Income taxes are taxes that are paid on any financial gain. purchased goods. homes, land, or property. special goods and activities. why does an excise tax on gasoline exist? check all that apply. to make gasoline prices more competitive to provide funding for healthcare services and education to discourage travel by automobile by making gasoline more expensive to fund highway repairs and other special projects to discourage the use of alternative modes of transportation

3. to discourage travel by automobile by making gasoline more expensive

4. to fund highway repairs and other special projects

i believe the answer would be 1.

during the debate over his landmark energy policy proposal, president jimmy carter failed to consult one of the most powerful senators, louisiana’s russell long, who would have a big say over whether the legislation moved through the upper chamber. this was classic carter. with a strong distaste for congressional politics, the president simply refused to do what most other presidents would consider routine, such as courting key senators. long became so irate with the president that when he was finally invited to a white house dinner, he stood up to ask a question and, before doing so, proceeded to sarcastically introduce himself: “i’m russell long, chairman of the senate finance committee.”

this interaction is a revealing moment in stuart e. eizenstat’s fascinating new history of carter’s presidency. the former peanut farmer from georgia was a president who, according to conventional wisdom, didn’t care much for party politics; nonetheless, in eizenstat’s view, carter’s legacy on domestic and foreign policy has been vastly underappreciated. the author paints carter as a “bold and determined” leader who bravely attacked the challenges of his time. eizenstat goes so far as to argue that carter might very well be the most successful one-term president in american history.