Exam 29: Staffing and Financing State and Local Governments

Which of the following is NOT one of the listed criteria used by Wisconsin's government in deciding what private agencies are used for welfare reform?

Furniture, jewels, washing machines, rugs, and paintings are all examples of

According to the text, state employees account for what ratio of the nation's workforce?

What programs are taking up more and more federal resources?

States have been more responsive than the federal government in recent years concerning public demand when it comes to all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following statements about California's Proposition 13 is correct?

The Hatch Act of 1939 limited the activities of federal, state, and local employees whose salaries were supported by federal funds.

The example in the text of tax relief to lower-income families and the elderly based on a ratio of tax burden to personal income is called

Out of hundreds of disputes, courts have decided that states may collect sales tax from interstate sales and income tax from people and corporations within the states, even if the income was earned from interstate business.

States and _______ are often responsible for delivering on the promises of the federal government.

The phenomenal revolt of the taxpayers explained in the text occurred in

The watershed event in the politics of tax cutting was the 1978 passage of California's Proposition 13, which limits increases in property taxes to a maximum of

Suppose a state wants to cut costs and decides to hire a private organization to handle all of its public works.What would this be an example of?

________ are financial instruments issued by state and local governments and bought by investors.In exchange for a cash payment at the time the bond is issued, the issuing government promises the investor that it will repay the loan with interest over time.

In the new economy there are services, intangible property, and business activities without clear geographic locations, and these are increasingly common.

Which of the following are hard or even impossible to tax?

Only Hawaii and Utah do NOT permit some form of legalized gambling.

In 1890, economist Edwin Seligman called ________ "the worst tax known in the civilized world."

Most of the state and local spending on health was disbursed through the _________ program, a joint federal/state program that provides medical assistance to low-income families.

$5.7 billion in revenue came from taxes on gambling establishments in 2006.