The main goal of fiscal policy is __________
a. to use taxes and government spending to help stimulate or slow down economic growth
b. to affect how much money is available to state governments for capital projects
c. to determine how much interest the government will pay on the federal debt
d. to stimulate the economy by increasing the number of exports into the United States
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On average, most Americans belong to
A) a political party but no interest groups. B) two interest groups. C) no social or political groups. D) a trade union and a political party. E) a political party and four social organizations.
Government taxation and spending is called ______.
a. fiscal policy b. zero-base budgeting c. incrementalism d. compensatory economics
Which of the following is NOT a trend in newspaper readership today?
A. The circulation of daily newspapers has declined. B. The number of people reading newspapers online is increasing. C. The number of daily newspapers has decreased. D. The amount of coverage devoted to community reporting in newspapers has decreased. E. Newspapers are thinner and stories shorter.
The spending power of Congress is grounded in
a. the Commerce Clause. b. the Supremacy Clause. c. the General Welfare Clause. d. the Necessary and Proper Clause.