In the United States, the individual income tax is best described as a
a. regressive tax
b. proportional tax
c. flat tax
d. progressive tax
e. repressive tax
Question 2
Which of the following would indicate that a tax is regressive?
a. High-income people pay 5,000 . low-income people pay 2,000.
b. High-income and low-income people pay 200 each.
c. High-income people pay 20 percent of their income in taxes; low-income people pay 10 percent.
d. Both high-income and low-income people pay 10 percent of their income in taxes.
e. Low-income people are exempt from the tax.
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