A progressive income tax would cause the after-tax Lorenz curve, compared with the before-tax Lorenz curve, to be:

A. More bowed toward the southeast

B. Less bowed toward the southeast

C. A vertical line

D. A horizontal line


B. Less bowed toward the southeast

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