Pols 21 Ch. 14

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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