A politician states "taxes should be raised to provide more spending on school lunch programs." This is A. a normative economic statement. B. a ceteris paribus assumption. C. a positive economic statement. D. an economic fact.
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Step 1: The statement "taxes should be raised to provide more spending on school lunch programs" is expressing a value judgment or opinion about what should be done in the economy, rather than making a statement about what is currently happening or predicting what Show more…
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