It Is Election Day

question 60

Multiple Choice

It is election day.On the ballot is a call to repeal the estate tax for all Americans,including the wealthiest members of the United States.As a political scientist studying voting behavior,Dana is puzzled why middle- and low-income voters would vote to repeal the tax.What might Dana conclude if the repeal passes?

• A)Americans oppose taxation reflexively.
• B)Americans are wishful thinkers and assume that they will have an estate to pass on to their heirs.
• C)Americans admire and respect wealth too much to tax it.
• D)Americans oppose tax schemes that proportionately disadvantage the wealthy,because the wealthy create jobs.

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