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09madisonrousseau09 · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

Because everyone pays the same rate of sales tax on purchases, and less wealthy people spend most of their income buying things, as opposed to saving and investing, the sales tax has a ___________ impact.

A) pluralist
B) regressive
C) discretionary
D) positive
E) progressive

Question 2

According to the text, _____________ have historically been most favored by America's tax policies.

A) poorer citizens
B) the middle class
C) those who gain most of their income from wages for work
D) the richest citizens
E) no particular citizens, compared to other groups,