Which is, in short, to have a more regressive tax system than the United States and a more progressive benefits and transfers system than the United States.
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Do you agree or disagree with converting the Medicaid program from the current system in which states and the federal government share oversight and funding responsibilities to a system of federal block grants to state governments, who would then decide how to allocate the grant funds to Medicaid recipients?
One of the virtues of our federal system is that states are laboratories for public policies.
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To make the system work, states have gone to elaborate lengths to "align" the content of textbooks, instructional manuals, and assessment devices.
But some governors and state legislators don't like this system because many states don't bother imposing any tax on sales to out-of-state consumers.
In the new system the United States will still be the largest economy but no longer the sole determinant of global economic health.
Under this new system, would states have to comply with these bills if they were signed into law or would they be able to opt out of them with the waivers?
"The agreement is a great step forward for the protection of the Arctic from an oil spill because it sets up a system for the states to co-operate in practice, " he said.
In April it raised tobacco excise by 25% to help pay for its grand plan for the federal government to take over most of the financing of Australia's health system from the states.
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The electoral-college system is fiercely defended by small states as an integral part of the federal system.
We have a system in the United States for electing the President that has three major flaws.
The venerable patent system in the United States is in danger of succumbing to the same fate.
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Currently, RFTA is constructing VelociRFTA, the first rural Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in the United States.
How does the Electoral College affect the political strength of the two-party system in the United States?
One thing we can all agree on though is that the tax system of the United States must be overhauled.
In 2011, about seven million people were under the supervision of the criminal justice system in the United States.
If you recall three Maiden Lane LLCs were formed in 2008 when the United States banking system was temporarily insolvent.
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To fix the pension system in the United States, according to Reynolds, a combination of changes need to be made.
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Their findings criticised the QALY system for grading different states of health.
The health care system in the United States needs fundamental, structural changes.
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Yahoo reports that Xbox has been the best-selling system in the United States for 27 months running, outselling the PlayStation and the Wii.
For of course we have the entire patent system of the United States of America telling us that the two are absolutely not the same thing.
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Unbeknownst to most people, the Supreme Court heard a case last week that, had they ruled differently, might have destroyed the vaccine system in the United States.
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See also, the excellent documentary, Post-Mortem, from PBS Frontline which takes a close look at the horribly broken coroner and forensic system in the United States.
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The educational experiences of American educators, political leaders, academics, parents, and others during the 1990s obviously reflect the particular culture, history, and educational system of the United States.
The 10-print system gives the United States the ability to compare fingerprints of travelers with criminal and terrorist databases compiled by the FBI, the Defense Department and others.
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National Missile Defense (NMD) system for the United States.
The whole system of relationships between states is changing.
The compact would be designed to provide a framework for a more unified and simple sales and use tax system without intruding on states' rights to set and regulate the sales tax locally.
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