Each Person Is Better Off with a Bigger Tax Return

question 116

Multiple Choice

Each person is better off with a bigger tax return than with a small tax return. That means that everyone would be better off if all taxes were zero. A person saying that is

• A)right.
• B)wrong because causation and correlation are not the same.
• C)wrong and have fallen victim to the fallacy of composition.
• D)wrong because firms operate on jealousy.

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