Greg Goldinger

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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.