Which of the following is a normative statement?
A)Next year's inflation rate will be under 4 percent.
B)Consumers will buy more gasoline over the December holiday period than they bought during the summer holiday period even if the price of gas is 10 cents a litre higher than it was during the summer.
C)Government cuts in welfare spending impose an unfair hardship on the poor.
D)A wheat shortage or surplus is always the result of federal government policies.
E)Hurricane Irma caused more damage in the United States than Hurricane Harvey.

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Normative statements express opinions or value judgments and cannot be proven or falsified. Option C expresses an opinion on whether government cuts in welfare spending are fair or not. The other options are positive statements that can be either true or false based on evidence and data.

Which of the Following Is a Normative Statement