When politicians shade the truth, portraying themselves and their programs in the most favorable light possible, regardless of the facts, it’s called __________
a. spamming
b. sparring
c. spinning
d. stumping
ANS: C
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Malapportionment refers to the situation in which legislative districts have unequal populations
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A constitutional arrangement in which the subnational governments rely on the national government for their power is called a ________
A. confederation system B. subnationalization system C. federal system D. unitary system
What is the central tenet of supply-side economics?
A) Lowering tax rates will stimulate so much additional productive economic activity that the government will raise more in revenues than if tax rates were maintained at a higher level. B) Modest adjustments can be made in the fiscal policy as long as the deficits never grow too large, and these adjustments will eventually pay off any budget shortfalls. C) Progressive tax rates ensure that the economy is stimulated by the most productive elements of society and so all budget shortfalls will be paid off. D) Large tax cuts coupled with increases in defense spending and continued high spending will eventually stimulate a flagging economy to generate surplus revenue. E) Unexpected economic growth can be managed by offering large tax cuts and increased defense spending.
Once newspaper publishers and editors freed themselves from party control
a. most of them quickly went out of business without the economic support of the parties. b. they were frozen out of having any say in national politics. c. the readership of the papers dropped sharply. d. they discovered that they were able to influence public opinion and, in turn, national politics.