1. Understand and delineate the key stages in the policy making round.
2. Review the origins and policy landmarks in the development of social insurance programs.
3. Explain why the social security fund may be approaching financial disaster unless essential adjustments are made in the near future.
4. Itemize the risks of change to social security and summarize the key issues in the politics of Medicare.
5. Explain the role of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and why senior citizens are so influential In the political process.
6. Review the origins and development of public assistance programs while discussing such key programs as Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), Earned Income Tax Credit (EATC), Supplemental Social Insurance (SSI), rent subsidies, and, Medicaid.
7. Summarize the drawbacks of public assistance programs.
8. Review the politics of public assistance.
9. Explain the historical evolution of educational policy as well as the current politics of education.
10. Discuss the factors that led to the rise of federal regulation in America.
11. Explain the justifications for regulation, including natural monopoly, externalities, and protecting the uninformed.
12. Explain how regulations are shaped by election pressures on Congress, government agencies, and the courts.
13. Summarize the reasons why Congress has approved deregulation of some industries.

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