States such as Massachusetts, New York and California, generally
a. spend more on public assistance than Mississippi, Louisiana, and Colorado.
b. spend less on public assistance than Mississippi, Louisiana, and Colorado.
c. spend about the same on public assistance than Mississippi, Louisiana and Colorado.
d. have variations in spending year over year such that comparisons are impossible.
Question 2
President Yeltsin responded to what he considered to be an obstructive parliament by
a. disbanding it and laying siege to its premises.
b. ignoring it and relying upon presidential decrees.
c. ignoring it and relying upon governors to pass legislation.
d. threatening to lay siege to it until it capitulated.
e. simply ignoring it as he went about his reforms.
Map distances are generally additive
tongue states
Importance of intermediate states
Power-tower in Southern California, largest such facility in the world
The Lorenz Curve for the United States, 2009