Which of the following statements is true of federal government spending for 2016?
A) Social Security and Medicare are available only to low-income individuals.
B) Along with veterans' benefits, defense spending amounts to about a fifth of the federal budget.
C) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families accounts for 22 percent of the federal budget.
D) Medicaid is funded by payroll taxes and paid out to all qualifying persons, regardless of income.
E) National debt is most likely to decrease in future years.
B
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a. authoritarianism b. totalitarianism c. a monarchy d. a limited government
Duverger's law explains ______.
A. why plurality elections always lead to party systems with more than two major competitors B. why office seekers will frequently pursue office as independents or third-party nominees C. why in a system in which a single winner is chosen by plurality voting, serious competitors will be reduced to two D. why the Electoral College is so frequently unable to choose the President
The first step in obtaining a civil service job is likely to be __________
a. taking a test b. helping on a political campaign c. donating to campaign coffers d. networking with civil service workers
Personified by ____________, __________ is based on the notion of ethical determinations in foreign policy and the spreading of democratic principles, including the right of self-determination, free speech, fair and free elections
a. Mohandas Gandhi, Marxism b. Karl Marx, Marxism c. Woodrow Wilson, idealism d. Hans Morgenthau, classical realism e. None of the above