taxes

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highest spending categories for the local government

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Primary and secondary education, police/fire protection/ city workers

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highest spending categories for the State government

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Welfare, post secondary education, health/ hospitals

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Which type of tax is levied on specific items or services, including gasoline and telephone services?

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excise tax

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highest spending categories for the Federal government: Social security, national defense, income security, Welfare, post secondary education, health/ hospitals, Primary and secondary education, police/fire protection/ city workers, Social security, Welfare, education

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Social security, national defense, income security

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A 4 percent sales tax on clothing is an example of a regressive tax, because as a person's income increases, the percentage of income paid in taxes _________.

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decreases

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Primary sources of revenue for local governments: individual income tax, FICA, Corporate income tax; Sales tax, Excise taxes, lottery tax (income tax); property tax, small sales tax; primary and secondary education, city police, city workers, fire protection

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property tax, small sales tax

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highest spending categories for the Federal government

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Social security, national defense, income security

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highest spending categories for the State government

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Welfare, post secondary education, health/ hospitals

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Primary sources of revenue for local governments: individual income tax, FICA, Corporate income tax; Sales tax, Excise taxes, lottery tax (income tax); property tax, small sales tax; primary and secondary education, city police, city workers, fire protection

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property tax, small sales tax

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Primary sources of revenue for federal governments: FICA, Corporate income tax, individual income tax; Excise taxes, lottery tax (income tax), sales tax; Social security, National defense, interest on the national debt; Individual income tax, sales tax, property tax

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FICA, Corporate income tax, individual income tax