The ability of a dictator to control how the general populace perceives his regime was vividly captured in George Orwell’s novel _________________.

The income tax became available to the national government with the ratification of which amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

A) Thirteenth B) Fourteenth C) Fifteenth D) Sixteenth

Fiscal federalism refers to the

A. fact that both the federal government and the states have the power to tax. B. expenditure of federal funds on programs run in part through state and local governments. C. ability of the states to manipulate federal decision making. D. national banking system first established by Alexander Hamilton in the 1790s. E. coordinated fiscal policy decisions of the federal government and the states.