Presidents Routinely Use the Line-Item Veto to Strike Specific Spending

question 81

True/False

Presidents routinely use the line-item veto to strike specific spending items from appropriations bills passed by Congress.

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Definitions:

Marginal Tax Rate

The percentage at which the next dollar earned of taxable income is subjected to tax.

Average Tax Rate

The total amount of taxes paid by an individual or business divided by the taxable income, reflecting the proportion of income paid in taxes.

Flypaper Theory

A concept suggesting that government grants and subsidies stick where they first land, meaning they benefit the entity they're directly given to rather than being efficiently redistributed.

Tax Incidence

The analysis of the effect of a particular tax on the distribution of economic welfare, essentially focusing on who ultimately bears the cost of a tax.