Measures that require states either to pay local governments for the costs of state mandates or to give local governments adequate revenue-raising capacity to pay for them are known as

a. unfunded mandates.
b. mandate-reimbursement requirements.
c. pay-to-play requirements.
d. regional-coordinated government revenue sharing.


b

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(A) Establishing universal health care (B) Lowering barriers to trade (C) Increasing luxury taxes (D) Tightening environmental regulations (E) Increasing protective tariffs

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The Federal Communication Commission’s “fairness doctrine” required that stations

a. provide free advertising at least once a day to presidential candidates. b. refrain from the broadcast, during a campaign, of movies of actors who had become political candidates. c. use roughly equal numbers of men and women reporters. d. devote a share of their programming to public affairs programming in a balanced and equitable manner.

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Estimates suggest that by 2030, only ________ workers will be employed for every retired Social Security recipient

A) two B) three C) five D) six E) ten

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Which statement(s) best describes law?

a. Law is easily defined. b. Governmental sanctions are an essential element. c. Law is not directed at solving social problems. d. a and b

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