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USA Vs. Poland. Greg Goldinger Pd. 1. Type of Government. USA President Barack Obama Elected 4 Year Term Be at least 35 Natural born citizen Live in the US for at least 14 years. Poland President Bronislaw Maria Komorowski Elected 5 Year Term Polish Citizen Be at least 35 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Greg Goldinger
Pd. 1
USA VS. POLAND
Type of GovernmentUSA
President Barack Obama Elected 4 Year Term Be at least 35 Natural born citizen Live in the US for at
least 14 years
Poland President Bronislaw Maria
Komorowski Elected 5 Year Term Polish Citizen Be at least 35 Collect 100,000
signatures of voters
Type of Government Cont...USA
• Congress• It is a Bicameral
Legislature• It is made up of two
house the senate and house of representatives
• 435 members in the house of representatives and 100 in the senate
Poland •National Assembly•It is a Bicameral Legislature •It is made up of two houses the senate and the sejm •The senat seats 100 members and the sejm seats 460 members
Type of Government Cont…USA
• We have the freedom of speech/press to a certain point
• We have the freedom of religion, we can pick any religion we want to.
• We have the right to bear arms
Poland• They have the freedom of
expression this means they have to right to hold opinion
• They have the freedom of religion
• They have very strict gun laws and they figure there is one gun own out of 100 people. You must have a license for a gun and you have to go through a lengthy process to get one. you have to repeat the process every 5 years. you can only get one gun
Political Parties
USA We have a two party system is
the US We have the Democrats and the
Republicans Democrats are more liberal they
support gay marriage, decrease military spending and the death penalty. Their symbol is a donkey and their color is blue.
Republicans are more conservatives they oppose gay marriage. They support the death penalty and increased military spending. Their symbol is the elephant and their color is red.
Poland They have a multiparty system
with a few groups The groups names are Civics
Platform, Law and Justice, and Palikot’s Movement
Civics Platform- centre right, liberal conservatism, christian democracy. Their color is yellow.
Law and Justice- right wing, national conservatism, social conservatism. Their color is blue.
Palikot’s Movement- centre right, liberalism, radicalism, anti clericalism. Their color is orange.
USA
Must be a United States citizen
Be 18 years old by December 31 of the
year in which you file the form
Live at current address at least 30 days
before an election
Not be in jail or on parole for a felony
conviction
Not claim the right to vote else where We have presidential elections every
four years and congress elections every two years
We have primary and general elections
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
Poland Must be polish citizen Must be 18 years old 1. Local Council election 2. Local Mayor election 3. Presidential Election 4. Sejm Election 5. Senate Election 6. European Parliament Election The president has a five year term and
the senat and sejm has a four year term.
Taxes and Government Finance
USA
The US charges an income tax
The US also makes money from trading goods with other countries
Military- $683.0 billion
Education- $79.1 billion
Healthcare- $84.2 billion
Poland
Poland charges an income tax
They make a lot of their money by exporting goods from their country
Military- $ 9.84 billion
Education- $ 5.7 billion
Healthcare- $ 7.0 billion
Law
USA Uses the death penalty People can serve in jail from a few
months to life in prison, also they can be on parole or house arrest.
More than 2.3 ,million people in jail Between 2010 and 2011 violent
victimized crime increased 17% Between 2010 and 2011 property crime
increased 11% These have both gone down in 2012 and
2013 These are the US court systems- U.S. Supreme Court Federal Courts of Appeal Federal District Courts State Courts Court of Claims Court of Military Appeals Court of International Trade
Poland Their national crime rate is 22.7%
out of the population but it is decreasing just like the US’s
They do not use the death penalty since September first 1998
86,303 people are in prison in Poland
Poland has a four tiered court system: regional, provincial, appellate divisions, and a Supreme Court
Current Relations
The US and Poland are great allies Poland has helped
the US with security in unfriendly places and has
supported the US’s global leadership role.
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