When local taxes are taken into account, the total average sales tax rate paid by consumers is about ______.

A. 4.5%
B. 6.5%
C. 8.5%
D. 10.5%


Answer: C

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a. has been increasing steadily since the 1980s b. has changed little since the 1960s c. has grown at about the same rate as the overall population since the 1970s d. declined in the 1990s but has grown rapidly in the twenty-first century e. has declined dramatically as computers have replaced employees

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One of the consequences of yearly state elections during the American Revolution was __________

a. state politicians pandered to the people and horse-traded to achieve power b. state legislatures became undemocratic c. state legislatures tried to strengthen the national government to compensate d. the term of office of the governor was extended to four years

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For most of the last 40 years, the most common type of PAC was

A. corporate. B. nonconnected. C. health. D. labor. E. None of these was a common type of PAC.

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Discuss the criticisms of relying on GDP and GNI to measure human well being.

What will be an ideal response?

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