Beginning in 1985, federal income taxes were ________ to the cost of living, so that government no longer got a larger percentage when inflation pushed incomes into higher brackets while the tax rates stayed the same.

A) raised
B) added
C) indexed
D) lowered
E) flat-rate


Ans: C) indexed

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