In thinking about a state’s tax burden, it is helpful to distinguish between ______

California illustrates one of the most significant rends in state finances in the last half-century or so, the growing use of ______ to shape and restrain state tax systems.

Which of the following statements pertaining to John Adams and the Continental Congress is true?

Citizen opinion usually does not register loudly enough to result in a recall or other formal protest.

The Supreme Court upheld Ohio’s voter ______.

New federalism maintains that states should have ______ power and ______ money from the federal government.

Tax capacity and tax effort are the same thing.

Sales taxes are an example of forced consumption taxes.

Ballot initiatives are not necessarily the expressions of grassroots ideals anymore; instead, they are proposed and paid for by wealthy individuals, corporations, or interest groups.

Polling on voter ID requirements consistently show that ______.