When the Federal Government Collects a Portion of Our Wages

question 15

Multiple Choice

When the federal government collects a portion of our wages as taxes and then returns that money in the form of national security, roads, education, and other goods and services to its citizens, it is demonstrating which type of economic exchange?

• A) redistribution
• B) market exchange
• C) generalized reciprocity
• D) voluntary labor

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