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What are the criteria for evaluating a tax? Why are these criteria so important?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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One of the driving forces behind the federal government increasing funding for education was the __________________.
 
  a. launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957
  b. segregation legislation
  c. launch of the Space Shuttle
  d. Civil Rights Act of 1964



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: A tax should (a) not cause unintended economic disorders, (b) be equitable, (c) be collected easily, and (d) be responsive to changing economic conditions. The criteria are important because they are a guide for devising means of taxation that will generate the needed revenue without creating additional problems.

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: a



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