> 9) Under Our Constitution, some powers belong to the > federal government. What is one power of the federal > government? > A. Make treaties > B. Levy income taxes > C. Maintain prisons > D. Natural Disaster Aid > > Thought both A and B were correct, picked B. I still > don't understand why it's wrong. If the federal > government doesn't have the power to levy income > taxes, who does?? Somebody please explain! I assumed > "income taxes" meant federal income taxes, but maybe > it's wrong because states also levy income taxes.
I guess it is not mentioned as a governmental power in the Constitution. I think this is one of the issues that the crazy "The government can't legally tax me so I'm not paying any" guys use in their arguments. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > How well do you know your [U.S.] civics? I > > scored 81.82%. How about you? > > 87.88% (4 wrong out of 33). I thought most of > the questions were elementary (but with some > of them, it helped to be older). > > I was surprised that I got all 9 of the > economic (25-33) questions right. That isn't > usually my strong suit. > > > > > > > > SPOILERS FOLLOW > > > > > > > > > I got these wrong: > > 4) What was the main issue in the debates between > Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858? > A. Is slavery morally wrong? > B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories? > C. Do Southern states have the constitutional right to > leave the union? > D. Are free African Americans citizens of the United States? > > I really didn't know. I figured it was B or C but > guessed C. > > 7) What was the source of the following phrase: > "Government of the people, for the people, by the people"? > A. the speech "I Have a Dream" > B. Declaration of Independence > C. U.S. Constitution > D. Gettysburg Address > > Knew it was either B or D but picked B. > > Others who got this wrong are saying the mistake was > "embarrassing," and the introductory material on the > site seems to think it was the most shocking mistake > most people made. I beg to disagree. When a phrase > is that familiar, it's often very difficult to recall > which of several equally familiar sources it came > from. > > 9) Under Our Constitution, some powers belong to the > federal government. What is one power of the federal > government? > A. Make treaties > B. Levy income taxes > C. Maintain prisons > D. Natural Disaster Aid > > Thought both A and B were correct, picked B. I still > don't understand why it's wrong. If the federal > government doesn't have the power to levy income > taxes, who does?? Somebody please explain! I assumed > "income taxes" meant federal income taxes, but maybe > it's wrong because states also levy income taxes. > > 11) What impact did the Anti-Federalists have on the > United States Constitution? > A. their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the > Bill of Rights > B. their arguments helped lead to the abolition of the > slave trade > C. their influence ensured that the federal government > would maintain a standing army > D. their influence ensured that the federal government > would have the power to tax > > Didn't know this one; figured it was A or B, picked B. > Had no idea who the "Anti-Federalists" were or when they > were active. Looked them up afterward; they were against > the ratification of the Constitution. The Bill of Rights > was proposed to placate the states that would otherwise > not have voted for ratification due to the influence of > the Anti-Federalists. This was well before the slave > trade had become a big issue, and it isn't addressed in > the Constitution anyway, so that was a really dumb > mistake. >
