The Earned Income Tax Credit does which of the following?
a. assists the working poor by providing a larger refund than taxpayers paid in during the previous year
b. provides additional deductions for investment income
c. increases the tax rate for investment income
d. exempts income from home sales
Answer: a
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What factors have prevented Hispanics from translating their numbers into comparable political clout?
a. political differences among them, and the fact that many are not citizens or registered to vote b. programs like "Operation Wetback" and the "show me your papers" provision in Arizona c. the facts that many of them are not citizens or registered to vote, and many are illiterate d. their recent arrival in the United States, and the fact that many have not learned to speak English
Thomas Malthus famously argued that the world would get to a point of not being able to sustain its population because ________
a. population growth is too rapid b. population growth occurs at a constant rate and food supplies grow at an exponential rate c. population growth occurs at an exponential rate and food supply growth occurs at a constant rate d. population growth will outpace energy growth e. population growth will outpace water availability
Which of the following statements is true of political socialization?
A) Parents disaffected from the political system are more likely to provide political information to their children than parents who are not similarly disaffected. B) Although more sources of political information have become readily available in recent decades to most Americans, these sources are not as readily available to most young people. C) Sources of information about politics have been steadily decreasing in the United States for decades. D) The family has become the only meaningful source of political socialization in the United States. E) Scholars believe that greater access to political information may explain why young Americans are more liberal than their parents on many social issues.
______ are the largest expenditure for state and local governments.
a. Employee benefits b. Salaries c. Medicare expenses d. Social Security payments