Death and taxes
Big Brother
Jimmy Hoffa is alive
Financial markets
Economics in the news
100
A relatively high tax designed to raise revenue while reducing consumption of a socially undesirable product.
What is a sin tax
100
government gets nothing for it.
What is a transfer payment
100
Boycott
mass refusal to buy products
100
long term investment
What is a bond
100
"Neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night...." but Saturdays....
What is the Post Office ending deliver on Saturdays.
200
National parks
What is user fee
200
Interstate highway construction
What is a grant-in-aid
200
Refusal to work until certain demands are met.
What is a strike
200
Loaning money to a bank
What is a Certified Deposit
200
Hanging out in the park
What is occupy protesters
300
Your house
What is a property tax
300
Wilbur
What is Pork
300
Employer agrees to hire only union members
What is a closed shop
300
Grizzly
What is a "bear market"
300
Edmonton
What is the XL pipeline project
400
Tax on lower income
What is a regressive tax
400
cotton, milk, grains, peanuts
What is subsidies
400
prior to the Civil War unions were comprised of only these kinds of workers.
What is skilled workers
400
Moooooooo!
What is "Bull Market"
400
99 weeks
What is unemployment benefits
500
selling the lake house for a profit.
What is a capital gains
500
President Clinton
What is a Balanced budget
500
negotiations that take place between labor and management.
What is collective bargaining
500
Retirement
What is 401(K), IRA
500
4.2%
What is the payroll tax.
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