How do the guarantees of Social Security and Medicare create a policy challenge?
A. Decision makers have to keep programs solvent as well as dealing with political barriers to making any cuts that would maintain their solvency.
B. Decision makers have to figure out to balance the requirements of funding these programs in the context of spending on other national needs.
C. Decision makers must determine how to adjust the benefits and the taxes that fund these programs to more effectively redistribute income.
D. Shifting control of these programs to independent agencies makes oversight a very challenging task.
Answer: A
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The Supreme Court justices tend to form relatively stable voting blocs over time, with __________increasingly the most important factor
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Which phrase reflects the idea that judges in Texas are "political"?
a. judicial interpretations b. being elected officeholders in Texas c. representing different political parties, ideologies, and personal philosophies d. all of these e. none of these
Which political culture is least likely to be found in the Pacific Northwest?
A. the individualistic B. the moralistic C. the traditionalistic D. the opportunistic