The Current Historically Low Levels of Taxation on the Wealthy

question 69

Multiple Choice

The current historically low levels of taxation on the wealthy, and the advocacy of that tax policy by some in Congress, is reminiscent of __________.

• A) state legislatures that forbade farm foreclosures as a punishment for indebtedness
• B) the authors of the Constitution interested in tamping down anti-slavery sentiment
• C) the drafters of the Constitution interested in protecting private property rights
• D) the Framers' freedom of input from women, Native Americans, free blacks, and slaves
• E) the writers of the Articles of Confederation interested in protecting state's rights

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