Federal Spending
Also called direct spending, this is a type of spending that includes entitlement programs, such as Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, and EITC, that by law, the government must give to all citizens that qualify.
What is mandatory spending?
This branch decides the meaning of laws, how to apply them to real situations.
What is the judicial branch?
This is a theory of government where a small, loosely-knit group of people is able to control political power as a result of their positions in government, industry, and economics.
What is elitism?
This is a type of spending where the funding level for different programs is determined each fiscal year by legislation. This includes spending on programs such as defense, transportation, education & training, law enforcement, healthcare, and health research.
What is discretionary spending?
This branch of government includes the president and vice president.
What is the executive branch?
This is a theory of government where the political process is dominated by several autonomous groups.
What is pluralism?
The majority of federal spending is this type of spending.
What is mandatory spending?
This process allows each branch to keep each other in "check" and prevents any one branch from gaining too much power.
What is checks and balances?
This was an imperialist belief in the 19th-century United States (1800s) that American settlers were destined to expand westward across North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This is a government program that guarantees certain benefits to a particular group or segment of the population. It includes Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, Unemployment, and some welfare programs, like SNAP benefits.
What is an entitlement or entitlement program?
This is influencing or attempting to influence legislative action or non-action through oral or written communication.
What is lobbying?
This is the practice of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas.
What is imperialism?