An excise tax on gasoline is regressive if
a. rich people buy more gasoline than poor people.
b. the demand for gasoline is elastic.
c. the tax causes people to buy less gasoline.
d. poor people spend a larger portion of their incomes on gasoline than rich people.
d
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