A) What are the two main types of municipal bonds? What are the three major differences between these two types of municipal bonds?
B) Why should governments together at all three levels spend over $600 billion dollars on k-12 education in 2015? Why do state governments distribute close to half that amount to local school districts? Discuss the formula on which the distribution of state grants to school districts is based and the policy goal that is to be achieved through such formula.
C) Earned income tax credit is probably the most popular anti-poverty welfare program in this country. Please briefly discuss how it is structured and why it is favored by both political parties.
D) What is Medicaid? What is the funding mechanism for Medicaid? What does such funding mechanism hope to accomplish?