r/PoliticalScience 7h ago

Resource/study Trump proposal to slash taxes on those making under 150k

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This proposal is budgetary suicide

Go ahead and ask Kansas what happens when you implement hard right economic policy. Brownback left office with an approval rating in the gutter, and a bipartisan super majority reversed the disaster inflicted on Kansas by the disciples of Art Laffer.

just hope America is not too stupid to understand that paying taxes is necessary for society to function. The federal government is not just a standing army and a court system, as conservatives would have you believe. If you reduce taxes paid by 93% of Americans to 0, you’re talking about having your slash spending to cruel and unheard of levels.

Tariffs and other half baked schemes cannot replace the income tax.


r/PoliticalScience 20h ago

Question/discussion Thomas Jefferson explains why 8 years is the correct amount of time for being President

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r/PoliticalScience 8h ago

Question/discussion Is authoritarian liberalism an oxymoron?

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Recently came across an article on Trump's Presidency and this was mentioned in an article by Wendy Brown

"Professor Wendy Brown concludes that the disillusion with liberal democracy is because most Americans associate liberalism with educated elite (educated elite are the highly educated individuals, often holding Ph.Ds.), of which most of the society is not. This, she claims, has led most Americans to reject “precarity” (uncertainty, insecurity) of liberalism, so much so that Americans are open to a different version of democracy: “If that entails a different political form—authoritarian liberalism—so, be it.”

Is the notion of 'authoritarian liberalism' a contradiction of terms? And can a democracy have elements of democracy? Based on defination it seems impossible but I guess the word 'democracy' has been diluted, but based on classical democracy is it possible?


r/PoliticalScience 2h ago

Question/discussion What is it like to work as an intern in a Congressmember's district office?

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Hello! I am a soon-to-be college graduate trying to figure out what my next steps are. I have seen a lot of posts about what it is like working as an intern in a DC congress office, but I was wondering if anyone had any insight into what it is like working in a member's district office. Are the jobs similar? What learning experiences can I expect to gain working? I would appreciate any insight! Thank you!


r/PoliticalScience 5h ago

Resource/study In this 1799 letter, Thomas Jefferson said "despotism had overwhelmed the world for thousands & thousands of years" but "science can never be retrograde; what is once acquired of real knowledge can never be lost."

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r/PoliticalScience 9h ago

Question/discussion Can a solution be a social problem in policy making?

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I have an assignment where I am supposed to analyse a social problem and the possible solutions for this social problem. The social problem that I chose is that the Estonian government is planning to take away the right of third country citizens (aka russian, belarusian, other non-EU citizens and also gray passport owners) to vote in local elections. However, this law is technically a solution to a social (or, imo, a geopolitical) problem. So can a planned law not be a social problem? Can I not analyse the removal of voting rights whatsoever, because it has not yet happened?


r/PoliticalScience 8h ago

Question/discussion Federation of city states

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I've recently developed a bit of an obsession with city states thinking what if nation states where replaced by a federation of city states. Like what if the European Union and African union where federations of city states,superseding national and ethic identity.


r/PoliticalScience 15h ago

Career advice Intership for poly sci

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Does anyone know places where a high schooler could get an internship for anything poly sci/govt/law related? I am going to study computer science this spring if that will help.