Which statement about progressive taxes is true?Which tax is an indirect tax?

In the 1800s, most european powers followed policies of in which they imposed political and economic control of peoples around the world. a. imperialism b. expansionism c. mercantilism d. isolationism

Congress is controlled by the democrats. president yaeger, a republican, takes several actions that are opposed by the democrats in congress. first, the president introduces a new budget that cuts most of the government's social programs and gives tax breaks to the wealthy. next, president yaeger negotiates a trade treaty with a nation accused of human rights abuses. then, the president gives pardons to three republican senators who have been convicted of crimes.

Which three sentences in the story indicate that that the passage is an ex nihilo type of creation story?