Years ago, when Congress imposed very high tax rates on high incomes, it provided for more loopholes in the federal tax system. These loopholes:
A) brought the profits earned by government employees under the nontaxable bracket.
B) enabled angel investors to invest directly in businesses.
C) enabled investors in oil and gas wells to increase their taxable income.
D) allowed interest groups to give soft money to political parties.
E) enabled many wealthy individuals to decrease their tax bills significantly.
E
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Why did property restrictions and voting restrictions exist in the colonies?
a. Too many poor people were well-educated in the public schools and this threatened to upset the social order. b. Members of the upper-class minority took for granted their right to govern and were not about to risk the existing social order by extending voting rights. c. The colonial charters required the colonies to follow the same rules and procedures for voting as in England. d. Since land was easier to acquire and more evenly distributed, royal authorities imposed restrictions to limit the ability of the colonists to gain experience with self-government.
Delegating international decisions to an international organization is called
a. illegitimate. b. democratic deficit. c. supranationalism. d. world governmentalism.