I don't understand my essay question. someone help, please!

[NARUTOS Rinnegan]

I'm doing an essay for class and it asks "what aspect of the social security act is an example of an implied power" and I don't understand what it is saying. Someone please help!!!

 

[thesurvivor]

google it

 

[AP2k]

What part of the social security act gives pseudo power to someone. If i'm reading it right.

 

[drxdroopy]

like dude said GOOGLE

 

[mintoandkushina]

How does this act imply (not explicitly give, but indirectly suggest) power.

 

[xxSalamanderxx]

First you need to know what is an implied power, then know what social security act is.. thats what its saying
Implied power is a form of controll over people,, like when the government is having controll over what you eat in school
Social Security act,, is the act that guarantees a pension when you retire from work..
I just google it and this came out so i hope it helps... cool sig by the way..

 

[NARUTOS Rinnegan]

My sources say.......... Use a Search Bar

google it

Already did people

How does this act imply (not explicitly give, but indirectly suggest) power.

yes

 

[Cosmic Path]

I would google it and google the key words too
"aspect" "the social security act" " implied power"

 

[NARUTOS Rinnegan]

First you need to know what is an implied power, then know what social security act is.. thats what its saying
Implied power is a form of controll over people,, like when the government is having controll over what you eat in school
Social Security act,, is the act that guarantees a pension when you retire from work..
I just google it and this came out so i hope it helps... cool sig by the way..

Helped a little and thanks. + rep

 

[Dreckerplayer]

I swear i never liked how complicated the assignment questions were. at the time it was so difficult to understand.

Google the Social Security act, and find a particular part of the act that you think is a strongly suggested power. Find something that is emphasized, or something that is mentioned more than once in the act.

 

[NARUTOS Rinnegan]

Thanks for everyone's input and sorry for being rude if I have been to those who said Google it. I will try my best now. Wish me Good Luck, but can you guys and gals still help me though.

 

[Courier]

i believe it is referring to the Constitution (in which case what im interpreting it as only applies if you live in the states) and in the Constitution are two parts that flatly contradict each other (forming the basis for the original two political parties: the federalists and the antifederalists): the elastic clause aka "the necessary and proper clause" (i think it is article one section 8 and clause 18? feel free to correct me on this) and the tenth amendment which states that if a power is not granted to the federal government then it is up to the state to decide thus a power that isnt in the Constitution but is taken anyways by Congress under the elastic clause is thus an implied power. Essentially your prompt is asking you to look at social security and determine what is an "implied power" (not specifically granted by the Constitution)

 

[NARUTOS Rinnegan]

i believe it is referring to the Constitution (in which case what im interpreting it as only applies if you live in the states) and in the Constitution are two parts that flatly contradict each other (forming the basis for the original two political parties: the federalists and the antifederalists): the elastic clause aka "the necessary and proper clause" (i think it is article one section 8 and clause 18? feel free to correct me on this) and the tenth amendment which states that if a power is not granted to the federal government then it is up to the state to decide thus a power that isnt in the Constitution but is taken anyways by Congress under the elastic clause is thus an implied power. Essentially your prompt is asking you to look at social security and determine what is an "implied power" (not specifically granted by the Constitution)

Thanks, i understand what to do now, Thanks everyone also.

 

[Gatsndshanks]

Q: What aspect of the social security act is an example of an implied power

Lets break this down into three keywords/phrases to form the basis of understanding.

An aspect is a quality, a feature or a way in which a thing may be viewed or regarding. In the terms of the question itself, the usage of aspect means a feature. So, for the answer, you're looking for a specific aspect (or feature) within the social security act which leads us straight into the second keyword (or phrase in this matter) which is social security act, to my knowledge is a legislation for the retirees, unemployed and a lump-sum benefit at death, so mainly pensions and for unemployment. We have already concluded that we are looking at an ASPECT of the SOCIAL SECURITY ACT and given the three examples I aforementioned, my bet would be on the unemployed in regards to implied power and smoothly onto the last bit of this question - Implied power is where a political power not expressly named in a constitution but that is inferred because it is necessary to the performance of an enumerated power.

Just a note: I am not from America, so I'm not familiar with your constitution so I can't help you in-depth with that.