the engagement of all citizens—can and ...

How, and when, federalism is good for public health

States may be able to do more, and do more quickly, than the federal government. In Michigan, a state with significant avian influenza outbreaks ...

Americans Want the Federal Government To Help People in Need

Strong majorities of voters across party lines view access to clean water, a quality public education, adequate food, and housing as basic human ...

Three lessons to make government work better now and in the future

Passing a Bill and a Budget. When Congress does not pass legislation due to partisan battles, policy stalemates or competing priorities, it has ...

Key Trends with a Major Impact on Our Nation and Its Government

... well-being of the American people. Understanding these trends will be critical to ensuring the federal government is prepared for the future.

Federal Spending | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data

What does the government buy? ... The government buys a variety of products and services used to serve the public - everything from military aircraft, ...

Policy Issues - United States Department of State

We prioritize anti-corruption and seek to make it even harder for criminality and terrorism to take root and spread, to promote governments that are more ...

View Topics | U.S. GAO - Government Accountability Office

Federal government organization, management, and regulation, plus intergovernmental issues. Census and elections, as well as government efficiency and ...

Public Firm in View Government Doing Too Much, Too Powerful

Americans' baseline assumption about the federal government is that it is overstepping its bounds by doing too many things that should be left ...

What Can the Federal Government Do Better than the States? [No. 86]

We tend to think of “federalism” as being all about what the states can do better than a national government. What about things that the ...

The State of Public Trust in Government 2024

Actions the federal government could take to become more effective and trustworthy ; Use taxpayer funds more efficiently. 50% ; Hold employees ...


Issues in Economics Today

Textbook by Robert Guell