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19 Cards in this Set
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Sin |
a tax on items considered undesirable or harmful, such as alcohol or tobacco
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Property
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Taxes personal property and it's progressive any land, building, or automobiles
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Income Tax
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The most important tax, progressive and broken up
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Payroll
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Revenue
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Progressive
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Tax system in which rates go up with income
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Proportional
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10% 2,000
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Regressive
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a larger % low income for high income
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Minimum age
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35
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Pardon
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release from the punishment for, or legal of crime before or after
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Executive privilege
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the right to withhold information, or refuse to appear before court
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Executive Branch Offices
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president, vice president, executive president, cabinet
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Cabinet
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attorney general and 14 departments selected by pres and not nominated "kitchen cabinet"
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Interest group
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an organized group of individuals sharing common objectives
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free riders
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the difficulty interest groups face in recruiting members when benefits can be gained without joining
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Reelection rate
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90%
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Senate/House
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an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
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Committees
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a group of people appointed for a specific function, typically consisting of members of a larger group.
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Franking
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policy that allows members of congress to send material through mail
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Redistricting
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divide or organize (an area) into new political or school districts. |
