PoliSci Final

This is a supplement to Social Security for the elderly.

This program was designed to buffer the high cost of medical care that Senior Citizens generally face.

Problems with Medicare

This is a public healthcare program funded out of general revenue for
the very poor.

The main problem for which program is the High cost associated with providing free healthcare to the very poor

What does SCHIP stand for?

This program was designed to cover over half of the uninsured children in the country

This program is funded through Block Grants to each state to administer this program

Healthcare law that was passed last year was an:

If any law is deemed unconsitutional by the US Supreme Court it is...

Federal Law that provided limited assistance to local schools for
textbooks, libraries and other instructional material.

This act worked to end discrimination by employers where hiring minortities or traditional discriminated groups

The act of giving preferential treatment to persons of a minority race when hiring them

Essentailly this idea means placing less emphasis on qualificatios are more emphasis on race to choose employees

a group of policies implemented starting in the 1960’s to redistribute
social benefits to those groups who had less than their share

This meant that if there was 10% African American in the community there
should be 10% African Americans working in all businesses

The most obvious policy in Affirmative Action is the:

How long do most farm bills last?

How much is the current farm bill worth?

What percentage of the farm bill goes to farmers?

What percentage of the farm bill goes to Food stamps/School lunches?

What is based upon a crop base that has been established for certain crops?

This in an example of what?
If a farmer has 120 acres with a cotton base average on it then he receives X amount of dollars per acre.

The payment is true price support

A tagret price for each subsidized commodity is established and if the price at Harvest time is less than the target price, the farmer gets a difference check.

What is this called?

For Counter Cyclical Payment, what happens if the price is at or above the target price at harvest time?

The ___ million bales raised on the south plains of Texas every year equate to over _____ dollars to the South Plains economy