Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Vertical equity is the idea that taxpayers with similar abilities to pay taxes should pay the same amount.
b. Horizontal equity is the idea that taxes should be levied on a person according to how well that person can shoulder the burden.
c. A regressive tax would mean that high-income tax payers pay a larger fraction of their income in taxes than would low-income taxpayers.
d. A proportional tax would mean that high-income and low-income taxpayers pay the same fraction of income in taxes.
d
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An extra dollar into the Social Security trust fund _____
a. increases the assets of the federal government by a dollar b. decreases the assets of the federal government by a dollar c. has no impact on the assets of the federal government d. speeds up the time until insolvency of the trust fund
Supporters of offshoring claim that its benefits include:
A. increased demand for workers in complementary jobs. B. keeping U.S. firms profitable by lowering production costs. C. reduced prices for consumers. D. all of these.