A Valid Argument Against Redistributing Income to Achieve Complete Equality

question 44

Multiple Choice

A valid argument against redistributing income to achieve complete equality is that

• A) income equality would destroy the social cohesiveness that exists among different income groupings.
• B) this would eliminate the monetary incentives to work and produce.
• C) the cost of obtaining the equality would be so deflationary as to promote economic instability.
• D) income equality would imply class segregation based on factors such as sex or race since income would be constant.

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