Assume congress wants to stimulate a sluggish economy in which the basic economic indicators are all trending downward. how could it used its taxing power to do this?

Depends on which party you ask.

Explanation:

There are two different answers to this question.

If you were to ask a Democrat they would probably answer that Congress could use its taxation power to raise taxes, especially on large companies and wealthy individuals. This would raise government revenue, and would give Congress more spending power. They would then argue that they could revitalise the US economy by using that money to directly employ federal workers to build social infrastructure (Hospitals, roads etc). This would have a multiplying effect on the economy as more people would be in work and thus would pay more tax and spend more which would revitalise the economy. This is similar to what President Roosevelt did in the aftermath of the Great Depression, through his New Deal.

A Republican however would argue that the congress should use their taxation powers to reduce taxes. In particular they would look to reduce tax on corporations and wealthy individuals. In theory this would give them more money to spend and they would pass these savings onto the consumers. This in turn would give consumers more money to spend and would then create the multiplying effect that helps revitalise the economy. The companies could also use the money to expand, thus creating more jobs, or to pay their current staff more money. This is the theory behind Reagan's trickle down economics, and Donald Trumps 2017 Tax cuts, which resulted in Walmart paying their staff a 'living wage'.

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an empire is a sovereign state functioning as an aggregate of nations or people that are ruled over by an emperor or another kind of monarch. the territory and population of an empire is commonly of greater extent than the one of a kingdom.[1]

an empire can be made solely of contiguous territories, such as the austro-hungarian empire or the russian empire, or of territories far remote from the homeland, such as a colonial empire. aside from the more formal usage, the word empire can also refer colloquially to a large-scale business enterprise (e.g. a transnational corporation), a political organisation controlled by a single individual (a political boss), or a group (political bosses).[2] the word empire is associated with such other words as imperialism, colonialism, and globalization. empire is often used to describe a displeasure to overpowering situations.[3]