The Nature of Government

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Across
  1. 3. - Money the government decides to spend
  2. 4. - The reason Thanksgiving dinner gets awkward.
  3. 8. - The belief that even the government needs a rulebook... and no, it can't just ignore it after page 3
  4. 9. - The ____ Barrel
  5. 10. - What you have when no one can tell you what to do—except maybe your dog.
  6. 12. - Drawing voting lines to win before the votes are in OR how to cheat elections--legally
  7. 14. - Changing district borders, legally this time OR it happens after the census--lines get moved
  8. 16. - (Abv.) A group of people who spend money to make sure your vote counts... or at least their ads do.
  9. 17. - A 250th anniversary, because who doesn’t love a good excuse for cake and awkward speeches every quarter-century?
  10. 19. - The art of convincing politicians that your idea is better, even if you have to bribe them with donuts
  11. 20. - Something a party “stands” on
  12. 21. - Not evolution, but giving powers back OR Federal government’s way of saying “not my problem”
  13. 24. - Lawmakers have it. So do parents, teachers, police officers…
  14. 25. - Makes rules, collects taxes, but still gets blamed OR they say its by the people… but it’s mostly paperwork
Down
  1. 1. - The person who votes for you, then wonders why you haven’t fixed everything yet
  2. 2. - Helping people with government problems, one complaint at a time.
  3. 4. - Democratic or Republican, respectfully
  4. 5. - A place where laws are made and rules are institutionalized.
  5. 6. - A set of rules so vague, even the people who made them need a manual to follow them
  6. 7. - comes with great responsibility, according to Uncle Ben
  7. 11. - The side in court that tries to prove someone is guilty
  8. 13. - Because 435 seats don’t assign themselves OR dividing up seats--without musical chairs
  9. 15. - The idea that everyone gets a voice... even that one guy who always talks about conspiracy theories at dinner.
  10. 18. - The one who gets dragged to court
  11. 22. - The quality that makes a government’s power more than just a legit myth.
  12. 23. - One who sues because they’re not over it OR First to throw shade…legally