Please, everyone  answer the question in PART I and (1) ONE question in PART II.

PART I.
 Please select one (1) of the following subjects: electronic privacy policy, school prayer, campaign finance reform, or  reforming sweatshop work conditions. Please analyze this issue from a libertarian, socialist, communitarian, and welfare state liberal perspective. Be sure and fully develop the logic of each approach and be sure and describe both the strengths and weaknesses of each approach to the problem you have chosen. Which approach do you consider to be the most useful in solving this particular issue? Why?

PART II.

A.) While Marxist theory has generally been unreflective of the American situation, given the availability of property and the expanding economy, events in recent years have made it seem more credible as a way of describing the relationship between workers and management. Namely, the gap between the very rich and the very poor is expanding, real wages have dropped in the last 20 years, corporate profits are up and corporate taxes as a percentage of total tax revenue has dropped to 10%, from 30% in 1970. In addition, many high-paying manufacturing jobs in the United States are being eliminated while new plants are being opened in Third World Countries where labor is cheaper and there is no government regulation or environmental controls. What do you think? Do Marx's ideas have any current relevance to today's economy in the United States? Why or why not?

B.) Socialism, as an ideology, was strongest in the early years of the century when the industrialization of the economy was expanding, there were large numbers of immigrants pouring in the nation who were willing (or forced) to work for very low wages, and there was no government role in the economy--i.e., no minimum wage, no child labor prohibition, no worker safety regulations. Modern socialists argue that the New Deal programs and the new govt role in regulating the economy prevented a true workers'revolution from occurring, as it gave workers enough to "take the edge off their anger", but not enough to truly make them fully participating members of society. Welfare state liberals, in turn, would argue that it would go too much against American foundation of classical liberalism to really implement socialism as a dominant ideology, and that, instead, the US has established a good balance between worker's protections and the rights of business owners to have the freedom to do business. What do you think? Who seems more right to you? Which ideology seems to best fit the current conditions in the American economy?

C.) One of the strongest campaigns in the US now, which is supported by modern socialists, is the "living wage" campaign. This campaign calls for all public employees (state, local, county, and national) to receive at least $7.00 an hour, as the minimum amount needed, working full-time, to make a living wage in today's economy.After public employees, modern socialists would like to further expand this pay scale to all private industries as well. Business interests argue that being forced to pay employees a higher wage than is determined by the market will make them uncompetitive, as they will carry higher overhead. They argue, instead, that if workers desire to make a higher income, that they upgrade their skills and market themselves to a job that pays a higher wage. In other words, let the market determine the wages of the workers and keep the government out of it. Modern socialists, argue, in turn, that workers at the bottom of the economy cannot improve their skills until they are economically stable enough to do so, which won't happen without a "living wage". What do you think? Who seems more right here?

D.) While communitarians and socialists both agree that the needs of the community come before the negative liberty of the individual, they define community in very different ways and their focuses are different. Communitarians would stress the role of volunteerism and trying to create a society in which the bonds between people are stronger as the best way to ensure that everyone understands their moral obligations to each other, without the need for government at all. Socialists would argue that these obligations will never be honored without government coercion and that it is legitimate for govt to step in and protect the rights of workers, as well as to re-distribute tax money on the basis of human need. For socialists, the government is necessary to ensuring the continued existence of a stable society. Who seems more right, in your opinion on this issue? Why?