CH 13 Government Quiz

The government's use of taxing and spending powers to manipulate the economy is known as

Government regulation of broadcasting on a particular frequency or channel is a form of

The government's power to set conditions on companies seeking to sell goods or services to government agencies is known as __________ power

"In-kind benefits" refers to

managing the supply of money and credit in the economy

The periodic process of adjusting of social benefits or wages to account for increases in the cost of living refers to

A law, a rule, a statute, or an edict that expresses the government's goals and provides for rewards and punishments to promote those goals' attainment is a

Promotional policies include

Social security is an example of which type of program?

Confiscation of property with or without compensation for public use is

The ability to deduct mortgage-interest payments from your taxable income is known as

The biggest single expansion in contributory programs since 1935 was the establishment in 1965 of __________, which provides substantial medical services to elderly persons

The Earned Income Tax Credit primarily benefits

Which of the following groups receives the largest share of federal social benefit dollars?

interest rate that member banks of the Federal Reserve System charge each other

Some public assistance programs require the verification of income or other factors for eligibility. This is known as

The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states that the government cannot exercise eminent domain without

The largest single category of expansion among noncontributory public assistance programs came with the establishment of

Social Security redistributes wealth from

The poverty rate among the elderly has declined substantially in the past 75 years because of

The welfare state supplies equality of opportunity as well as a measure of