All interest groups need to recruit and retain members in order to achieve their political goals. Explain what the “free-rider” problem is and why it makes recruitment and retention difficult for interest groups. What are some incentives interest groups can offer to encourage people to join and contribute to the group?

the correct answers are: 1) lay and collect taxes and duties; 2) pay debts; 5) borrow money;   6) regulate commerce with foreign nations.

article 1, section 8. refers to the powers of congress. according to the united states constitution: “the congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the united states.”

when we think of a­ncient paga­n kings, the ideas of justice and fairness probably aren't the first things to come to mind. we moderns may be more likely to imagine fickle, power-hungry despots who were ready to put someone to death on a whim. but king hammurabi, who ruled a prosperous and thriving babyloniaalmost four millennia ago, doesn't quite fit that mold. he claimed to have protect the weak from oppression, and scholars believe he fostered an atmosphere of justice and righteousness for his people.

this belief is based on an object that was discovered only a century ago. it has already earned a place alongside the rosetta stone as one of the most important artifacts of the ancient world. this stela (stone pillar) bears the inscription of the code of hammurabi, and it has shed light on the laws, culture and life in babylonia.

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it required the unanimous approval of the states before the congress could enact any measure.

traditionally, roman society was rigid. by the first century. however, the need for capable men to run rome's vast empire was slowly eroding the social barriers. the social structure of ancient rome was based on heredity, property,wealth, citizenship and freedom.