The United States funds its unemployment compensation system by taxing
A. older, larger firms at a higher rate than younger, smaller firms.
B. firms more when they have a history of causing more layoffs, up to a point.
C. all firms at the same rate.
D. firms more when they have greater profits so that they can afford the additional taxes.
E. nonunion firms more than union firms because union firms pay higher wages on average.
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
The present value of a given payment will be lower
a. if the payment comes sooner than expected b. the lower the prevailing interest rate c. the further in the future the payment is to be received d. the sooner the payment is to be received e. if the payment is made in cash
In Europe, birth rates have fallen as the stork population decreased. This is likely a. a normative statement
b. confusing correlation and causation. c. the fallacy of composition. d. all of the above