The United States congress and the president together have the power to enact federal law. Federal bureaucratic agencies have the responsibility to execute federal law. However, in the carrying out of these laws, federal agencies have policy making discretion.
Congress gives federal agencies policy making discretion in executing federal laws because the agencies often have more knowledge and can therefore make laws that won't cause much grief to the government. Another reason is that Congress believes if the federal agencies make a law that isn't accepted well, they won't get the blame and grief for it.
The Federal Reserve board is an agency that exercises policy-making discretion. It uses discretion through monetary policy, where expertise is higher than Congress. In other words, they have more knowledge to help make more informed decisions regarding monetary concerns.
Congress ensures that federal agencies follow legislative intent through oversight and the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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The United States congress and the president together have the power to
enact federal law. Federal bureaucratic agencies have the
responsibility to execute federal law. However, in the carrying out of
these laws, federal agencies have policy making discretion.
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Monday, April 21, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Entitlement Programs and Social Security (Essay 15)
In recent decades, entitlement programs have constituted a substantial portion of the United States federal budget. Social Security is the largest entitlement program in the US. An entitlement program is a government program that guarantees certain benefits to a particular group or segment of the population. An example of an entitlement program is Social Security.
Social Security is any government system that provides monetary assistance to people with inadequate or no income. The primary source of revenue for social security is a 6.2 % tax of all american's income. This tax is taken out of every paycheck and is put into an account for distribution to those who are in need. One threat to the future of social security that is depicted in the chart is the balance of amount in paid to the reserve, and the amount paid out of it. It is becoming unbalanced because of the "baby-boomers".
The baby-boomers are creating an unbalanced ratio of beneficiaries to recipients, which is upsetting the economic state of the Social Security finances. If the age of eligibility for social security were raised, it would allow a natural digression of recipients, which in turn would re-balance the paid-in to paid-out ratio.
2006-2 In recent decades, entitlement programs have constituted a substantial portion of the United States federal budget. Social Security is the largest entitlement program in the US. From the information in the chart above, and your knowledge of the US government and politics, perform the following tasks.
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Social Security is any government system that provides monetary assistance to people with inadequate or no income. The primary source of revenue for social security is a 6.2 % tax of all american's income. This tax is taken out of every paycheck and is put into an account for distribution to those who are in need. One threat to the future of social security that is depicted in the chart is the balance of amount in paid to the reserve, and the amount paid out of it. It is becoming unbalanced because of the "baby-boomers".
The baby-boomers are creating an unbalanced ratio of beneficiaries to recipients, which is upsetting the economic state of the Social Security finances. If the age of eligibility for social security were raised, it would allow a natural digression of recipients, which in turn would re-balance the paid-in to paid-out ratio.
2006-2 In recent decades, entitlement programs have constituted a substantial portion of the United States federal budget. Social Security is the largest entitlement program in the US. From the information in the chart above, and your knowledge of the US government and politics, perform the following tasks.
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/_ap06_gopo_us_sg.pdf
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