What led people to complain about higher taxes in the 1970s?
A) Standards of living stagnated while taxes continued to rise.
B) Wages were rising faster than the tax rate.
C) Budget surpluses indicated that the tax burden was too high.
D) Decreased military spending should have led to an accompanying tax cut.
E) The tax system was becoming too complicated for the average citizen, so the idea of a switch to a flat tax, which would lower everyone's tax rate, became popular.
A
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