President Reagan backed a sweeping tax reform that reduced the number of brackets. By eliminating many tax brackets, the new tax policy approached the idea of a flat tax which means that
A) the wealthy pay a lower tax.
B) the poor pay a lower tax.
C) the wealthy pay a higher tax.
D) everyone pays at the same rate.
E) the poor pay a higher tax.
D
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