Red tape is associated with which of the following?
a. a special language that appropriators use in the budget process
b. excessive rules that cause inefficiencies in government action
c. an obsolete term for government spending
d. the process for awarding government contracts
b. excessive rules that cause inefficiencies in government action
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European colonial powers
a. often provided much capital to LDCs after giving them independence. b. bequeathed different levels of modernization to their colonial empires, in some cases by absorbing indigenous people into the colonial administration. c. often engaged in a "scorched-earth" policy of destroying as much as they could before allowing independence. d. none of the above
The controversy surrounding affirmative action programs has manifested in
A) ?state ballot initiatives that have permitted voters to approve laws banning state-sponsored affirmative action efforts. B) ?Congress developing legislation that would expand and redefine the quota system. C) ?Supreme Court rulings that have all abolished affirmative action programs in the workplace. D) ?an executive order by President Obama that prohibited preferential treatment of racial minorities and women. E) ?the Department of Labor mandating state-run educational programs about affirmative action initiatives.
What powers belong to both the federal and state governments?
a. Concurrent b. Reserved c. Police d. Enumerated
The Supreme Court's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment has come to severely limit states' powers over their citizens.
a. true b. false