"Why do we pay taxes? It seems so unfairl Now I can't have my toy!" You respond, "We pay them because they help our economy. Without taxes the
government
"It doesn't help me. I shouldn't have to pay. I'm just a kid."
You respond, "Even children benefit. (Write at least three sentences to give
specific examples of how youth, families, and communities benefit from
taxes.)"
"How was I supposed to know all this? I don't have 27 cents. What do I do now?"
You respond, "What you should do is create your own budget. (Write in
complete sentences to explain what a budget is, how to make one, and how
to balance it.)"
"Will my budget be anything like the government's budget?"
You respond, "They have similarities and differences. (Write two sentences to
describe one similarity and one difference between personal and national
budgets.)"

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky