Explain Why Congress Works So Slowly

question 45

Essay

Explain why Congress works so slowly.

Understand the role and mechanisms of Social Security and payroll taxes.

Recognize the impact of taxes on different income groups.

Identify the primary sources of tax revenues and government spending patterns.

Understand tax legislation and fiscal policy changes over recent decades.

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Definitions:

Learned Helplessness

A condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed, believed to be beyond their control.

Passive Resignation

A behavioral response characterized by a willingness to accept or submit to a situation or process without active resistance or protest.

Pessimistic Explanatory Style

A tendency to explain negative events as being inevitable and due to internal, stable, and global factors.

Learned Helplessness

A state where someone feels incapable of controlling their life, often due to a traumatic experience or repeated failures.