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01 Apr 2026, 19:00
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High marginal tax rates do not lead to a large middle class; if this was the case, the nations with the highest marginal tax rates would also have the largest middle classes. The reality is that if marginal tax rates are adjusted to allow different countries to be reliably compared to one other, no such correlation is found.
If the statements above are all true, which of the following can properly be inferred on the basis of them?
A. Increasing a country’s marginal tax rates will not necessarily result in the growth of its middle class.
B. Reliably comparing the marginal tax rates of one country with another’s is not possible.
C. Nations with high marginal tax rates tend to restrict the growth of the upper class.
D. When countries are arranged in descending order by population, the least-populous countries generally have the lowest marginal tax rates and the smallest middle classes.
E. Nations with the highest marginal tax rates never have proportionally small middle classes.
If the statements above are all true, which of the following can properly be inferred on the basis of them?
A. Increasing a country’s marginal tax rates will not necessarily result in the growth of its middle class.
B. Reliably comparing the marginal tax rates of one country with another’s is not possible.
C. Nations with high marginal tax rates tend to restrict the growth of the upper class.
D. When countries are arranged in descending order by population, the least-populous countries generally have the lowest marginal tax rates and the smallest middle classes.
E. Nations with the highest marginal tax rates never have proportionally small middle classes.
01 Apr 2026, 22:18
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I am going with A.
E seems enticing but, the word never seems too strong and the stem has clearly mentioned no correlation is found and that was the reason for eliminating it.
A on the other hand matches with the stem. Since there is no correlation btw marginal tax rate and large middle class, we can say that, increasing a country’s marginal tax rates will not necessarily result in the growth of its middle class. Clearly A can be inferred without doubt.
E seems enticing but, the word never seems too strong and the stem has clearly mentioned no correlation is found and that was the reason for eliminating it.
A on the other hand matches with the stem. Since there is no correlation btw marginal tax rate and large middle class, we can say that, increasing a country’s marginal tax rates will not necessarily result in the growth of its middle class. Clearly A can be inferred without doubt.
02 Apr 2026, 00:10
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high marginal tax rates - not lead to large MC.
if it were true, nations with high MTR would have largest MC. means the nations with higher MTX have lower MC.
but if we adjust MTR and then reliably compare different countries, we wont find such correlation.
A yep. thats what it means from passage. passage says that nations with high MTR would have largest MC but they dont. so high MTR doesnt lead to growth in MC
B no passage never says its not possible but rather it says that after adjusting MTR we can compare them reliably. so out.
C but do they fall into middle class? not sure right. out.
D no, this what passage disagree, it says that if there is high MTR , MC population would have been higher. similarly low LTR, MC population would have been lower. reject.
E no passage never says that those countries have smallest middle class. so reject.
if it were true, nations with high MTR would have largest MC. means the nations with higher MTX have lower MC.
but if we adjust MTR and then reliably compare different countries, we wont find such correlation.
A yep. thats what it means from passage. passage says that nations with high MTR would have largest MC but they dont. so high MTR doesnt lead to growth in MC
B no passage never says its not possible but rather it says that after adjusting MTR we can compare them reliably. so out.
C but do they fall into middle class? not sure right. out.
D no, this what passage disagree, it says that if there is high MTR , MC population would have been higher. similarly low LTR, MC population would have been lower. reject.
E no passage never says that those countries have smallest middle class. so reject.
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