Which of the following ideas is the most plausible?

a. Reducing a high tax rate is less likely to increase tax revenue than is reducing a low tax rate.
b. Reducing a high tax rate is more likely to increase tax revenue than is reducing a low tax rate.
c. Reducing a high tax rate will have the same effect on tax revenue as reducing a low tax rate.
d. Reducing a tax rate can never increase tax revenue.


b

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