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| Why do we have government (Two Answers) |
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| Provide Order, Promote General Welfare |
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| Groups of like-minded people who try to influence government. American Government trys to avoid domination by one of these groups. |
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| Division of Government power across Judicial, Executive, and Legislative branches |
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| A system where each branch of government has power over others |
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| Division of power across the local, state, and nation government |
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| Services or actions that are avalible to the public. Government provides because they would be underproduced by the free market |
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| Collective Action Problem |
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| A situation in which the members of a group are working together but a member is better off not working and still reaping benefits. |
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| Benefits created by public goods |
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| The incentive to benefit from others work without making a contribution (collective action problem) |
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| The process that determines what government does |
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| An economy without the influence of the government |
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| Allowing individuals to manage their own financial decisions without government influence |
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| Redistributive Tax Policies |
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| Using taxation to create a greater social equality |
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