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PROBLEM: Second, if federal budget surpluses are achieved, in part, through higher taxes, those higher taxes reduce households' disposable personal income. As discussed in section 1, disposable personal income is the after-tax personal income (including government transfer payments) available for households' consumption and saving.

SOLUTION: If federal budget surpluses are achieved, through higher taxes, those higher taxes reduce households' disposable personal income. Disposable personal income is the after-tax personal income available for households' consumption and saving.

PROBLEM: Talia and Jim's fear of helping 7-year-old Anselmo with his homework, lest they create a dependent, immature child, is a peculiarly Western-and profoundly American-preoccupation. American middle-class parents typically regard young children as dependent beings who must be urged toward independence.

SOLUTION: American middle-class parents typically regard young children as dependent beings who must be urged toward independence.

PROBLEM: In this example, the servant chooses the condition of servitude. We know from the fate of many long-term prisoners that after a certain period they choose a life of dependence, free of the responsibility of caring for themselves.

SOLUTION:
In this case, the servant chooses servitude. We know from the fate of long-term prisoners that after a while they choose a life of dependence, free of the responsibility.