A tax that takes higher proportions of income at lower income levels is a ______.

A. proscriptive tax
B. progressive tax
C. federal tax
D. regressive tax


D. regressive tax

Sociology

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When teen girls interrupt their mothers, this is often an attempt at

A. gaining power. B. being rude. C. showing involvement. D. none of these.

Sociology

Ben's more distant grandparent role

A was characterized as a place in the family and a place apart. B made him potentially vulnerable to abandonment when he needed help. C was acceptable to his daughters and his grandchildren. D all of the above

Sociology

Discuss sociologist Erik Wright's Marxian Model of the U.S. class structure

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Arab Americans represent a broad range of social classes. For example, two-thirds of ________ hold at least a college degree and have a relatively high household median income, whereas the poverty rate of __________ is extraordinarily high

a. Palestinians; Lebanese b. Yemenis; Palestinians c. Egyptians; Iraqis d. Moroccans; Syrians

Sociology