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GOV 10
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| appropriations | |
| balanced budget | |
| balance of payments deficit | the amount by which imports exceed exports |
| bondoogle | |
| budget | an outline of the government's spending program for the coming year |
| corporate income tax | industries and businesses pay these on their profits |
| debt ceiling | |
| deduction | Allows people to pay lower taxes. Encourages people to give to charities or invest. |
| deficit spending | when the federal government spends more money than it collects |
| excise tax | taxes levied on the sale of specific goods and services |
| exemption | allows people to pay lower taxes |
| export tax | tax on goods shipped to other countries. The Constitution forbids this. |
| fiscal year | |
| gross domestic product | |
| indirect tax | the cost of which is passed on to the consumer. The Constitution provides that these must be uniform throughout the country. |
| inflation | result of higher interest rates. Pushes prices higher and higher. |
| logrolling | |
| loophole | special tax breaks that allow individuals and corporations to reduce or eliminate their taxes |
| national debt | total amount owed by a country to its creditors |
| personal income tax | federal government uses this to collect a percentage of each American's earnings |
| porkbarrel | appropriations for questionable projects to benefit a legislator's home district |
| progressive tax rate | system where the well-to-do pay a higher percentage of their earnings than do the poor |
| recession | |
| regressive tax | tax that forces rich and poor alike to pay the same amount |
| tariff | tax on imports |