How Might a Simple Change to the Tax Code, Such

question 14

Multiple Choice

How might a simple change to the Tax Code, such as calling earnings a "personal subsidy," make taxation to redistribute wealth less onerous in the public debate?

• A) Such a change would redefine a wage into money for expenses and encourage the acceptance of taxation as a contribution for government services.
• B) It would prove that an institution, the government, controlled the language.
• C) It would be a mischaracterization, similar to the word "welfare."
• D) It would be a term that both legitimates and properly defines an established economic reality.

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