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 Christmas holiday even if the price of gas is 10 cents higher than it was during the Thanksgiving holiday.
C) The government's cuts in welfare spending impose an unfair hardship on the poor.
D) The current butter surplus is the result of federal policies.

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Normative statements are value judgments or opinions that cannot be tested or proven right or wrong. Option C, which states that the government's cuts in welfare spending impose an unfair hardship on the poor, is a normative statement because it reflects a value judgment about the fairness of government policy.

Which of the Following Is a Normative Statement