The ability of the federal government to regulate the distribution of income among families and individuals is O unlimited because government is sovereign. O largely limited to what can be accomplished through revisions in the rules of the game. O enormous, as shown by the redistribution that has occurred from the rich to the poor since World War II. O virtually unlimited because few people would be willing to emigrate merely in order to escape taxation.
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