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21 Cards in this Set
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CPI
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consumer price index; like it to be near zero
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output measured in dollars, like it to go up
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GDP
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Federal Reserve Board of Governors
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7 members; appointed fo 14 year terms
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Federal Reserve Federal open market Committee
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most critical, meets 8 times a year secretly
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reserve requirement
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collateral, have to have a certain amount of assets on deposit w. the fed
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tariffs
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tax on an imported good; importing costs more elative to American competitors
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quotas
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limiting volume of imports
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exchange rates
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how much you can get for your money in another country
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Goals of Welfare Policies
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redistrubition, access, & security
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redistribution
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subsidizing certain groups or activities; tax those who are better off
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access
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programs that provide people access to things that they might not have access to otherwise
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security
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retirement, disability benefits, unemployment insurance, ect.
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poverty statistics
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35% of the poor are under 18; largest amount of poor are white; 23% of highschool drop outs end up poor; geography
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Old Age and survivors disability insurance (OASDI)
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providiing for people's retirment
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Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC)
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turned into TANF in 96
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if Louisiana high schools taught evolution they also had to teach creation science
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Edwords v. Aguillard
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can't punish someone just because their language is contrversial; not the same thing as hate crimes
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RAV v. St. Paul
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school attendance; free exercise clause
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Wisconsin v. Yoder
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Right to die cases
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Washington v. Glucksberg
Gonzales v. Oregon |
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unified front w. the Soviets; consensus between Rep. & Dems.
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Bipartisanship
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the US will provide economic support to the economies of W. Europe; counter act communist influence
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Marshall Plan
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