Match the clues below to their correct answers by choosing from the drop-down menu. Continue to Part 2 or, to assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.
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Answer the true/false questions below by clicking on the correct answer. Continue to Part 3 or, to assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.
- A gas tax paid by all drivers is fair according to the criteria of ability to pay.
- Because property taxes usually support schools, people with no children do not have to pay them.
- Our federal income tax is based on the ability to pay principle.
- In the United States, people with low incomes are allowed no benefits.
- All people benefit equally from government services.
Answer the following multiple-choice questions by clicking on the correct answer. To assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.
- Which is NOT an example of a person's wealth?
- Who benefits from roads that are supported by gas taxes?
- A criteria of tax fairness that assumes that people with different amounts of wealth or income should pay different amounts of taxes is called
- Which is NOT an example of a person's income?
- It is hard to get people to agree on what is a fair tax because
