Assertion: government | /r/CapableOf | use fiscal policy
Facets:
value: to increase taxes
type: PURPOSE
value: with the goal of evening
type: TEMPORAL
value: in such a situation
type: TEMPORAL
value: by changing these levels
type: MANNER
value: to achieve full employment
type: PURPOSE
value: in this manner
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In this manner, the government uses fiscal policy to lower personal or corporate taxes to encourage consumer spending or investment, and, vice versa, raises taxes and cuts spending to slow it.
text: This raised the possibility that by changing these levels the government could use its fiscal policy to achieve full employment and reduce economic fluctuations.
text: One way the government uses fiscal policy is to stimulate the economy if it ascertains that business activity is lagging - and spends more to stir up the economy (called "stimulus" spending).
text: This is often referred to as "deficit" spending, and is one of the major ways the government uses fiscal policy.
text: In such a situation, a government can use fiscal policy to increase taxes to suck money out of the economy.
text: Nonetheless, the process continues as the government uses its fiscal policy to fine-tune spending and taxation levels, with the goal of evening out the business cycles.