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Exploring GovQuiz12

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1. A budget is a plan of income and expenses. True
2. When government prints money to make up a budget shortfall, it can cause an increase in the power of the dollar. False. When Government prints money to make up a budget shortfall, it can cause inflation.
3. The total debt of the federal government is approaching twenty million dollars False. The total debt of federal government is approaching twenty trillion dollars
4. The greatest source of revenues for the federal government is the excise tax False. The greatest source of revenue for the federal government is the income tax.
5. A tax that state and local governments impose when a person makes a routine purchase is called a sales tax True
6. Federal categorical grants have few guidelines for state and local government False. Federal categorical grants have specific guidelines for state and local governments
7. The major portion of a county's revenue comes from property taxes True
8. Tax freedom day is the day when the average american has worked enough to pay all the taxes he owes that year True
9. Presidents Grover Cleveland believed that the government should not support the people True
10. The proper purpose of taxation is raising revenue for proper government functions. True
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