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Flight of the French
Source: Newsweek (adapted)
Sept 26th/Oct 3rd 2005

The Belgians call them "fiscal refugees", but these refugees wear Chanel. They are runaways from high taxes in France. Officially, France has lost, on average, one millionaire or billionaire tax payer per day for tax reasons since 1997, when the government started trying to track capital flight. Privately, economists say the number is much higher. "The statistic is stupid," holds French economist Nicolas Baverez. "It's as if, to count contraband, you only counted what people declared at the border."

While much of Europe has revised its tax codes, France's fiscal inertia is virtually begging its rich to leave. Holding dear its commitment to égalité and fraternité, France has bucked the trend in the European Union, where most member states have dropped the wealth tax since the mid-1990s. France went the opposite way in 1997 by abolishing a cap that limited the wealth-tax bill, which kicks in at incomes over 720,000 euros to 85% of a taxpayer's income. The result: some pay more taxes than they earn in income.

According to the author, France
 

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Flight of the French
Source: Newsweek (adapted)
Sept 26th/Oct 3rd 2005

The Belgians call them "fiscal refugees", but these refugees wear Chanel. They are runaways from high taxes in France. Officially, France has lost, on average, one millionaire or billionaire tax payer per day for tax reasons since 1997, when the government started trying to track capital flight. Privately, economists say the number is much higher. "The statistic is stupid," holds French economist Nicolas Baverez. "It's as if, to count contraband, you only counted what people declared at the border."

While much of Europe has revised its tax codes, France's fiscal inertia is virtually begging its rich to leave. Holding dear its commitment to égalité and fraternité, France has bucked the trend in the European Union, where most member states have dropped the wealth tax since the mid-1990s. France went the opposite way in 1997 by abolishing a cap that limited the wealth-tax bill, which kicks in at incomes over 720,000 euros to 85% of a taxpayer's income. The result: some pay more taxes than they earn in income.

The so-called "fiscal refugees" are the
 

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Flight of the French
Source: Newsweek (adapted)
Sept 26th/Oct 3rd 2005

The Belgians call them "fiscal refugees", but these refugees wear Chanel. They are runaways from high taxes in France. Officially, France has lost, on average, one millionaire or billionaire tax payer per day for tax reasons since 1997, when the government started trying to track capital flight. Privately, economists say the number is much higher. "The statistic is stupid," holds French economist Nicolas Baverez. "It's as if, to count contraband, you only counted what people declared at the border."

While much of Europe has revised its tax codes, France's fiscal inertia is virtually begging its rich to leave. Holding dear its commitment to égalité and fraternité, France has bucked the trend in the European Union, where most member states have dropped the wealth tax since the mid-1990s. France went the opposite way in 1997 by abolishing a cap that limited the wealth-tax bill, which kicks in at incomes over 720,000 euros to 85% of a taxpayer's income. The result: some pay more taxes than they earn in income.

The text refers to France's
 

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A dip in the middle
Source: The Economist (adapted)
Sep 8th 2005

Income tax has been paid in Britain for more han two centuries. First introduced by William Pitt the Younger to fi nance the war against Napoleonic France, it is the Treasury´s biggest source of revenue, raising 30% of tax receipts. It arouses strong political emotions, regarded as fair by some because it makes the rich pay a bigger share of their income than the poor, but unfair by others because it penalizes enterprise and hard work.

During the past 30 years, income tax has been subject to sweeping changes, notably the cut in the top rate from 98% to 40% under Margaret Thatcher between 1979 and 1988. Now another Conservative politician, George Osborne, is fl oating a radical reform to match that earlier exploit. The shadow chancellor announced on September 7th that he was setting up a commission to explore the possible introduction of a fl at income tax in Britain.

Introducing a fl at income tax into Britain would involve two main changes. At present, there are three marginal tax rates. These three rates would be replaced by a single rate, which would be considerably lower than the current top rate. At the same time there would be an increase in the tax-free personal allowance, currently worth 4,895 pounds.

In paragraph 3, the author notes that the present tax-free personal allowance would
 

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A dip in the middle
Source: The Economist (adapted)
Sep 8th 2005

Income tax has been paid in Britain for more han two centuries. First introduced by William Pitt the Younger to fi nance the war against Napoleonic France, it is the Treasury´s biggest source of revenue, raising 30% of tax receipts. It arouses strong political emotions, regarded as fair by some because it makes the rich pay a bigger share of their income than the poor, but unfair by others because it penalizes enterprise and hard work.

During the past 30 years, income tax has been subject to sweeping changes, notably the cut in the top rate from 98% to 40% under Margaret Thatcher between 1979 and 1988. Now another Conservative politician, George Osborne, is fl oating a radical reform to match that earlier exploit. The shadow chancellor announced on September 7th that he was setting up a commission to explore the possible introduction of a fl at income tax in Britain.

Introducing a fl at income tax into Britain would involve two main changes. At present, there are three marginal tax rates. These three rates would be replaced by a single rate, which would be considerably lower than the current top rate. At the same time there would be an increase in the tax-free personal allowance, currently worth 4,895 pounds.

The flat income tax
 

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A dip in the middle
Source: The Economist (adapted)
Sep 8th 2005

Income tax has been paid in Britain for more han two centuries. First introduced by William Pitt the Younger to fi nance the war against Napoleonic France, it is the Treasury´s biggest source of revenue, raising 30% of tax receipts. It arouses strong political emotions, regarded as fair by some because it makes the rich pay a bigger share of their income than the poor, but unfair by others because it penalizes enterprise and hard work.

During the past 30 years, income tax has been subject to sweeping changes, notably the cut in the top rate from 98% to 40% under Margaret Thatcher between 1979 and 1988. Now another Conservative politician, George Osborne, is fl oating a radical reform to match that earlier exploit. The shadow chancellor announced on September 7th that he was setting up a commission to explore the possible introduction of a fl at income tax in Britain.

Introducing a fl at income tax into Britain would involve two main changes. At present, there are three marginal tax rates. These three rates would be replaced by a single rate, which would be considerably lower than the current top rate. At the same time there would be an increase in the tax-free personal allowance, currently worth 4,895 pounds.

According to paragraph 2, Margaret Thatcher's government brought in
 

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A dip in the middle
Source: The Economist (adapted)
Sep 8th 2005
Income tax has been paid in Britain for more than two centuries. First introduced by William Pitt the Younger to fi nance the war against Napoleonic France, it is the Treasury's biggest source of revenue, raising 30% of tax receipts. It arouses strong political emotions, regarded as fair by some because it makes the rich pay a bigger share of their income than the poor, but unfair by others because it penalizes enterprise and hard work.
During the past 30 years, income tax has been subject to sweeping changes, notably the cut in the top rate from 98% to 40% under Margaret Thatcher between 1979 and 1988. Now another Conservative politician, George Osborne, is fl oating a radical reform to match that earlier exploit. The shadow chancellor announced on September 7th that he was setting up a commission to explore the possible introduction of a fl at income tax in Britain.

Introducing a fl at income tax into Britain would involve two main changes. At present, there are three marginal tax rates. These three rates would be replaced by a single rate, which would be considerably lower than the current top rate. At the same time there would be an increase in the tax-free personal allowance, currently worth 4,895 pounds.

According to the text,
 

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Enquanto o patrimônio tradicional continua sendo responsabilidade dos Estados, a promoção da cultura moderna é cada vez mais tarefa de empresas e órgãos privados. Dessa diferença derivam dois estilos de ação culturala). Enquanto os governos pensam sua política em termos de proteção e preservação do patrimônio histórico, as iniciativas inovadoras ficam nas mãos da sociedade civil, especialmente daqueles que dispõem de poder econômico para financiar arriscando. Uns e outros buscam na arte dois tipos de ganho simbólicob): os Estados, legitimidade e consenso ao aparecer como representantes da história nacionalc); as empresas, obter lucro e construird) através da cultura de pontae), renovadora, uma imagem "não interessada" de sua expansão econômica.

(Nestor Garcia Canclini, Culturas Híbridas, p. 33, com adaptações)

Assinale a alteração na pontuação que provoca incoerência textual ou erro gramatical no texto.

 

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O enquadramento pós-estruturalista da teoria da comunicação analisa o modo como a comunicação eletronicamente mediada (o que eu chamo modo de informação) desafia, e ao mesmo tempo reforça, os sistemas de dominação emergentes na sociedade e cultura pós-moderna. A minha tese é que o modo de informação decreta uma reconfiguração radical da linguagem, que constitui sujeitos fora do padrão do indivíduo racional e autônomo. Esse sujeito familiar moderno é deslocado pelo "modo de informação" em favor de um que seja múltiplo, disseminado e descentrado, interpelado continuamente como uma identidade instável. Na cultura, essa instabilidade coloca tanto perigos como desafios que se tornam parte de um movimento político - ou se estão relacionados com as políticas feministas, minorias étnicas/raciais, posições gays e lésbicas, podem conduzir a um desafio fundamental às instituições e estruturas sociais modernas.

(Haik Poster. A segunda era dos mídia)

Assinale a inferência que não está coerente com a argumentação do texto.

 

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O enquadramento pós-estruturalista da teoria da comunicação analisa o modo como a comunicação eletronicamente mediada (o que eu chamo modo de informação) desafia, e ao mesmo tempo reforça, os sistemas de dominação emergentes na sociedade e cultura pós-moderna. A minha tese é que o modo de informação decreta uma reconfiguração radical da linguagem, que constitui sujeitos fora do padrão do indivíduo racional e autônomo. Esse sujeito familiar moderno é deslocado pelo "modo de informação" em favor de um que seja múltiplo, disseminado e descentrado, interpelado continuamente como uma identidade instável. Na cultura, essa instabilidade coloca tanto perigos como desafios que se tornam parte de um movimento político - ou se estão relacionados com as políticas feministas, minorias étnicas/raciais, posições gays e lésbicas, podem conduzir a um desafio fundamental às instituições e estruturas sociais modernas.

(Haik Poster. A segunda era dos mídia)

Julgue como falsos (F) ou verdadeiros (V) os seguintes itens a respeito das estruturas lingüísticas do texto.

( ) Preservam-se as relações semânticas e a correção gramatical do texto ao deslocar "pós-estruturalista" para depois de "teoria da comunicação"

( ) Preserva-se a correção gramatical e a coerência, mas alteram-se as relações semânticas do texto ao substituir "o que" por a que.

( ) "Esse sujeito familiar" corresponde ao "indivíduo racional e autônomo".

( ) Preservam-se as relações semânticas e a correção gramatical do texto ao substituir "como" pela preposição por.

( ) O desenvolvimento da textualidade mostra que, na linha 15, se o termo "desafios" fosse substituído por o desafio, a flexão de plural em "que se tornam" deveria ser substituída pela flexão de singular.

A seqüência obtida é

 

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