Did Governor Abbott veto a good bill because of a bad amendment?

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Texas Executive Branch Assignment

The governor of Texas is considered relatively weak by national standards. Texas has a plural executive, meaning voters elect a lot of the executive branch officials (comptroller, agriculture commissioner, land commissioner, lieutenant governor, attorney general, etc.) independently. The governor, therefore, has little control over the executive branch of state government, since the guys who run it mostly don’t report to him – they answer only to the voters.

One area where the governor holds real power, though, is in the legislative process. The Texas Constitution allows the governor to call the state legislature into special session and gives him the sole power to set the session’s agenda. Bills on subjects not included in the governor’s “call” cannot be considered. The Constitution also allows the governor the power to veto bills passed by the legislature. While the legislature technically has the power to override his veto with a 2/3 vote, he generally vetoes bills after the legislature has adjourned – making the threat of an override meaningless.

The Constitutional deadline for Governor Greg Abbott to veto bills passed by the last regular session of the Texas Legislature was Sunday, June 16, 2019.

Your assignment:

Take a look at the bills vetoed by Governor Abbott in 2019 :

https://capitol.texas.gov/Reports/Report.aspx?LegSess=86R&ID=vetoedbygov

Pick three. Write one essay explaining what each bill did, why Governor Abbott vetoed it, and whether or not you agree with the governor’s decision.

Submit this assignment in Microsoft Word. Cite your sources.

Additional Resources

Governor Abbott’s official veto proclamations can be found on his website: http://gov.texas.gov/news/bills

The Texas Tribune is always a good source of information.

The left-leaning Dallas Observer had a lot to say about this year’s vetoes: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/heres-what-texas-gov-greg-abbott-vetoed-this-session-11689556
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Did Governor Abbott veto a good bill because of a bad amendment? https://www.texastribune.org/2019/06/05/greg-abbott-vetoes-domestic-violence-bill-due-radioactive-waste-fees/
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Texas’ Legislative Reference Library has a website that lets you look at governors’ vetoes all the way back to 1846: http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legis/vetoes/

Do you find it difficult to be assertive in your own life (personal and professional)? Why or why not?

1. You have just been hired by Yummy Juicy, a national corporation that sells organic juices at most major retail stores. You have been hired as the West Coast Distribution Manager. After about five weeks on the job, you get the following email:
Sir/Maam,
You are hurting this company. You have continued to try to force all of us to change our ways and follow procedures that are no good. I am not sure why you got the job. You trained us on the new procedures, which wasted hours of our time. Dont bother to reply to this email, I know nothing will change.
R/
Bob (disgruntled employee)

2. Complete the following:

a. Develop an email response. Use the three-step process for being assertive. Bob is one of your first-line supervisors and has been with the company for 20 years. Mary, another supervisor tells you that Bob is just trying to bully you and that most other supervisors love the new processes.
b. Do you find it difficult to be assertive in your own life (personal and professional)? Why or why not?
c. What are the risks of being assertive with Bob? Make sure you utilize common course terminology when explaining the risks.
3. Mary comes to you later in the day and says, Boss, Bob is trying to negotiate with you, he has a target in mind, and is not flexible, so his limit is not much different than his target. Explain what Mary is talking about (explain, in your OWN words, the concepts of targets and limits during negotiations).

How effective was Reconstruction in assisting Black people to move from slavery to freedom?

Please see attached for the text book. Chapter 13 is in the middle.

Please discuss in a full page in detail. Use quotes from the text and or film to strengthen your discussion.

1. How effective was Reconstruction in assisting Black people to move from slavery to freedom? Please use detail and references from the text and videos. Also, please mention President Andrew Johnson’s role as President in your discussion

What is the difference between explicit and implicit cost?

Market Forms
The following questions address some of the price and output decisions faced by firms other than those found in perfect competition. Some numbers may be rounded.

Table 1-a

Average Fixed cost

Average Variable Cost

Average Total Cost

Output

0

1

$ 180.00

$ 135.00

$ 315.00

2

$ 90.00

$ 127.50

$ 217.50

3

$ 60.00

$ 120.00

$ 180.00

4

$ 45.00

$ 112.50

$ 157.50

5

$ 36.00

$ 111.00

$ 147.00

6

$ 30.00

$ 112.50

$ 142.50

7

$ 25.71

$ 115.70

$ 141.41

8

$ 22.50

$ 121.90

$ 144.40

9

$ 20.00

$ 130.00

$ 150.00

10

$ 18.00

$ 139.50

$ 157.50

Table 1-a (continued)

Marginal Cost

Price

Total Revenue

Marginal Revenue

Output

0

$ 345.00

1

$ 300.00

2

$ 249.00

3

$ 213.00

4

$ 189.00

5

$ 165.00

6

$ 144.00

7

$ 126.00

8

$ 111.00

9

$ 99.00

10

$ 87.00

Questions:

Complete Table 1. Summarize your calculations and use Microsoft Excel.
Using Excel, draw one graph showing average fixed costs, average variable costs, average total costs, marginal revenue, and marginal costs.
Using the data in the table and on your graph, what is the profit maximizing, or loss minimizing level of output? Explain and justify your answers.
What is a normal profit? What is an economic profit? Explain your answer using examples. Are normal profits being earned in this example? Are economic profits present for this firm in this example? Explain your answers.
Given the data in the table and the graph, how could you determine or identify the optimal plant size?
What is the difference between explicit and implicit cost? Explain your answers.
How would we determine if a cost is a fixed cost or a variable cost?
Present your analysis in Microsoft Excel format. Enter non-numerical responses in the same worksheet using textboxes.

Construct a table that describes the various characteristics of each market structure.

The market structures influence how price and output decisions are made by the firms in their respective structure. In all market structures, one of the primary goals is to maximize profits or minimize losses.

One of the major differences between these market structures is how price and output decisions are made, which in turn depends on the characteristics of each market structure. There are four market structures:

Perfect competition
Monopolistic competition
Oligopoly
Monopoly
Tasks:

Construct a table that describes the various characteristics of each market structure.
Identify a firm for each of these market structures and explain why each firm belongs in the market structure identified.
Using Microsoft Excel, construct a graph for each of the market structures and explain how price and output decisions are made in each structure and how they differ.
How is marginal analysis used in the price and output decisions of firms in the various market structures?