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According to supporters of progressive taxation, the payment
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According to supporters of progressive taxation, the payment of higher tax rates by those with higher incomes, those who (i) _________ such taxation systems tend to fall into two camps: the (ii) _________, who feel it unjust that the “most industrious” among us are “penalized” for their success, and the (iii) _________, who argue that higher taxes on the rich will harm us all by dampening the entrepreneurial spirit that drives the economy.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
| (A) rail against | (D) autodidacts | (G) libertines |
| (B) vote for | (E) moralists | (H) utilitarians |
| (C) depredate | (F) recidivists | (I) myrmidons |
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Re: According to supporters of progressive taxation, the payment
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You know from the definition provided of progressive taxation that those who “feel it unjust” that the “most industrious” are “penalized” would definitely be against progressive taxation, so rail against matches in the first blank.
The word unjust is a good clue that moralists matches in the second blank (the other two words make no sense — autodidacts are people who teach themselves and recidivists are people who return to committing crimes). In the third blank, you need another group of people who are against progressive taxation but who are different from the moralists — in this case, because they are making a practical argument, not a
moral one. Only utilitarians matches.
Rail against, moralists, utilitarians.
You know from the definition provided of progressive taxation that those who “feel it unjust” that the “most industrious” are “penalized” would definitely be against progressive taxation, so rail against matches in the first blank.
The word unjust is a good clue that moralists matches in the second blank (the other two words make no sense — autodidacts are people who teach themselves and recidivists are people who return to committing crimes). In the third blank, you need another group of people who are against progressive taxation but who are different from the moralists — in this case, because they are making a practical argument, not a
moral one. Only utilitarians matches.
Rail against, moralists, utilitarians.
Re: According to supporters of progressive taxation, the payment
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25 Jan 2018, 05:04
25 Jan 2018, 05:04
You know from the definition provided of progressive taxation that those who “feel it unjust” that the “most industrious” are “penalized” would definitely be against progressive taxation, so rail against matches in the first blank.
The word unjust is a good clue that moralists matches in the second blank (the other two words make no sense — autodidacts are people who teach themselves and recidivists are people who return to committing crimes). In the third blank, you need another group of people who are against progressive taxation but who are different from the moralists — in this case, because they are making a practical argument, not a
moral one. Only utilitarians matches.
thanks
The word unjust is a good clue that moralists matches in the second blank (the other two words make no sense — autodidacts are people who teach themselves and recidivists are people who return to committing crimes). In the third blank, you need another group of people who are against progressive taxation but who are different from the moralists — in this case, because they are making a practical argument, not a
moral one. Only utilitarians matches.
thanks
