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A USPresidential Candidate Promises to Redistribute Income and Encourage Economic Growth

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A U.S.presidential candidate promises to redistribute income and encourage economic growth.Why might these goals be in conflict?


A) The poor, on average, save more than the rich. Taxing the incomes of the rich to transfer to the poor will result in an increase in total savings.
B) Taxing the incomes of the rich to transfer to the poor will result in the rich saving more.
C) Taxing the incomes of the rich to transfer to the poor will provide disincentives for work and capital accumulation.
D) Taxing the incomes of the rich to transfer to the poor will provide incentives for the rich to work more to make up for income lost to taxes.

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