To Avoid an Increase in the Local Property Tax, Sullivan

question 69

Multiple Choice

To avoid an increase in the local property tax, Sullivan County, New York, proposed a 2 percent hotel tax, which presumably would be passed on to tourists. The hotel industry argued that the tax would hurt hotel business. They are really arguing that

• A)tourist and convention demand is inelastic, so hotel bookings will decline.
• B)tourist and convention demand is very elastic, so hotel bookings will decline.
• C)they would prefer a property tax increase instead.
• D)it is unfair to tax people who do not live in the area.

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Definitions:

Collaboration

The act of working together with one or more people in order to achieve a common goal.

Compromise

A process of making concessions to settle differences.

Integrationist View

A perspective favoring the combination of different groups or entities into a cohesive whole.

Constructive Means

Methods or approaches that are positive and aimed at building or improving something rather than criticizing or undermining.