If a deficit results, how do legislator and the governor try to close the gap between planned expenditures and expected revenues?
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. They can reduce benefit checks, cut state workers' salaries and/or benefits, eliminate or reduce services, change tax policies, borrow (by selling bonds to cover the difference), defer payments to schools or other government agencies, or a combination of these.
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Which of the following characterized the development of neorealist and neoliberal theories of international relations?
a. An attempt to add to the rich complexity of classical realist and liberal theories b. A stronger emphasis on ideas and culture as a factor in international relations c. An attempt to soften the strict tenets of the classical liberal and realist theories d. An attempt to move away from the hard rules of deductive reasoning e. An attempt to devise more deductive theories similar to those of microeconomics
In a study, the number of individuals that participate is known as the sample size
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which accurately compares Southerners to Northerners?
a. Northerners are more religious. b. Northerners are more likely to favor states' rights. c. Southerners are more in favor of civil rights. d. Southerners are more likely to favor downsizing the federal government.
According to the cultural-normative variant of democratic peace theory,
a. international institutions such as the United Nations have reduced the chances for war between democracies. b. democracies tend to externalize their domestic preference for peaceful conflict resolution. c. if democratic leaders believe they should not fight other democracies, they will not do so. d. democratic institutions allow people to express their natural disinclination for war.