Federal Budget
OASDI, Medicare, and Medicaid are examples of this
What is mandatory spending?
The average age that men today get married at
What is 27+?
Name of government insurance program that covers old people, disabled people, and survivors
What is Medicare?
(we CARE for the elderly)
Type of government the United States has
What is a liberal democracy?
This event lead to Congress and the UN declaring war on Afghanistan
What was September 11, 2001?
Defense spending and the defense budget are an example of this
What is discretionary spending?
Average age that women today get married
What is 26+?
Name of government insurance program that covers people below the poverty line
What is Medicaid?
(we AID the poor)
Type of government Canada has
What is an electoral democracy?
The honor code of the Pashtuns
What is Pashtunwali?
List when the federal fiscal year starts and ends
What is October 1st - September 30th?
Privileges from society's elites pass onto their children
What is hereditary meritocracy?
What is a co-pay?
Type of government that China has
What is a closed autocracy?
This is a machine that costs $1 trillion; it is the most expensive weapon system ever built
What is the Lockheed Martin F-35?
How the United States gets funding for both discretionary and mandatory spending programs
What are taxes/taxpayer dollars?
The variables often considered when looking at the American Dream
What is: education, employment, poverty rate, homeownership, etc.?
an amount paid periodically to the insurance company (insurer) by the person being insured for covering his/her/their risk
What is a premium?
Type of government that Russia has
What is an electoral autocracy?
This was when the United States left Afghanistan
When was August 2021?
Name the two years in which Medicare and OASDI are expected to run out of funding
Medicare -- 2026
OASDI -- 2034
The "secret sauce" of postive social mobility
What is graduating high school, earning a degree, getting married, getting a job, and having children?
a specified amount of money that the person being insured must pay before an insurance company will pay a claim (the amount of money you have to pay before insurance kicks in)
What is a deductible?
The name given to a government that is led by a religious ruler
What is a theocracy?
Dwight D. Eisenhower coined this term; spending money on the military is not beneficial because it takes away resources from building schools or hospitals
What is the Military Industrial Complex?