POLS 1101 1ST Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Previous Lecture I Vocabulary Words Outline of Current Lecture I The Logic of Nationalization II The Paths to Nationalization III History transfers of Policy to Washington 1930s IV Lyndon Baines Johnson V Nationalization The Solution to States Collective Dilemmas VI The Political Logic of Nationalization VII Modern Federalism Current Lecture I II III The Logic of Nationalization Policy nationalization o Realities of collective action problem solving o Purely political considerations Credit Claiming o Externalities The Paths to Nationalization Changes in the United States o Growth o Industrialization o Urbanization denser population areas o Development of national transportation and communication systems federal government maps out a way to create the railroads and other things o The Nation s desire for public goods that could not be met by local communities and states increased History transfers of Policy to Washington 1930s The last recession is the 2nd worse we have had Unemployment was up in the 30 and 40 percentile Hoover didn t do much and then FDR came in and said he would create jobs where they weren t there He created a number of new agencies so he could create jobs The federal government grew 6th fold during his time These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Roosevelt was able to do all those things by invoking the commerce clause o The Supreme Court struck down many of his efforts They didn t think he had a right to use the commerce clause for a lot of his stuff because the commerce clause only affected commerce directly traded across state lines o So Roosevelt put another 9 justices on the court and they agreed with him and so his laws were passed IV Lyndon Baines Johnson Created Great Society Agenda He also created more than a hundred new programs including Medicaid He is giving out tons of money to states due to the Medicaid program They would give money to the states but with that money came guidelines that the states had to follow V Nationalization The Solution to States Collective Dilemmas Collective Action dilemmas prompted states to ask Washington for help o Coordination problems o Disaster relief o Regulation of electrical transmission o Reneging and Shirking Pollution If something happens with pollution and if effects more than one state than the federal government will step in o Cutthroat competition Wages A minimum wage was set to ensure that states would not continue to lower wages because each state would follow the other so they didn t have to pay their employees as much or to ensure that other businesses would set up in there state so they wouldn t have to pay their employees as much Environmental regulation States would start to relax their environmental regulations to save money so the federal government has to set some laws to help the environment VI The Political Logic of Nationalization Difficult to lobby persuade 50 separate states If 20 states allow gays to marry and the other 30 don t it would be easier for all the gays in those 30 states to get the federal government to pass one law allowing it in all 50 states than trying to pass a law individually in each state A more efficient method a single federal law can change policy in all 50 states at once o National government may be more receptive o Also opposite can be true VII Stem cell research Abortion onstate ballots Firearm safety Modern Federalism National government s primacy in setting domestic policy is secure Affordable Care Act Upheld National government has advantage in the courts o Garcia v San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority 1985 Recently the Court has sought to limit federal authority o The head Justice limited the federal government when it comes to the commerce law o Obamacare ACA Individual mandate to purchase health insurance unconstitutional under commerce clause Federal government can assert authority by using preemption legislation among other things
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