POLS 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Get This, Federal Direct Student Loan Program, Social Programs In The United States
12 Sep 2016
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Increase in size and scope following great depression and new deal: size of government b. i. Government employment has increased, mainly at local level b. ii. Federal employees have decreased, relative to pop b. iii. Private contractors increased: special districts typically provide one particular service c. i. Districts often have the power to tax and issues bonds: government functions, social security administration, fdic, fda, state universities, fire departments, federalism, federal government shares power, federal government b. i. Make up 50% of federal budget b. ii. 1. b. ii. 2. b. iii. Huge decrease in defense spending over last four decades b. iv. Budget details what the government does but now how it does it administrators: state governments c. i. Play a major banking role by receiving federal grants and administering them: local governments d. i. Elementary and secondary education, health, hospitals, welfare, utilities: how government does it e. i. Government provides goods and services, income support, interest on national debt, direct loans e. ii.
