When the Government Establishes Programs to Aid the Poor by Taxing

question 48

Multiple Choice

When the government establishes programs to aid the poor by taxing the more affluent,it
Engages in

• A) income redistribution.
• B) economic stabilization.
• C) providing a competitive framework.
• D) establishing the rules of the game.
• E) free market capitalism.

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Definitions:

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