Why should people without children pay some tax to support local schools?

What will be an ideal response?

Education generates an external benefit. Society as a whole, including people without children, benefits from having better educated citizens. Such a tax provides the funding for a subsidy that helps achieve the efficient amount of education.

Economics

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The Fed's response to the zero lower bound problem was quantitative easing (or "QE"), where the Fed buys large amounts of bonds in order to:

A. Lower the interest rates B. Increase banks' reserves C. Lower bond prices D. Reduce money supply

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