Answer:
Central government should be allowed to impose taxes.
Explanation:
It should be allowed to impose taxes, because, there are certain projects, that only a central government can efficiently oversee and fund. Example:
- army to fight foreign powers
- any projects that benefits the country as a whole AND at the same time, benefits some states more than others. Example: continental railroad benefits the whole country, BUT you have to say, that some states get more benefit than others.
Answer:
After proving this, the court will typically scrutinize the governmental action in one of several three ways to determine whether the governmental body's action is permissible: these three methods are referred to as strict scrutiny, intermediate scrutiny, and rational basis scrutiny.
I believe that the answer is B
In his book, A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn cites examples from US colonial history of the gap between rich and poor in colonial life.
A key study cited by Zinn examined tax registers from Boston, showing that the top 1% of the population held 25% of the wealth in 1687, and that by 1770, the top 1% of property owners in Boston owned 44% of the wealth. The study also noted that the bulk of Boston's population were not property owners. The percentage of adult males in Boston who owned no property doubled between 1687 and 1770 (from 14% to 29%).
Zinn cited additional items, regarding overcrowding of poorhouses (giving a notable example from New York) and a general increase throughout the colonies of the "wandering poor" who had no real means of support. He also cited examples of workers' strikes against employers in the colonies because of low wages.
