Ap Gov Ch 17-19

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Issues that people believe require governmental action.

Back 1

Political Agenda

Front 2

A burden that people believe they must bear if a policy is enacted.

Back 2

Cost

Front 3

A satisfaction that people believe they will enjoy if a policy is adopted.

Back 3

Benefit

Front 4

A policy in which almost everybody benefits and almost everybody pays.

Back 4

Majoritarian Politics

Front 5

A policy in which one small group benefits and another small group pays.

Back 5

Interest Group Politics

Front 6

A policy in which one small group benefits and almost everybody pays.

Back 6

Client Politics

Front 7

Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.

Back 7

Pork-Barrel Legislation

Front 8

A legislator supports a proposal favored by another in return for support of his or hers.

Back 8

Logrolling

Front 9

A policy in which almost everybody benefits and a small group pays the cost.

Back 9

Entrepreneurial Politics

Front 10

Activists in or out of government who pull together a political majority on behalf of unorganized interests.

Back 10

Policy Entrepreneurs

Front 11

Rules Governing comerical activities designed to improve consumer, worker, or environmental conditions. Also called social regulation.

Back 11

Process Regulation

Front 12

What occurs when the government in one year spends more money than it takes from taxes.

Back 12

Deficit

Front 13

The total deficit from the first presidency down to the present.

Back 13

National Debt

Front 14

The total of all goods and services produced in the economy during a given year.

Back 14

Gross Domestic Product

Front 15

The belief that the inflation occurs when too much money is chasing too few goods.

Back 15

Monetarism

Front 16

The belief the government must manage the economy by spending more money when in a recession and cutting spending when there is inflation.

Back 16

Keynesianism

Front 17

The belief that government plans, such as wage and price controls or the direction of investment, can improve the economy.

Back 17

Economic planning

Front 18

The belief that lower taxes and fewer regulations will stimulate the economy.

Back 18

Supply-side theory

Front 19

The belief that a combination of monetarism, lower federal spending, and supply-side economics will stimulate the economy.

Back 19

Reaganomics

Front 20

Managing the economy by altering the supply of money and interest rates.

Back 20

Monetary Policy

Front 21

Managing the economy by the use of tax and spending laws.

Back 21

Fiscal Policy

Front 22

The growing integration of economies and societies of the world.

Back 22

Globalization

Front 23

A document that states tax collections, spending levels, and the allocation of spending among purposes.

Back 23

Budget

Front 24

For the federal government, October 1 through the following September 30.

Back 24

Fiscal Year

Front 25

A congressional decision that states the maximum amount of money the government should spend.

Back 25

Budget Resolution

Front 26

A claim for government funds that cannot be changed without violating the rights of the claimant.

Back 26

Entitlements

Front 27

Automatic spending cuts.

Back 27

Sequester

Front 28

Spending that is not required to pay for contracts, interest on the national debt, or entitlement programs such as Social Security.

Back 28

Discretionary Spending

Front 29

Name given to four federal laws passed in the late 1990s specifying the conditions under which nonprofit religious organizations could compete to administer certain social service delivery and welfare programs.

Back 29

Charitable Choice

Front 30

A self-financing government program based on contributions that provide benefits to unemployed or retired persons.

Back 30

Insurance Program

Front 31

A government program financed by general income taxes that provides benefits to poor citizens without requiring contributions from them.

Back 31

Assistance Program

Front 32

An income qualification program that determines whether one is eligible for benefits under government programs reserved for lower-income groups

Back 32

Means Test

Front 33

A provision of a 1975 law that entitles working families with children to receive money from the government in their total income is below a certain level. The program was expanded in the early 1990s.

Back 33

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

Front 34

A policy providing poor people with education and job training to help lift them out of poverty.

Back 34

Service Strategy

Front 35

A policy giving poor people money to help lift them out of poverty.

Back 35

Income Strategy