The most expensive undertaking of the federal government is

a. education.

b. national defense.
c. Social Security and Medicare. d. interest on the national debt.


c

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Pirates are present in Somalia because it is a __________

A) weak state B) failed state C) militant state D) effective state

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Why do two of the basic principles of democracy, equality and individual liberty, sometimes conflict with each other? How do civil rights laws promote one of these principles while limiting the other? Provide some concrete examples

How would the Founders of the United States be likely to feel about these issues? What will be an ideal response?

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Edmund Burke and Adam Smith would likely agree on which of the following points?

A) Free markets are best. B) Markets require regulation. C) Positive freedom is necessary. D) A progressive tax system is needed.

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