Which statement about the Japanese social welfare system is NOT correct?
a. It is comparable to that of the United States but compares poorly with other Western countries.
b. Social welfare spending is concentrated in pensions and health care for the elderly
c. The development of a national welfare system was mandated by the postwar constitution.
d. Social welfare is the largest government budget item.
d
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A. a monopoly is a restraint on trade. B. patents cannot be issued on recent technology. C. state law cannot prevail over federal law. D. interstate commerce cannot be regulated. E. the indirect effects of commerce are beyond the scope of government regulation.
If a bill is tabled, it means that a. the committee will vote on it in seven days
b. it has passed through the committee process. c. the committee has sent the bill for markup. d. the committee will consider it at a later time, if at all.
The Blue Card scheme is a European Union policy that
a. specifies water purity standards. b. forces Germany to grant citizenship to the second-and third-generation guest workers. c. makes "guest worker" programs illegal. d. permits highly skilled foreigners living outside the European Union to live and work in its member states, including Germany. e. permits member states, like Germany, to adopt more restrictive rules concerning political asylum.
The Eurasian Union refers to a. a trade union between Russia and China
b. a customs union between Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan that Russia envisions as growing into a political and economic organization, which will connect it to non-European Union countries. c. a consultative body that unites former Soviet Republics. d. a security pact between Russia and several Central Asian states. e. a proposed economic and political union between Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.