The idea of requiring motorists to pay to use the busiest streets in a city
a. has been proposed by many public officials, but to date the idea never has been tried in a major city anywhere in the world.
b. was tried in New York City in the 1990s, but the result was more — not less — congestion on busy streets, and the experiment was short-lived.
c. reflects the fact that a congested road is a public good.
d. reflects the fact that a congested road is a common resource.
d
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A) an excise tax. B) a consumption tax. C) a social tax. D) a tariff.
The Social Security Trust Fund
a. will provide a stream of future revenue for the federal government. b. is a "pot" of money set aside for the payment of future benefits. c. is a net asset of the U.S. Treasury worth approximately $2 trillion. d. is of zero asset value to the federal government.