Jorge martinez is a well-educated entrepreneur who operated a small business in his home country of florentina. at the encouragement of his american relatives, jorge recently immigrated to the united states and applied for u. s. citizenship. "in florentina, tax rates were very high," jorge complained. "the government used the taxes i paid to finance all sorts of social programs to the less fortunate. while this is a noble goal, it has really undermined the profit incentive of individuals such as me. i really feel that these high taxes have stifled economic growth." jorge's comments illustrate the reason many socialist countries are experiencing a(n):

In 2018, laureen is currently single. she paid $2,800 of qualified tuition and related expenses for each of her twin daughters sheri and meri to attend state university as freshmen ($2,800 each for a total of $5,600). sheri and meri qualify as laureen’s dependents. laureen also paid $1,900 for her son ryan’s (also laureen’s dependent) tuition and related expenses to attend his junior year at state university. finally, laureen paid $1,200 for herself to attend seminars at a community college to her improve her job skills.what is the maximum amount of education credits laureen can claim for these expenditures in each of the following alternative scenarios? a. laureen's agi is $45,000.b. laureen’s agi is $95,000.c. laureen’s agi is $45,000 and laureen paid $12,000 (not $1,900) for ryan to attend graduate school (i.e, his fifth year, not his junior year).