Senator Spendital Made a Speech Deploring the Continuous Deficits in the Federal

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Senator Spendital made a speech deploring the continuous deficits in the federal budget. He is proposing an increase in tax rates to raise more revenue for the government and thus gradually reduce the size of the national debt over a period of several years. The strategy Senator Spendital is proposing is a common type of monetary policy.

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Slope

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Least Squares Regression Line

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Actual Value

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Sum of Squares for Regression

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