Caroline earns more than John. Under a new tax system, some of the taxes paid by Caroline would go to John. A libertarian would
A) support the system because an extra dollar earned by Caroline would be worth less to her than an extra dollar given to John.
B) oppose the system if it redistributed income in the presence of equal opportunity.
C) oppose the system because an extra dollar earned by Caroline would be worth more to her than an extra dollar given to John.
D) support the system if it maximized the well-being of the poorest member of society.
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Q197: The goal of libertarianism is to
A)redistribute income
Q198: If society chose to maximize total utility
Q199: The rule for redistribution proposed by John
Q200: The maximin criterion suggests that social policy
Q201: Governments enact policies to
A)make the distribution of
Q203: The 2011 U.S. distribution of income shows
Q204: Based on data from 2011, the top
Q205: In 2011, what percentage of U.S. families
Q206: Scenario 20-2
The government is proposing switching from
Q207: The 2011 U.S. distribution of income shows
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