How does the government carry out income redistribution?

What will be an ideal response?


Income redistribution can be carried out by a combination of progressive taxation and transfer payments. Transfer payments are money payments made by the government to people for which no goods or services are rendered. Transfers can also be "in-kind," that is, in the form of a good or service.

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