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1. Can lawmakers enact legislation for any purpose “in the public interest,” or are they limited to those functions for which they’ve been delegated specific powers?
Can you name some areas where government could probably do some good, but where it has no delegated power to act?
If you can’t name any such areas, is it still accurate to say Americans have a “government of limited powers?” Does this matter?
2. Can a tax rate be so high that it’s not acceptable?
If so, name a tax rate so high that citizens would be under no moral obligation to pay it.
If you can’t name such a rate, are you saying the government has a right to take 100 percent of what we earn and what we own?
• Why should we trust you in this office?
Media geeks can debate whether newspapers could have avoided their current predicament, whether their wounds were self-inflicted
There are plenty of pundits proclaiming that newspapers have only themselves to blame, that they were too slow to respond the digital media revolution. But that's the thing about revolutions. You don't really know they're revolutions until you're in the middle of them, and by then it's often too late to react in any meaningful way, so all you can do is be carried along by the tide.



Mission
Alma Media's news media work to promote democracy, free speech, reliable dissemination of information and the wellbeing of its reference groups. Alma Media's digital consumer and business services as well as marketplaces bring together buyers and sellers of products and services and enable a sense of communality.
Vision
Alma Media is the most exciting provider of information, service and experiences. The company sets the stage for the future of media.

The vision provides the direction for the development of all products and services provided by the corporation.

Strategy
Alma Media is growing the proportion of revenue gained from digital consumer and business services. The company is refining its newspapers into multimedia brands and bringing new digital services to the market, also outside the area of publication.

Values
Alma Media's shared values guide Alma Media employees' actions and decision-making both at the parent company and in the business units. Any separate values that may be defined for business units are complementary to the values of the Group.
Freedom and pluralism of journalism
Freedom and pluralism of communication is a basic requirement for reliable journalism. We promote free speech and pluralistic public discussion with the goal of treating all parties equally. Alma Media's publications comply with laws and regulations as well as ethical self-regulation in the field, journalistic guidelines and its own ethical guidelines. Our newspapers work independently of one another and of the Alma Media group in their journalistic decision-making.

This value does not only apply to journalistic work. We communicate openly in a way that respects pluralism and takes the opinions of others into consideration in all of our interactive situations, such as meetings. Working according to this value also makes it possible to cooperate fruitfully with entities outside o Responsibility
The core elements of Alma Media's responsible business are reliability, competence, interaction, communality and environment.
Team play
Together we are more! Team play means sharing expertise and other resources between staff members, departments and units. When we play as a team, we provide a good example for others and also give them space to work. We also adapt these principles when all or part of our team is made up of employees from companies other than Alma Media.

Good team play involves conversation and goal-setting, values the expertise of others and is meaningful for its participants. All members of the team have suitable roles that complement one another.
Team play also allows us to make our operations more effective: there's no point in doing the same thing more than once. Alma has a well-equipped, experienced network for good cooperation and a working atmosphere that strengthens team play.

Responsibility
The core elements of Alma Media's responsible business are reliability, competence, interaction, communality and environment.