Government Regulations And Social Insurance Programs
Week 8 Discussion: Government Regulations And Social Insurance Programs
Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 17 • Lesson: Read this Week’s Lesson which is located in the Modules tab • Initial Post: minimum of 2 scholarly sources (must include your textbook for one of the sources). Follow-Up Post: minimum of 1 scholarly source for your Follow-Up Post. • Your Initial Post and your Follow-Up Post must be based on the same Option that you chose in order ‘to receive credit for both posts.
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, tracking, 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 tracking? Explain your answers.
Be SUM to make connection between you, ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts. terms, and theory we are discussing this week:
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