Which of the following explains the welfare state in America?
a. The American political culture favors an extensive welfare state.
b. The American political culture opposes an extensive welfare state.
c. Few Americans are in poverty, so welfare would not benefit many people.
d. Most politicians favor welfare expansion, but their constituents do not.
e. Most constituents and politicians favor welfare expansion.
b
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A. There would be no change. B. There would be a revolutionary cascade, and all members of the society except for person 10 (revolutionary threshold = 10) would publicly protest the opposition.
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The origins of bipartisanship in American foreign policy are usually associated with the initiatives of which former U.S. senator?
a. Joseph McCarthy b. Arthur Vandenberg c. J. William Fulbright d. Lyndon Johnson e. Richard Russell
Automatic increases in government benefits to keep up with price increases are called
a. back door allowances. b. indexing. c. inflationary adjustment. d. monetary equalization.