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The governments should get more interested in helping such families by according them more fringe benefits. But there is no particular political interest in doing so – those families will always have only two votes to give. Second, the greater longevity is also making a hole in the public finance. In countries with developed social security system it represents an important financial burden. Old people have more healthy problems and need more medical help. And it is mostly the government who provides

To what extent the Labour government 1945-51 achieved a quiet revolution. In what respects were they a disappointment to themselves. The Labour Government, with their massive victory in 1945, had important expectations for themselves and so did British Citizens. Already, before and during World War II it was felt that things should change in Britain. The conservative government wanted these important matters to return to normal, but it was not what the public wanted. This landslide victory was

Greece economic crisis: • By the end of 2009, as a result of a combination of international (financial crisis) and local (uncontrolled spending prior to the October 2009 national elections) factors, the Greek economy faced its most severe crisis after 1993, with the highest budget deficits well as the second highest debt to GDP ratio in the EU. The 2009 budget deficit stood at 12.7% of GDP. This, and rising debt levels (113% of GDP in 2009) lead to rising borrowing costs, resulting in a severe

Conservatives from R. Reagan and Margaret Thatcher to G. Bush have always believed in smaller government. Today, in the midst of a severe economic crisis, it seems that ‘Big Government’ is back. Discuss Ronald Reagan made no bone of his wariness of government. He said in his first Inaugural Address that ‘Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.’ He was a fervent apostle of low taxes, free markets and deregulation. So was Margaret Thatcher. She believed the less

service de renseignement de sécurité intérieure ; le Secret Intelligence Service, service de renseignement extérieur utilisant des sources humaines et techniques et les échanges avec des services de renseignement et de sécurité étrangers ; le Government Communications Headquarters(GCHQ), service rensponsable du renseignement d'origine électromagnétique et de la sécurité des communications et des systèmes d'information du gouvernement et des armées. Le MI6, comme le MI5, fut créé en octobre 1909

GCHQ : Government Communication Headquarters GCHQ is one of the three UK Intelligence Agencies and a part of the UK's National Intelligence Machinery. GCHQ works in partnership with the Security Service (also known as MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (also known as MI6) to protect the UK's national security interests. GCHQ decided to chose TMP for an help in their recruitment communications because they had a pretty conservative image (not really into young people, coloured people and

Forms of Government in Japan Introduction: The Kofun period (古墳時代, Kofun-jidai) is an era in the history of japan from around 250 to 538. The word kofun is Japanese for the type of burial mounds from this era. The Kofun period follows the Yayoi period . The Kofun and the subsequent Asuka Period are sometimes referred to collectively as the Yamato Period. * The Yamato polity, emerged by the late 5th century, known for its powerful great clans or extended families. Each clan was headed

REPORT “LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY” 23 – 30 November 2007 Gummersbach – Germany Organised by the International Academy for Leadership (IAF) Presented by Mr Antonin Oumar GNING Tel : 00221 77 653 76 29 / 00221 33 825 89 76 E-mail : agning@hotmail.com / gninga@yahoo.fr 1 Seminar description From 23 to 30 November 2007 was held in Germany in Gummersbach the seminar: "Local government and Civil Society" which came within the framework of the implementation of annual program of the International

The climate change debate and governments Final essay Nowadays, famous scientists such as Nicholas Stern or Trenberth, claim that climate changes are in the heart of big debates. An example of that is the current conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, and this is what people consider as the biggest and most important environmental discussion there has ever been. The main factor for the increase of climate change is the Greenhouse effect which has a direct impact on the human’s life. The Greenhouse

Do governments have to ensure full employment? It is obvious that nowadays economic interventionism, through various policies, is a key concept in every countries. Economic policies are divided into 2 types: industrial (structural) and stabilization policies. The former has effects on the long term economical effects by stimulating specific activities to promote structural change, while the former aim at stabilize the economy in the short term. Stabilization policies can be fiscal or monetary