Length of time a worker has spent in a position is referred to as ______.
a. merit
b. tenure
c. seniority
d. authority
c. seniority
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Policy elites include all of the following EXCEPT
a. members of Congress. b. Supreme Court justices. c. leading journalists. d. teachers of social studies in secondary schools. e. President's cabinet.
Parkinson's Law best explains which of these phenomena?
a. Bureaucrats tend to claim that they have no power over the law.
b. As the number of regulations and bureaucrats increases, corruption increases.
c. Political appointees and permanent civil servants view the policy-making process differently.
d. The number of regulations enforced by bureaucracies tends to increase rather than decrease.
Congress is authorized to control the federal government’s relations with Native American tribes by ______.
a. the necessary and proper clause b. Article V c. the commerce clause d. Article I, Section 9 e. the Fourteenth Amendment
Discuss the state of antipoverty programs in the United States today. What is the history of these programs and how have they changed in recent years? Have these changes been effective? What areas of social need have not been adequately addressed? What are the financial costs of maintaining the current social safety net? What would be the social cost of removing it or reducing it?
What will be an ideal response?