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Public policy can be defined as?
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D. goverment plan of action to solve a social problem that people share collectively or that they cannot solve on their own
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much of the controversy over instituting new public programs stems from?
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A. the fact that money must be shifted from other programs or taxes must be raised
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Redistributive policies
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E. attempt to shift resources from the "haves" to the "have-nots"
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Policies that seek to restrict or change the behavior of certain groups or individuals are known as _______ policies
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B. regulatory
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the bureaucracy makes policy through
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D. its power to regulate
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the last step in the policymaking process is policy
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C. evaluation
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the income level below which a family is considered to be poor is the
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B. poverty threshold
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Public policy that seeks to meet the basic needs of people who are unable to provide for themselves is _______ policy
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D. social welfare
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A(n) _____ program is a social program whose beneficiaries qualifiy by demonstrating need
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E. means-tested
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social insurance programs refer to
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A. government programs that offers benefits in exchange for contributions
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A federal program that garantees benefits to qualified recipients is a(n) ______ program
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C. entitlement
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people believe that social security is going broke in part because
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A. soon more people will be collecting social security than will be contributin social security taxes
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Since the passage of TANF,
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B. the welfare caseload has decreased
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US public opinion polls on the American health care system show that a majority of people
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A. are dissatisfied with the quality of health care
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the federal goverment's insurance program for the elderly and disabled is called
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D. medicare
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fiscal policy refers to
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A. the government's use of taxing and spending powers to regulate the economy
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john maynard keynes was an advocate of
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B. the theory that government should use it's fiscal powers to regulate the economy
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the use of interest rates to control the money supply in order to regulate the economy is known as _____ policy
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E. monetary
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monetarists believed that the high inflation of the 1970s was caused by
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C. too much money in the economy
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A progressive tax is a tax
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A. whose rate increases with income level.
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a tax system in which all people pay the same percentage of their income is a(n) _______ tax
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D. flat
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an example of an intergovernmental organization is
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E. the united nations
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crisis policy, strateegic policy, and structural defense poicy are
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A. the three major types of foreign policy
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foreign policy that lays out a country's basic stance toward another country or a particular problem is
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B. strategic policy
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the presidents inner circle of foreign policy advisers that include such people as the secretaries of state and defense and the chairman of the joint cheifs of staff is the
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A. national security council
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the state department is the executive department charged with managing
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B. foriegn affairs
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concerning declarations of war ...
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C. the power to declare war rests with congress only
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the _______ was congress's attempt to limit the president's ability to use troops in hostilities without congressional approval
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D. war powers act
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which of the following is NOT an argument made by the supporters of oil drilling in ANWR?
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A. it will increase the chances of finding alternative sources of energy
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a college's decision to raise tuition is an example of a _____ policy
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C. private
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which of the following is NOT a reason solving public problems can be difficult
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A. people usually don't have an interest in solbing public problems
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an example of a redistributive policy is
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E. medicaid
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an example of a distributive policy is
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C. farm subsidies
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the creation of a regulation by a bureucratic agency would be an example of
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D. policy adoption
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most social welfare policies are
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C. redistributive policies
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_____ is an example of a social insurance program
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E. Medicare
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Critics of president bush's proposal to create private social security accounts argue that such accounts would
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A. potentially end social secutiry as a guarantor of a secure retirement
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_______ is an example of an entitlement program
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C. Social security
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the great depression had a significant impact on american public policy because
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A. for the first time people began to view poverty as a problem requiring government action
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people have criticized TANF because they argue that
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A. wages are often too low to lift people out of poverty
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which of the following is NOT true regarding health care policy in the united states
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D. medicaid is funded only by the federal government
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people don't usually think of subsidies for homeowners as a social welfare policy because
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B. they generally think of social welfare policies as helping only the poor
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_______ is an example of fiscal policy
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E. raising taxes
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which of the following best describes john maynard keynes view regarding the economy
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A. a balanced budget is not esential to promote economic growth
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the current income tax in the united states is an example of a(n) _____ tax
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D. progressive
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_______ is an example of a progressive tax
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B. the us income tax
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one benefit of a consumption tax is that it could
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A. simplify the tax code
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the policy that says the united states should put its interest first and not interfere in global concerns is known as
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C. isolationism
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the united states response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks is an example of
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B. crisis policy
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the relationship between the president and congress in foreign policy has become a struggle because
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A. both have constitutional powers in this area
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the major problem in the relationship between congress and the president concerning war powers stems from the fact that
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D. the president is commander in cheif but congress has the power to declare war
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the war powers act
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A. has not stopped presidents from using armed forces abroad
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the income level below which a family is considered to be poor is known as the
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poverty threshold
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_______ are financial incentives given by the government to corporations, individuals, or other governments
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subsidies
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the ______ is a twelve bank body established in 1913 to oversee monetary policy by controlling the amount of money banks and other instiutions have available to lend
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Federal Reserve System
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a tax that, even if at a fixed rate, takes a higher proportion of lower incomes is known as a ______ tax
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regressive
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