Government Regulations And Social Insurance Programs

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
• Textbook: Chapter 17 THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY, 2018 ELECTIONS AND UPDATES EDITION
• Lesson: Read this Week’s Lesson which is located in THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY, 2018 ELECTIONS AND UPDATES EDITION
• Initial Post: minimum of 2 scholarly sources (must include your textbook for one of the sources).
• .
Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, respond to one of the following options, and label the beginning of your post indicating either Option 1 or Option 2:
• Option 1: The main social insurance programs like Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment compensation are funded by a payroll tax on the earnings of individuals who may receive benefits. Do you think the social insurance programs are effective? How are social insurance programs affected by the socioeconomic and political forces? Explain your answers.
• Option 2: Research government regulations on a particular area of your choice, such as food, drugs, product safety, fracking, environment, etc. Do you think the government regulations go too far? Do you think the government needs to add more regulations? How are lobbyists involved concerning regulations on food and drug safety, and our environment concerning fracking? Explain your answers.
Be sure to make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week.