If taxpayers pay a smaller fraction of their income in taxes as their incomes rise, the tax is ________ and if taxpayers pay a larger fraction of their income in taxes as their income rise, the tax is ________.

A. progressive; regressive
B. regressive; progressive
C. proportional; progressive
D. regressive; proportional


Answer: B

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