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Chapter 8
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Education
9th Grade
05/06/2014

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Term
Social Program
Definition
Services provided by government to reduce economic inequalities and promote the well - being of citizens.
Term
Health Insurance
Definition
An agreement by a company to pay for your health services, in exchange for a fee that you pay each month or each year.
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Private Health Care
Definition
Health care paid for by individuals.
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Profit
Definition
Money made from a product or service above and beyond the cost of providing the product or service.
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Public Health Care
Definition
Health care paid for by taxes.
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Good and Services Tax

(GST)

Definition
A federal sales tax in Canada.
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Income Tax
Definition
Tax based on a percentage of a person's income.
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Median
Definition
A concept in statistics that means the middle number in a set of data organized in order of least to most.
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Sales Tax
Definition
Tax paid at the time of buying a product or service, and based on a percentage of the price of the product or service.
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Black Market
Definition
Another term for underground economy.
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Tax Base
Definition
All the economic activity in a society, taxed by government to pay for services.
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Tax Evasion
Definition
Misrepresenting what you earn to avoid paying taxes.
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Taxation Model
Definition
A policy of a political party or government about what to tax (e.g., incomes, purchases), how much to tax and how to spend taxes.
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Underground Economy
Definition
Economic activity based on buying and selling products and services illegally.
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