In matters involved with Domestic Policy-making (Chpt. 15), Bardes & Shelley go into great detail on the interplay between tax policy, fiscal policy, and monetary policy matters. What are the distinctions between these three levers that control economic activity at the federal level? What role does the Federal Reserve Bank ("The Fed") play when it comes to such matters? Lastly - define what is meant by our progressive federal income tax policy and what its specifics mean for low income earners versus high income earners.