Government Expenditures Are Expenditures for Goods and Services by State

question 40

Multiple Choice

Government expenditures are expenditures for goods and services by state and local governments and the federal government, and include all of the following items EXCEPT:

• A) national defense goods .
• B) wages for fire fighters.
• C) welfare payments.
• D) wages for state judges.
• E) wages for teachers.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanisms

Defense methods operated on an unconscious level to prevent anxiety linked with thoughts or emotions considered unsuitable.

Repression

A defense mechanism where distressing thoughts, memories, or impulses are excluded from consciousness.

Oedipus Conflict

A psychoanalytic theory, introduced by Freud, describing a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Defense Mechanism

Unconscious psychological strategies employed to manage stress, emotional conflict, and internal or external demands that are perceived as threatening.