Im desperate plz help What can the reader infer about the tax-collector’s power? Where does his power come from, and how is it expressed? Use evidence from the text to support your inferences.

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A tax collector

1.Gets his power to collect taxes from the government.

2.He or she expresses this power by been able to collect unpaid taxes from other individuals or corporations.

However, they are sometimes painted as corrupt individuals who misuse their power in other exploit others.

journalism is the gathering, organizing, and distribution of news -- to include feature stories and commentary -- through the wide variety of print and non-print media outlets. it is not a recent phenomenon, by any means; the earliest reference to a journalistic product comes from rome circa 59 b.c., when news was recorded in a circular called the acta diurna. it enjoyed daily publication and was hung strategically throughout the city for all to read, or for those who were able to read.

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