<span>Barter is a system of exchange where goods or services are directly exchanged for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money. It is distinguishable from gift economies in many ways; one of them is that the reciprocal exchange is immediate and not delayed in time.</span>
The different branches of the government help limit the power of the federal government because there are checks and balances with each branch and if one branch doesn't quite agree with the executive branch then the two other branches can overrule the president's power.
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