Tax Policy Is Partly Based on the Notion That

question 268

Multiple Choice

Tax policy is partly based on the notion that

• A) high taxes are preferable to low taxes.
• B) governments must always run a budget surplus.
• C) markets never work efficiently.
• D) people respond to financial incentives.

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