QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT
1. Why is the cost of government increasing?
2. Name some sources of public revenue.
3. What is a tax?
4. What is the fundamental defect of American taxation?
5. In what way is there an inadequate apportionment of taxing power to fiscal needs in American government?
6. What is the chief difficulty of tax assessment?
7. Why is it difficult to tax intangible property?
8. Enumerate the fundamental defects of the general property tax.
9. Distinguish between the two forms of double taxation.