How does an increase in unemployment levels affect the federal budget?

What will be an ideal response?

An increase in unemployment will cause less money to come into the treasury through income and payroll taxes and likely cause more expenditures through programs geared toward those with little income.

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When individuals are members of more than one group that intersect to influence their political opinions, they are being exposed to __________

a. individualized identities b. ideological discord c. crosscutting cleavages d. factionalism

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The Pew Research Center surveyed 38 nations to determine world opinion about the United States (see the box feature "Compared to What?"). In which of the following nations were ratings of the United States particularly high?

a. Argentina b. China c. Egypt d. Israel

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