Discuss the costs and benefits of immigration.

What will be an ideal response?


Immigrants pay more in sales taxes and fees than they cost the state. Local governments pay more in providing services, indigent health care, and additional law enforcement than they receive in taxes.

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The style of ballot form in which candidates are listed by office with party affiliation listed by their name is known as the

A. party line format. B. office block format. C. party column format. D. straight party ticket.

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The relationship between the states and the nation was permanently altered during Roosevelt’s New Deal by increasing ______.

a. the level of Congressional authority to regulate interstate commerce b. the executive powers of the president and his/her cabinet c. the judicial powers of the Supreme Court and the federal court system d. the sovereignty of state legislatures and executives to implement new programs

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The individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act that is designed to prevent free riding draws on what element of the Framers' toolkit?

A. agenda setting B. command approach C. majority rule D. prisoner's dilemma

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The Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence v. Texas (2003) primarily enhanced the civil rights of __________

a. African Americans b. American Indians c. gays and lesbians d. disabled Americans

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