When an individual filters incoming information through personal biases and interests and then decides what to pay attention to, this person has engaged in ______.

Tensions regarding weapons proliferation heightened in October 2006 when:

A) Libya used weapons of mass destruction against Syria. B) North Korea conducted its first nuclear test. C) India and Pakistan detonated nuclear devices within a few weeks of each other. D) Israel conducted nuclear tests in the Atlantic Ocean. E) Israel and Palestine attacked each other with chemical weapons.

All of the following are taxes paid by Americans EXCEPT

A. the Social Security tax. B. the Medicare tax. C. the Veterans Support tax. D. state sales taxes. E. federal income taxes.