The Benefits Principle of Taxation Can Be Used to Argue

question 135

Multiple Choice

The benefits principle of taxation can be used to argue that wealthy citizens should pay higher taxes than poorer ones on the basis that:

• A)police services are more frequently used in poor neighbourhoods
• B)the wealthy benefit more from services provided by government than the poor
• C)the poor are more active in political processes
• D)there is more crime in rich neighbourhoods than poor neighbourhoods

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Definitions:

Conjunction

A word that connects phrases, clauses, or words together in a sentence; in logic, it represents a compound statement that is true only if both of its component statements are true.

Conjunct

An element of a conjunction in logic, being one of the propositions that are combined by "and" to form a conjunction.

Self-Contradiction

A statement that denies itself, presenting an inconsistency that renders the statement false.

Conjunction

In grammar, a word that connects clauses, sentences, or words; in logic, an operator that combines two boolean variables or propositions to return true only if both operands are true.