The "equal protection of the laws" clause, which was the basis of the Supreme Court's 1954 ruling declaring racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, is part of the _____ Amendment
a. First
b. Fifth
c. Tenth
d. Fourteenth
e. Sixteenth
d
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What is the main idea behind "pork barrel" politics?
a. Legislators seek to spend government money in their home district to help ensure reelection. b. Legislators who spend an inordinate amount of the taxpayers' money will most likely lose the next election. c. The law-making process is less corrupt when representatives can secure limited benefits for their constituents. d. Interest groups from agricultural areas have greater influence in upper houses of legislatures than in lower houses.
Which of the following posits that the state should let the market operate more or less freely?
a. developmental state model b. socialist model c. coordinated market economies d. neoliberal development model
Exempting things such as groceries and clothing from sales tax is an attempt by states to make sale tax less ______.
a. inclusive b. regressive c. progressive d. exclusive
A free rider problem occurs when:
a. everyone fails to work towards a common goal because they all want someone else to do the work b. the market provides a good by making it free of charge c. a faction tries to capture control of government d. the government provides a public good