Does your department have authority to raise funds through taxation? If so, what factors or processes are involved? Discuss the ways in which you are associated with taxing, spending, or both.

I was not sure what to answer to this question but I did mention this to my Community Partner, and this was her reply to me:

This is all relative to any government position. We are last to get incentives when times are good and first to get the boot during rough economies.