Fiscal policy is defined as OA. the use of Congressional power to pursue social and political goals. B. the discretionary changing of government expenditures and/or taxes to achieve macroeconomic economic goal C. the design of a tax system to transfer income from large corporations to the poor. O D. the use of the taxing power of the government to redistribute wealth in a socially acceptable manner.

Fiscal policy is defined as OA. the use of Congressional power to pursue social and political goals. B. the discretionary changing of government expenditures and/or taxes to achieve macroeconomic economic goal C. the design of a tax system to transfer income from large corporations to the poor. O D. the use of the taxing power of the government to redistribute wealth in a socially acceptable manner.

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Chapter16: Government Spends, Collects, And Owes

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