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37 Cards in this Set
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Treaty of Ghent
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peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain
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Trash per person
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4.6 pounds 1/2 recyclable material
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How much paper is recycled
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53%
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Energy could be saved
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95%
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Increased recycling past 100 years
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100%
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Spent on Education
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972 Billion Dollars
Majority of the Money comes from state and local governments. Each state is different. Texas comes from local property taxes. |
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% of Adults Completed High School
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85%
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% Adults Completed College
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27%
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Rank of science out of 21
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16
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Rank of Physics out of 21
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21
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Who is the FED
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Federal Reserve System central bank for the United States
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Laisser Fair
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let it ride the invisble hand that will fix itself. Republicans will believe that Laisser fair
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Keynesian Economics
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the best way to handle economics you must provide significant amount of funds. You must stimulate. Spend money to make money. Democratic Mentality
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Monetarists
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Believe that the only thing should be monitered in the system is how much money we are printing. Nobody buys into that statement.
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Progressive tax
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income taxes the more money you make the more your taxed
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Regressive Tax
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taxble amout goes down the tax goes up. The theory it taxes everyone the same.
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Estate Tax
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has to do with death taxes. A tax you pay for being left that value. You pay taxes twice
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Subsidi Tax
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Farmes pay subs for not growing a particular crop. This year to much corn we are going to pay the farmers for the corn not to grow.
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Where does the Gov Taxes
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48% Income
38% Social security taxes/your money and the company you work for. 14% of Corporate Taxes 2% Exercise Tax 1% other |
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Major Expenses
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Military, Social Security. Medicare, Medicaid, Income Security welfare, Interest in our Debt,International efforts.
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Medicare
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Help the Disabled and the elderly
65+, 95-450 month Deductible 20% 43.6 enrolled in medicare |
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Medicaid Fed program
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Low income, Run by state, 55 million on medicaid
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Chips
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Low income children, Families that dont qualify for medicaid but still poor
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Tri Care
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For Millitary
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% of Population Uninsured
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15%
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% of Population Under insured
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35%
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Bankrapcys
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62%
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Top 75 for Health stuff
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1 Highest cost for Health care
1 In repsonsivness 37 in overall performance 72 of overall health |
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Health care is what % of GDP
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16%
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Coverage of Americans Comes from
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59.3 % Employer Insurance
8.9 Self Purchased 27.8 Gov Assisted Programs |
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Texas High school graduate precentage
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72% 37 out of 50 states
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Texas Male drop outs
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54%
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Female Drop outs
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46%
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Race wise HIghest Drop out
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40.5% Whites but 65% of students are white
15% African Americans 19% of students droping out 26% Hispanic drop outs but only 15% of the students Asian 8% but drop 4%(LOWEST DROP OUT) |
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Highest Drop out rates
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South, West, Midwest and Northeast.
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What % go directly from high school to college
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66% go directly from highschool to college 57% of those will graduate. within 6 years.
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Social Security
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67+
pay 7.6% of Income get .68 percent back. |