Answer:
Tax money is funding a violent, unjust war.
The crime that the state is committing is worse than the crime of withholding taxes.
Acts of civil disobedience such as withholding taxes are preferable to violent protest.
Answer:
1. subservient: lower in importance
2. inquity: wickedness
3. ameliorate: improve
4. contentious: misguided
Answer:
Austin is afraid of having another asthma attack so he always has his inhaler with him.
Explanation:
What Austin's coach means by his quote at the end of the passage is that he is using his fear of having another asthma attack as a crutch. The coach was telling Austin to let go of his fear of having another asthma attack.
