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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What president once siad, "Taxes should hurt" (97)?

2. To what circle of hell did Dante send moneylenders?

3. In 2020, what was the tax burden for the poorest individuals with incomes at or below $9,875?

4. What country cut payroll taxes for low-income workers?

5. How many residents in Stockton, California, were given $500 a month with no strings attached?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Desmond believe that deeper antipoverty investments were not required?

2. How did rent increase from 2000 to 2021?

3. How and why did poverty rates fall during the COVID pandemic?

4. What were arguments about the negative effects of government support for the poor based upon?

5. What are some ways to be exploited?

6. What were some excuses for the rising housing costs, and what did Desmond believe caused the rising housing costs?

7. What did English doctor and clergyman Joseph Townsend have to say about getting poor people to work?

8. How did Japan, Great Britain, Estonia, the Netherlands, and some other countries handle tax filing?

9. How did corporations avoid paying the taxes they owed?

10. What was the problem with private fortunes outpacing investments in public services?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Poverty often required individuals to struggle for their basic needs. What is poverty, and how did it affect day-to-day life for those who lived below the poverty line?

Essay Topic 2

Desegregation often led to private opulence and public squalor. How and why did desegregation often lead to private opulence and public squalor?

Essay Topic 3

In the book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, Suzanne Mettler reported that 96% of American adults relied on a major government program in their lifetime. The average rich and middle-class family drew on the same number of government benefits as the average poor family. How were Americans at all income levels recipients of government welfare?

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