The Pendleton Act Protected Federal Employees from Being Fired for Failure

question 61

True/False

The Pendleton Act protected federal employees from being fired for failure to make political contributions and actually forbade political campaign contributions by certain employees.

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Definitions:

Excise Tax

A direct tax placed on manufactured goods, and is often levied at the time of manufacture, rather than at sale.

Inelastic Supply

A market condition where the quantity supplied of a good does not change significantly when its price changes.

Inelastic Demand

The case in which the price elasticity of demand is less than 1.

FICA

FICA stands for the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and is a United States federal payroll tax that funds Social Security and Medicare programs.