FRQ 1: Respond to all parts of the question. In your response, use substantive examples where appropriate.
In May of 2017, congressional leaders introduced the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024, which is more than double the current level of $7.25 an hour. The legislation is the culmination of a three-year campaign promoted by organized labor known as "Fight for
$15." Some cities, such as Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, have already adopted the $15 minimum wage.
"What we are here today to say is that a living wage is $15 . . . If you are working 40 or 50 hours a week, you should not be living in poverty," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. However, some economists warn that raising the minimum wage can hurt workers by causing job loss. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a raise to a more modest $10.10 would cost approximately
500,000 jobs.
Describe the ideology that supports the policy issue described in the scenario.
Explain how the ideological perspective, described in part A, affects legislative process in Congress on the policy issue.
Explain how a major political event, such as the recession that began in 2008, could influence how citizens would behave politically in the context of the scenario.
"There's something even more revolutionary at work here. By lowering the
barriers that protect state-owned industries, China is speeding a process that is removing government from vast areas of people's lives. In the past, virtually every Chinese citizen woke up in an apartment or a house owned by the government, went to work in a factory or a farm run by the government and read newspapers published by the government. . . .
"Now people are leaving those firms, and when China joins the W.T.O., they will leave them faster.
"The Chinese government no longer will
be everyone's employer, landlord, shopkeeper and nanny all rolled into one. It will have fewer instruments, therefore, with which to control people's lives. And that may lead to very profound change. . . . The genie of freedom will not go back into the bottle. As Justice Earl Warren once said, "liberty is the most contagious force in the world."
In the new century, liberty will spread by cell phone and cable modem. In the past year, the number of Internet addresses in China has more than
quadrupled, from two million to nine million. This year, the number is expected to grow to over 20 million."
-Source: President Bill Clinton, "Clinton's Words on China: Trade Is the Smart Thing," The New York Times, 2000
Which of the following statements is most consistent with Clinton's argument in this passage?