According to your text, what percentage of Texas children fall below the poverty line?
a. 3 percent
b. 10 percent
c. 13 percent
d. 24 percent
e. 35 percent
Question 2
The overall tax system in Texas
a. falls much more heavily on the rich than on the poor.
b. falls more heavily on the middle class than either the rich or poor.
c. relies on pay as you go taxes that are equitable to all groups.
d. falls disproportionately on poor and middle income earners.
e. is financed by voluntary taxes such as sin taxes on optional items such as cigarettes and the Texas Lottery.