If Taxes and Government Expenditures Were Constant and Did Not

question 117

Multiple Choice

If taxes and government expenditures were constant and did not vary with income, then:

• A)cyclical deficits would increase.
• B)cyclical deficits would not exist.
• C)structural deficits would increase.
• D)structural deficits would not exist.

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The smallest units of meaning in a language.

Grammar

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Linguistic Determinism

Whorf’s hypothesis that language determines the way we think.

Grammar

The set of structural rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in a natural language.