Define progressive tax and severance tax
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response would be:
A tax graduated so that people of higher incomes pay a larger fraction of their income than people of lower incomes is called a progressive tax.
A tax on the privilege of "severing" such natural resources as coal, oil, timber, and gas from the land is called a severance tax.
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Ethnicity and religious identity differ from national identity because:
a. those with common ethnic and religious identities usually do not desire their own state. b. they are not inherently political. c. they are "imagined communities." d. they do not think of themselves as being a community of equals.
When sociologists refer to a political system, they are referring to the social institution that is based on a recognized set of procedures for implementing ______.
society's goals economic inequality the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services social policies
The East Wing refers to the
a. Lincoln bedroom. b. war room. c. first lady's office. d. vice president's office. e. vice president's residence.
The game tree in Figure 1, below, is associated with the game in which you are sure that civil society is WEAK. Solve the game by backward induction. What is the subgame perfect Nash equilibrium? (Note: write the equilibrium in the form [Soft-liner’s 1st move, Soft-liner’s 2nd move; Civil Society’s move]).
Consider the case that you are a soft-liner in an authoritarian regime who would like to introduce a policy of liberalization. Your goal is to co-opt the opposition into a broadened dictatorship, not to transition to democracy. You are a dictator, not a democrat! 1. If you open and civil society enters, then you achieve your objective of a Broadened Dictatorship. 2. If you open and civil society organizes, then you need to decide whether to democratize and become a full democracy or to repress. 3. A successful repression will lead to a narrow dictatorship, whereas an unsuccessful repression will lead to insurgency. 4. Repression is successful only if civil society is weak. A. Do nothing B. Do nothing, Democratize; Enter C. Do nothing, Democratize; Organize D. Open, Repress; Enter E. Open, Democratize; Organize