The Federal Bureaucracy
Executive Departments
Financing the Government
Taxes
Grab Bag
100
The federal bureaucracy belongs to which branch of the government
Executive
100
State, Defense, Treasury, Agriculture, and Education are all examples of executive .....
departments
100
When you balance your income versus your expenses, you create a
budget
100
A tax on a person or corporation's income is called
income tax
100
Who creates and proposes an annual budget in the federal government?
The president
200
Any organization with a clear set of rules and procedures by which it operates is called a
bureaucracy
200
When members of both major political parties are involved in something, it is called
bipartisan
200
The government borrows money by selling these
bonds
200
A tax which increases as income increases is called a
progressive tax
200
NASA is an example of an
independent agency
300
The administrators and skilled experts who carry out specific tasks for the federal bureaucracy are known as
Bureaucrats
300
Government organizations which operate speparately from the executive departments are called
independent agencies
300
The amount of money which the government has borrowed but still has yet to pay back is called the
federal debt
300
Tax which increases in rate as income decreases is called a
regressive tax
300
The FCC is an example of an (FCC = people who bleep out cursing on the radio)
independent regulatory commission
400
Civilians who carry out the work of the federal government are said to belong to the
civil serivce
400
What groups are organized by the government to run like businesses but may not make a profit?
government corporations
400
Spending which is required by law and is not subject to the annual budget process.
Mandatory spending
400
A tax which is applied at the same rate regardless of income is called a
proportional tax
400
Spending which is subject to the annual budget process is called
Discretionary Spending
500
The practice of giving out government jobs as rewards to those who support a politician is called the
spoils system
500
Their job is to set and enforce rules that have the force of law.
Independent regulatory commissions
500
Name one of the ways the Federal Reserve (The Fed) can affect the money supply. (Bonus for naming more)
Raise or lower the reserve requirement for banks or Adjust interest rates or Buying or selling government bonds
500
Medicare and Social Security are examples of this type of tax
payroll tax
500
Policy which adjusts the amount of money in circulation
monetary policy
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