Today, the U.S. federal payroll tax takes an average of about __________ of taxpayers' incomes.
A) 10 percent
B) 15 percent
C) 20 percent
D) 43 percent
E) 45 percent
Question -2-The creedal passion view recognizes that
A) the self-interest of individuals is usually a complete guide to their actions.
B) economic self-interest may be important but is usually not the only guide to people's actions.
C) organizational self-interest rather than economic self-interest is usually the best guide to people's actions.
D) political preferences can be predicted invariably by knowing an individual's economic or organizational position.
E) self-interest is rarely an important factor in understanding political attitudes and behavior.
Question -3-The view that morally impassioned elites drive important political changes is associated with
A) Karl Marx.
B) Max Weber.
C) Samuel P. Huntington.
D) Robert Dahl.
E) David B. Truman.
Question -4-The pluralist view of power focuses on
A) a dominant social class.
B) a group of business, military, labor-union, and elected officials.
C) an array of appointed bureaucrats.
D) no single group dominating the political process.
E) a flexible alliance of religious and cultural leaders.
Question -5-Who argued that political resources-such as money, prestige, expertise, and access to the mass media-have become so widely distributed that no single elite, no social class, no bureaucratic arrangement, can control them.
A) Samuel P. Huntington
B) Max Weber
C) C. Wright Mills
D) Karl Marx
E) David B. Truman
Question -6-The bureaucratic view of political elites, which argues that appointed officials dominate government, is associated with
A) Karl Marx.
B) C. Wright Mills.
C) Max Weber.
D) David B. Truman.
E) Robert Dahl.
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