Exam 29: Staffing and Financing State and Local Governments

Which of the following is an example of value-added taxation?

Building schools, constructing roads, and clearing slums are examples of

State and local governments spend most of their funds on education.

In a 1973 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that

Tax brackets are indexed when they

New Jersey was the first state to enact spending limits that apply to both state and local governments.

The argument has been made that __________ tend(s) to fall on those that are least able to pay.

The most common demographic for a teacher in the United States is

Texas is the only state that has NOT privatized its human services sector.

Investors will rarely hesitate when given the opportunity to buy __________ from states.

In the text, the economic resources a state may tax are referred to as

Many state governments have increasingly regulated aspects of their personnel systems, especially since the early 1990s.

In 2006, state and local governments received revenues of _______ from taxes on the operations of casinos and pari-mutuel betting.

North Dakota operates its own city-run liquor stores.

The state individual or personal income tax has been one of the fastest-growing revenue sources for most states in recent decades.

When states want to build new schools they often just apply for a grant from the government to avoid borrowing money.

Which of the following states has no personal income tax?

The Pendleton Act

Federal grants made up what percent of state general revenues in 2006?

Local and state governments can do very little to change property assessment, but they can raise or lower the tax rates.