Multiple Choice
The empirical data indicate that the tax system and the transfer programs of the government
A) increase the degree of inequality in the distribution of income.
B) make no change in the degree of inequality in the distribution of income.
C) reduce the degree of inequality in the distribution of income.
D) affect the distribution of wealth, not income.
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