The murder rate in the United States is much higher than in many other countries

A tax with a higher tax burden for upper-income people is:

A. a progressive tax. B. a regressive tax. C. an income tax. D. an equality tax.

Which of the following serves as an important watch dog over waste or fraud in the bureaucracy and conducts investigations at the request of congressional committees?

A) the General Accounting Office B) the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress C) the Congressional Budget Office D) the Office of Technology Assessment E) the Office of the Budget Bureau