Read the sentence from a speech. in fact, all taxes are counterproductive. which question might you ask in order to find out why the speaker thinks this is true?

a.“could you tell me more about the ill effects of taxes? ”

b.“on what do you base this conclusion? ”

c.“did i understand you to say that taxation is a bad idea? ”

d.“would you be in favor of abolishing all taxes? ”

if this is referring to star wars, han shot first.

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.