The deficit is the amount by which a given year's spending exceeds that year's __________
a. appropriations
b. tax expenditures
c. revenue
d. national debt
c
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The textbook argues that the United States is unlikely to change from an adversarial system of law for all of the following reasons EXCEPT this one:
a) It makes it easier to maintain the principle of "innocent until proven guilty." b) It fits with the cultural emphasis on individualism. c) It is generally acknowledged to be more fair than the inquisitorial system. d) It fits with the cultural emphasis on procedural values. e) Lawyers in the United States have a strong interest in preserving the current system.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Cost-benefit analysis is the most commonly employed evaluation technique, other than the informal promptings of intuition and experience. 2. The Army Corps of Engineers used cost-benefit analysis as early as 1900s to evaluate the merits of proposed improvements to rivers and harbors. 3. When identifying and assessing costs and benefits, the analyst must be concerned with the range of effects of the proposed program and the point at which the analysis disregards the effects as being too remote for consideration. 4. In part because of the uncertainty over future costs and benefits and in part because of the general principle that people prefer a dollar tomorrow over a dollar today, the cost and benefits of projects must be converted to present values before useful cost-benefit calculations can be made. 5. The reliance on market logic for nonmarket decisions in the public sector is a fundamental irony in cost-benefit analysis.
UN involvement in internal conflicts through the guise of humanitarian intervention is referred to as ______ .
A. Responsibility to Protect B. Genocide Prevention C. International Coalition of Protection D. Obligation to Intervene
Which of the following statements regarding term limits for state legislators is most accurate?
A. All of the states have term limits in place for state legislators. B. The majority of states do not have laws restricting the number of terms a legislator can serve. C. Term limits have been found to be unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. D. Term limits have never been considered for the state level. E. Current politicians often favor term limits because they would be provided job security.