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read the third paragraph from the passage
a common misunderstanding among americans is about the amount of money nasa receives from the us. wernment, nasa's budget hus accounted for 0.5 percent of the
total u. s.federal budget. that amounts to roughly $10 of an annual personal income tax going toward the best space program in the world. nasa accounts for times less than
what the federal government spends on the department of deferreunfortunately, programs such as project constellation, which promised to return american astronauts to the
moon and exomars, which was designed to look for evidence of life on mars and eventually land humans on mars, have been put on hold due to budget cuts.
the author uses this paragraph to develop which two claims?
-the majority of the federal budget should be spent on nasa as its work is more important than the department of
defense
-all the nations should come together in order to nasa raise the necessary funds.
-the u. s. department of defense is the strongest in the world, as it uses the funds that should actually be used by nasa
-the amount of money spent on nasa is much less than the amount of money spent on the department of defense
-collaboration with russia to build the international space station resulted in the depletion of funds.
-project constellation and exomars have been deferred due to a shortage of funds.

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next

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