between the 1870s and the 1930s, the role of the federal government in the United States changed tremendously. How and why did the role of the federal government changed? What do you think were the most positive changes? What changes in the government's role made life in the United States worse?

In your own words! What are the current tax issues being reported in the press and are there any major changes that might be coming up in the future? Do you think that these changes are going to help our economy or set us back and why?

DO NOT COPY FROM A BOOK OR ARTICLE!

What do you think have been the most positive changes in our law enforcement system throughout U.S. history? Why? What do you think have been the most negative changes in our law enforcement system throughout U.S. history? Why?

What do you see as the future level of crime in the United States? What specific changes do you expect to see in the strategies and policies by which our society responds to crime? What changes would you like to see toward the goal of improving U.S. society?

Pros of Government Regulation

• Government regulation cost American $55 billion per year.
• Annual expenditures that U.S. business must comply by cost $700 billion per year, and this only takes into account explicit cost.
• Additional cost could amount to almost $300 billion per year

Aside from the money aspect of government regulation, there are several other vital cost.

• Many people find it difficult to run a successful business with such harsh regulations.
• It can be difficult to follow one government regulation with out breaking another.

• It looks out for the safety of consumers.
• It protects the safety and health of the general public as well as the environment.
• It looks after the stability of the economy.
• Keeps in mind the well being of the people.

Is Government Regulation on the Rise?

Why Cant Chuck Get His Business Off The Ground?

Social: "refers to the broad category of rules governing how any business or individual carries out its activities, with a view to correcting one or more market failures.”

Economic: "refers to rules that limit who can enter a business (entry controls) and what prices they may charge."

Cons of Government Regulation

Types of Government Regulation

• The Securities and Exchange Program
• Federal Reserve
• Office of Comptroller of the Currency
• The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• The National Credit Union Administration
• The Federal Aviation Administration
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• The Federal Communication Commission
• Food and Drug Administration
• Environmental Protection Agency

• It creates a huge government bureaucracy that stifles growth.
• It can create huge monopolies that cause consumers to pay more.
• It squashes innovation by over-regulating.
• Is extremely costly to the tax payers

Ex: U.S. tax payers pay nearly $55 billion per year to fund the 300,000 regulatory staff and their various activities.

• Difficult to calculate success of operations.

How Costly is Government Regulation?

Pros and Cons of Government Regulation on the Economy

Recent Government Regulations

Examples of Government Regulation Agencies

• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is projecting that the food service industry will have to spend an additional 14 million hours every single year just to comply with new federal regulations that mandate that all vending machine operators and chain restaurants must label all products that they sell with a calorie count in a location visible to the consumer.
• In the state of Texas, it doesn't matter how much formal interior design education you have - only individuals with government licenses may refer to themselves as "interior designers" or use the term "interior design" to describe their work.
• Federal agents recently raided an Amish farm at 5 A.M. in the morning because they were selling "unauthorized" raw milk.
• The state of Louisiana says that monks must be fully licensed as funeral directors and actually convert their monasteries into licensed funeral homes before they will be allowed to sell their handmade wooden caskets.

Yes. Over the past 50 years Government Regulation has gone from less than 5 billion dollars a year to over 55 billion. More than 5,000 new federal and state regulations are added each year. It is also predicted that by the end of President Obama's term government regulatory spending could top over 73 billion dollars annually

1. With the "pros" and "cons" outlined in the Prezi in mind, state your general opinion about government regulation of business, particularly small business.

2. Locate an online article discussing an example of overly-restrictive, unduly burdensome, or just plain ridiculous government regulation of a business or industry. Briefly, summarize the article in your post and provide the link to it.

6. During mitosis cells use changes in the chromosome apparatus to accurately separate their chromatid pairs between two cells.

A. Please explain (and considering making a diagram) of how the spindle microtubules change across the process of mitosis. Please explain how chromosome attached microtubules change across mitosis and add those to your drawing.

B. Please explain where and how changes in polymerization of microtubules drive these changes and how motor proteins function in this process.

C. Please EXPLAIN HOW cells know that the steps in part A have been completed before moving on to the next phase of mitosis.