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Government
chapters 10-11-12
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Political Studies
12th Grade
10/25/2010

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Term
direct tax
Definition

 

a tax that must be paid by the person on whom it is imposed(sometimes added to the price  of the product).

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indirect tax
Definition

 

 a tax imposed on one party but passed on to another (hidden in the price of the product)

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income tax
Definition

 

imposed on individuals' wages and corporations' revenues

- Largest source of federal revenue

                  - Progressive: the higher the income, the higher the rate of tax

Term
medicare
Definition

 

health care for the elderly(1965 added to social security)

Term
medicaid
Definition

 

health care for the elderly and poor

Term
ohio representitives
Definition
sherrod brown, george voinovich
Term
unemploment compensation
Definition

 

 joint federal and state operation that makes payments to  workers who lose their jobs for reasons beyond their control

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excised tax
Definition

 

Imposed in the manufacture, sale, or consumption of goods and/or the performance of  services

Term
tariff
Definition

 

- Customs duty, imposts, import duty, tariff

- Tax on imports

Term
naturalization
Definition
the process of mking non-citizens into citizens
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copyright
Definition
protects the right of an author over original writings
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patent
Definition
protects an inventors rights to inventions
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eminent domain
Definition
the right of a government to take private property for public use.
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