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☆☆☆☆☆the government gets money from the taxes people pay TAXES
To provide money for government programs
to promote the interest of consumer
Speculators from rushing into and out of a country's market and disrupting its economy./
Money laundering
Why might the government freeze assets?
To stop crime activity.
Environmental-protection laws can be bad for the economy because they may increase unemployment.
Speeds up the flow of capital and wages
The president gives a proposed budget to Congress.
Congress decides on the details of the budget.
The president signs spending bills into law.
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the president prepare a proposed budget.
Congress decides on the overall level of spending and taxation and passes specific spending bills.
The president signs various spending bills into law.
Pork barrel projects
Tariffs and embargos are trade restrictions.
One benefit of consumer protection regulation is that it keeps people from being abused by unfair, dangerous, and fraudulent actions by vendors.
Which of the following pairs of prefixes are closest to each other in size?
The purchase of bonds reduces the bond buyers' bank accounts.
A restriction on when a union may call a strike
A. Social security _ government agency
B. U.S. Postal Service _ government corporation
C. Boeing _ government contractor
1.Vendor lock in: a company say a wide range of product can be used with its products but this is not true.
- Price fixing: a group of companies agree that all of them will charge the same price.
3.Predatory pricing: a large company charges a price below production cost in order to eliminate small competitors.
