Assume That Two People Have the Same Income

question 23

Multiple Choice

Assume that two people have the same income.Under the U.S.tax code,someone who chooses to save some income to consume more later is taxed _________ than someone who chooses to spend all of the income now,which is ________.

• A) more; efficient
• B) more; inefficient
• C) more; vertically inequitable
• D) less; inefficient

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