A congressional earmark allows which of the following?
A. Deficit spending rather than balancing the federal budget
B. More discretionary funds that can be channeled to where the money is most needed
C. The government to spend money on a specific project
D. A tax loophole for a specific corporation
E. The funding required for entitlement programs
Answer: C
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A) Dred Scott v. Sandford
B) Prigg v. Pennsylvania
C) Brown v. Board of Education
D) Plessy v. Ferguson
E) ?Gibbons v. Ogden
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What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following describes a simple tax on all income, regardless of source, eliminating almost all deductions and loopholes for expenditures?
A. flat tax B. sales tax C. national consumption tax D. estate tax
To find the five points for a box and whisker plot, you need the:
a. column percent b. cumulative percent c. frequency d. sum of squares