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What are the advantages and disadvantages of cutting the size of bureaucracy as a way to decrease waste and inefficiency in government?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question -2-

The Supreme Court has ruled that student-led __________ at school-sponsored events such as football games are not constitutional.
 
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Question -3-

The annual difference between payments and receipts between a country and its trading partners is called the __________.
 
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Question -4-

When it comes to the role of the federal government in the economy, which of the following statements is accurate?
 
  a. Most Americans would prefer an economy completely free of any federal regulations.
  b. Since the Great Recession, the scope of federal activity in the economy has contracted.
  c. The U.S. Constitution restricts direct regulation of the economy to state governments.
  d. The outcomes of presidential elections are heavily influenced by the health of the economy.

Question -5-

Describe the purpose of the Administrative Procedures Act and how it affects bureaucratic agencies.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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An ideal response will:
1, Describe cutting the size of government as the preferred strategy of many critics of the federal bureaucracy.
2, Provide one or more examples of the above, such as Clinton's order in 1992 to eliminate 100,000 jobs, freeze salaries of government workers, and reduce cost-of-living pay adjustments.
3, Explain one or more advantages of this approach, including its apparent effectiveness in decreasing the size of the federal government since the Ford administration.
4, Explain one or more disadvantages of this approach, including the negative effects on employee morale and the possibility that cuts will go too far and decrease the provision of important services to the public.

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balance of payments

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(Ans. #5)

An ideal response will:
1, Explain that the APA puts forth a series of procedures on how executive branch agencies must make their decisions.
2, Explain how the Act ensures that agencies are bound by the due process guarantees of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution and they cannot act in an arbitrary or capricious manner when carrying out their responsibilities.
3, Discuss how the Act requires agencies, among other things, to give adequate notice of their actions, solicit comments from all interested parties, and act without bias or favoritism.

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