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Review for Policy Test
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Part 1: Multiple Choice
4 types of policy makingMajoritarianInterest GroupClient PoliticsEntrepreneurialBe able to ID examples
Economic Terms
DeficitDebtGDPInflationRecession
Economic Policies
MonetarismLeave printing alone and let
the free market operate - RKeynesianism
Spending more when in a recession and cutting spending when there is inflation - D
Economic Planning Government plans wages, price controls, and the direction of investments - Socialist
Supply Side Tax CutsLower taxes and fewer regulations will stimulate the economy - R
ReaganomicsCombination of monetarism,
lower fed spending and supply side
Reduce size of government, stimulate growth and increase military strength - R
Federal Reserve BoardYou should remember this form your writing prompt - buys and sells federal government securities, regulates amount of money a member bank must keep as reserves, change interest rates of banks
Congressional Budget Act of 1974
Congress studies and gets analysis from the CBO (Congressional Budget Office)
Could submit a budget resolution that would create a ceiling on what the government could spend
Entitlements
A claim for government funds that cannot be changed without violating the rights of the claimant.
The reason why it is hard to get new programs
Popular programs
Balanced Budget Act of 1985
First attempt to cut deficit
Across the board sequesters until the federal deficit had disappeared
Did not work
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990
A “pay as you go” approach, if you increase spending in one program, you need to cut in another
4 factors that shaped welfare in the USRestrictive view on who is
entitledSlower to embrace itStates play are large roleNon-government
organizations to play a large role
Insurance ProgramsOASDIMedicareAssistance ProgramsUnemploymentTANFFood Stamps
Social Security Issues
Bankrupt
Medicare - for the elderly
Medicaid - For the less-fortunate
AFDCChanged toTANF
Who holds the most power in foreign policy?
The President
Views of foreign policy
IsolationismDisengagementContainment
Elites - anyone who works in that sector in the government or in think tanks
National Security Council
Similar job as the State Department, deals with foreign policy
Structure of defense decision making
Joint Chiefs of Staff