Identify two drawbacks to imposing a national consumption tax.

What will be an ideal response?


Students can identify drawbacks from the following options: to raise the same amount of money the federal government now collects, the tax rate would have to be roughly 30% of all purchases; this alternative form of taxation would be regressive; businesses rather than individuals would be liable for the consumption tax.

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The most obvious sign of the party realignment of recent decades has been the strong tendency of

A. the West Coast to vote Democratic. B. Colorado to vote Democratic. C. the Midwest to vote Democratic. D. the South to vote Republican. E. the Plains states to vote Republican.

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The U.S. Constitution does not protect lobbying

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The sanctioning of an official religion by the government is prohibited by what clause of the U.S. Constitution?

A. establishment B. free exercise C. equal protection D. due process

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