Wasn't one of them the 9/11 attack?
Answer:
Taxes are needed for a day to day life. They pay for the government to continue to be able to work properly and do the things they promise to do, without money they would be unable to do the basic things that are promised in the constitution and be worthless. They support the economy because without them the government would have no money to make the money we use, therefore making our money slowly run out.
The answer is C bc it’s a primary source since he was a person who lived through it yk
For the answer to the question above,
It is exactly what the name implies. The ends are staggered as opposed to blunt which makes them more likely to link up with their counterpart.
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The author is making a cultural allusion, comparing the character to something in our present day culture.