"so my message is simple. it is time to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas, and start rewarding companies that create jobs right here in america. send me these tax reforms, and i will sign them right away."—president obama, 2012 state of the union address in this quote, the president is asking the american people to convince their state legislatures to reduce taxes on imports american people to start new businesses that operate only within the country congress to change tax policies that favor employing people in other countries congress to send funds to foreign businesses to them move into the nation

20 points “the creation of a mosaic was a complicated procedure that called for careful timing and teamwork. . walls were painted with resin or tar before being covered with the first of three layers of plaster. . a sketch of the projected work was then made on the plaster to serve as a guide for the various artisans. the outermost layer of plaster, in which the pieces, or tesserae, of the mosaic would be set, was spread on only enough area to contain a day’s work. some of the tesserae—small, carefully cut fragments of colored glass, marble, and semiprecious stones—were pressed into the wet plaster so that they projected at a slight angle. the stones thereby better reflected light and imbued the finished mosaic with a shimmering life of its own.” —empires besieged: time frame a.d. 200–600 how many layers of materials were under the tiles? a. two- c. four- b. three- d. five