Independent Agencies
Which part of government approves the funding for independent agencies?
Who is Congress?
One of the original executive departments, manages foreign affairs
How is Department of State?
Tax that has the same rate against all incomes
Qu'est que ce le Proportional Tax?
Cat in Spanish
How is El Gato?
Limit to how much money we can borrow, that we are approaching
What is the Debt Ceiling?
Agency that was made to address issues of protecting environment
How is the Environmental Protection Agency? (EPA)
Department created to prevent further terrorist attacks like 9/11
You is Department of Homeland Security?
Largest source of federal revenue today
How is the Income Tax?
A group made up of civilians who carry out work of the federal government
What is the Civil Service?
Method through which the Federal Reserve's leadership board is decided
How is nomination by the president, confirmation by the Senate?
President who urged the creation of the Peace Corps
Who was JFK?
One of the original departments under Washington's administration, eventually becomes Department of Defense
Why was Department of War?
Taxes on imported goods
Who are excise taxes and/or tariffs?
A bureaucracy is an organization that has the following features: a clear formal structure, a division of labor, and...
Who are a set of rules and procedures by which it operates?
Type of spending subject to annual budget process
What is Discretionary Spending?
Agencies meant to regulate some aspect of the economy
What are Independent Regulatory Commissions?
The part of the government that creates and outlines the duties of Executive Departments
Why is Congress?
Tax that has a greater impact on lower-income earners
Why was the Regressive Tax?
An unofficial alliance between bureaucratic agencies, congressional oversight committees, outside interest groups form unofficial alliance
Spending that takes up 69% of the annual budget
What is Mandatory Spending?
Founding father who pointed out the importance of the postal service such as the USPS.
Department created when there was an excess of land after the Mexican-American War
Who is Department of Interior?
Tax placed because people would avoid paying estate taxes
What is the Gift Tax?
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 comes after this event
What was the Assassination of Garfield (the President)?
Method utilized during the government's fiscal policy of 2008 to stop the recession.
What was targeted government spending?