Gracy's Quiz Flashcards
(14 cards)
Medicare
Federal government health program that provided medical benefits to the elderly, disabled, and physically unable US citizens.
Medicaid
Government aid program that provided health insurance for those living in poverty
What are the two biggest drivers of the national debt?
Social security and Medicare(even though its a part of social security)
Why has the ratio changed from 1-15 to 1-3?
-Baby boomers retiring (less people giving and more collecting)
-Increased life expectancy
-medicare
-Medicare Part D
-Congress raiding the social security fund
What is Medicare part D
A social security program that made medicine “Free”
Discretionary spending
Money for things that can be decreased(like Hulu or coffee)
Entitlements
Money for social programs that cannot be cut
Interest on the national debt
Has to be paid, you know what interest is.
Imperialism
Where a powerful Mother country dominated a less powerful place. Think Britain to the 13 colonies.
Mao Tse Tung
Just say Mao, he declared that imperialists were destined to be expelled from SE Asia. Communist.
What were the treaties signed into the French and Vietnam treaty
-France Leaves
-Vietnam would split into north and south to be ruled by Ho Chi Minh(North) and The south by Diem
-The south would get elections and decide no reunification
Bad parts of Diem
Refused to hold elections, put family in place, enforced his religion on the population, imprisoned those who opposed him.
What did the gulf of tension lead to?
Congress giving LBJ a blank check.
