An efficient way to finance the provision of city services such as street cleaning would be to charge all city residents a lump-sum tax.Such a tax would be:
A)progressive.
B)regressive.
C)proportional.
D)This question can't be answered without knowing the amount of the tax.

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A lump-sum tax is considered regressive because it takes a larger percentage of income from low-income earners than from high-income earners, as the tax amount is the same for everyone regardless of their income level.

An Efficient Way to Finance the Provision of City Services