QUESTION 16 The deduction of which item is hardest to justify on ability-to-pay grounds? a child care expenses b. state and local tax payments c. high medical expenditures od property and casualty losses QUESTION 17 By which item can taxpayers reduce the taxes they owe to the govemment through spending, for example, on child caru a tax credit eb.exemption e c.itemized deduction e d. standard deduction QUESTION 18 Which statement about taxation in the United States is TRUE? O a Subnational governments rely less on property taxes than does the federal government. b. Subnational governments rely more on individual income taxes than does the federal government. O Subnational governments rely more on sales and property taxes than does the federal goverment. od Subnational governments rely less on wealth taxes than does the federal government. UESTION 19