Which of the following demonstrates the power of the presidency to bypass Congress in the implementation of economic policy?
A) Ronald Reagan's support for Bob Packwood in exchange for passing the Tax Reform Act
B) Barack Obama's executive order increasing the minimum wage for federal contractors
C) Lyndon Johnson's advocacy for the Economic Opportunity Act
D) George W. Bush's proposal for the TARP program during the Great Recession
B
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While a liberal position on public policy encourages government intervention in or regulation of private business, the conservative position suggests that
A. not only should government intervene, but it should do so massively. B. government should fund 50% of all programs to be undertaken. C. government should ignore calls for social goods. D. the private sector should be permitted to find its own outcome to respond to public needs.
The difference between de facto and de jure segregation is that
A) the former results from private choices, the latter from public law. B) the former results from public law, the latter from private choices. C) the former existed in the past, the latter continues in the present. D) the former is illegal, the latter is legal. E) the former deals with perceptions, the latter deals with verified facts.