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You buy a new $500 TV at Best Buy in Cook County and pay 10% sales tax on it. The $50 sales tax that anyone buying the TV would pay is an example of a

A) a regressive tax
B) a proportional tax
C) a progressive tax

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The answer is A) a regressive tax. A regressive tax is a tax that takes a higher percentage of income from low-income earners than from high-income earners. In this case, regardless of a person's income level, everyone pays the same 10% sales tax when purchasing the TV. This means that low-income earners would have to spend a larger proportion of their income on the tax than high-income earners, making it a regressive tax.
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