Multiple Choice
Which of the following is necessarily true if the government were to replace a progressive income tax system with a proportional one?
A) Lower income groups would pay less tax.
B) Higher income groups would pay less tax.
C) Lower income groups would pay more tax.
D) The distribution of after-tax income would become less equal.
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