We have industries, or places that are able to produce many products, but then again a lot of our products come from overseas. A lot of companies have left the United States to head for other countries where the cost of production is cheaper. The division of labor in this country is how the book describes it. Certain jobs require certain people in order to achieve a task. That is universal across the world. The old way of thinking in this country, and you see this in old commercials where women were viewed to be the stay-at-home moms, while the dads' went and worked. It didn't matter the job title, men were to bring the paychecks home in the family. They were the provider of the family. Obviously, these roles have changed over the years. Now, women in a lot of cases are more successful than their husbands, or significant others.
Agriculture,horticulture, farming, harvesting crops are still a big part of American value. The Midwest is full of farms. Wheat is a big crop. Florida grows the oranges. Georgia grows peaches. Many states across the country grow different crops for economic survival. Recently, we've had a cantaloupe crisis. Jensen Farms in Holly, Colorado is where the listeria outbreak (tainted cantaloupe) has been traced back to. Something like a recall, and in this case an outbreak of a deadly virus can financially hurt a business, or a family farm.
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An outbreak can cause the cantaloupe farmers, or any produce sales to go down because of fear. We have many dairy farms in this country where our milk, eggs, chicken, cheese, etc. come from. The people that work in these professions should get paid more than what they have. They are the real laborers of this country.
Our political system in America is a democracy. Their are three branches to our government, legislative, executive, and judicial. We have two big political parties, democrats and republicans. The political system and economic system go hand-in-hand in our country, which is the case in a lot of countries. Our lack of guidance in politics has led to our economic crisis that began in the latter part of 2008. It continues today. Over three years of an economic crisis affects everyone. Jobs are harder to find. Go back to what I talked about earlier, certain people do certain things, there may not be a job out there for that certain someone to work.
Then, move down the chain of command, each state has their own political system. Though, lower on the totem-pole, they are still a part of government. Many people in state or local offices can one day become a federal official, maybe President.
Other places around the world have monarchs, which is kings, queens, princes. Some places have dictators. Tribes have chiefs. Political systems just vary so much. Some places have claimed to have free-elections, but then the people go to a voting booth, and they may be forced to vote for a certain person, or something bad could happen to them. Laws are different from country-to-country. Countries, states, tribes all have norms in common. That is what can help them to have a political system, and a sustaining political system. Some people don't realize that America maybe one of the youngest countries, but we have the most sustaining political system throughout the world. Our constitution is one of the world's most sustaining constitutions in the world. The laws in the original Bill of Rights are still used in this country.
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