If government removes two people from a prisoner's dilemma setting (and, in the process, requires that the two persons pay taxes for the service that government provides), it holds that on net

A) each of the two persons is better off.
B) each of the two persons is worse off.
C) one person is better off and the other person is worse off.
D) a, b, or c
E) none of the above


D

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