In fact, all taxes are counterproductive.

which question might you ask in order to find out why the speaker thinks this is true?

“would you be in favor of abolishing all taxes? ”

“on what do you base this conclusion? ”

“could you tell me more about the ill effects of taxes? ”

“did i understand you to say that taxation is a bad idea? ”

Iam trying to  get  a call through to san francisco. (send, put)

In order really to hate white people, one has to blot so much out of the mind — and the heart — that this hatred itself becomes an exhausting and self-destructive pose. but this does not mean, on the other hand, that love comes easily: the white world is too powerful, too complacent, too ready with gratuitous humiliation, and, above all, too ignorant and too innocent for that. which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports baldwin's purpose? a. it proves baldwin's central idea by highlighting the obvious. b. it emphasizes the problems that prevent one from loving the white world. c. it explains why the white world is unable to replace hate with love. d. it enumerates the many ways of dealing with the white world.

From the earth is precious, what is the best definition for the word “exempt”? question 3 options: a) none of these are correct b) a restraint forcing one to stay in place c) a strategy to leave a place or location d) free or excepted from something expected of others