Which Is the Most Accurate Statement

question 84

Multiple Choice

Which is the most accurate statement?

• A)Americans pay higher taxes on gasoline than do the people in most other industrial countries.
• B)In general,excise taxes tend to be regressive.
• C)The projected 2011 total federal tax revenue is more than federal government spending.
• D)The new tax rates in the tax cut of 2003 are permanent.

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Definitions:

Need For Cognition

A tendency to engage in and enjoy effortful thinking, analysis, and mental problem solving.

Personal Relevance

Degree to which people expect an issue to have significant consequences for their own lives.

Significant Consequences

Outcomes or results of actions that have a notable impact on individuals, groups, or systems, often causing lasting changes.

Elaboration Likelihood Model

A theory explaining how people process persuasive messages, differentiating between a central route of careful scrutiny and a peripheral route of cues external to the message.