In early 2008, it appeared that the u.s. economy was either in a recession or growing very slowly. president bush announced a program of tax rebates. this program can be described as ___________ and was intended to ______________.
a. an automatic stabilizer; increase consumer spending
b. discretionary fiscal policy; increase government spending
c. discretionary fiscal policy; increase consumer spending
d. discretionary fiscal policy; decrease government spending
e. an automatic stabilizer; increase government spending