Maude is complaining about how much she pays in taxes now that the economy is finally doing really well. Even though she's in the same tax bracket as she was last year, she's paying $500 more in taxes this year, just because she earned more overtime pay this year. Maude's increased tax payment to the government is an example of:

A. automatic stabilizers.
B. discretionary fiscal policy.
C. expansionary fiscal policy.
D. contractionary fiscal policy.


Answer: A

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