Explain the difference between flat and progressive income taxes. Which do you think is the fairer tax?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Define the difference between progressive and flat taxes.Progressive taxes allow people who make less to pay less, proportionately, than the wealthy; flat taxes stay at the same rate for everyone.
2, Make an argument for fairness in relation to progressive or flat taxes.
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a. an ayatollah turned general. b. an ambitious soldier trained by the Russian army. c. a tribal leader hand-picked by the British. d. a Western-educated economics professor. e. the son of peasants whose first career was teaching.
Fragmentation of the media refers to the __________
a. diminished influence of the national media b. biases of talk radio c. duplication of cable programming throughout the nation d. satellite coverage of news events
Which of the following is not identified in the text as a major concern of the Pentagon and other foreign policy makers in the formulation of national security policy?
a. The continued presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan b. The threat posed by Russia and its ongoing conflict in Ukraine c. Increasing racial tensions in the United States d. The rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
With respect to changes in the structure of the UN Security Council, __________.
A. Japan and Australia would like to be permanent members because they contribute a great deal of money to the UN and have a stake in a stable security climate B. Brazil developed a plan that would give permanent seats with veto power to at least six additional countries C. any expansion of permanent seats might include India, with 20 percent of the world's population, and Indonesia, a predominantly Islamic country D. Britain and Turkey would be reluctant to give up their individual seats for one "European" seat