Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, discussed the advantages of which kind of tax system, "particularly if one were designing a tax system from scratch"?

a. a progressive tax system
b. a regressive tax system
c. a consumption tax
d. a lump-sum tax


c

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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