Do you agree or disagree with the status quo in our constitutional democracy wherein both major political parties generally acknowledge to varying degrees, depending on the issue in question, the leading role of the federal government, often in partnership with the states, in developing public policy and programs in areas such as climate change, infrastructure, education, healthcare, disease control, law enforcement, transportation, regulation of the economy, etc., as well as providing for our domestic security and national defense, and the protection of our rights and liberties? Explain your response in detail, with factual support from the text and other research you have done; if you do disagree with the status quo, specifically how would you change the system in keeping with your point of view?
