In the parable of the leaky bucket, a fundamental problem with government redistribution programs is identified. as long as the government only has "leaky buckets" at its disposal, a. the costs of welfare programs will exceed the benefits. b. it should not try to reach complete equality in income. c. income equality will be the best policy option. d. equality of economic opportunity will reduce society’s utility.

Mae jong corp. issues $1,000,000 of 10% bonds payable which may be converted into 10,000 shares of $2 par value ordinary shares. the market rate of interest on similar bonds is 12%. interest is payable annually on december 31, and the bonds were issued for total proceeds of $1,000,000. in accounting for these bonds, mae jong corp. will: (a) first assign a value to the equity component, then determine the liability component. (b) assign no value to the equity component since the conversion privilege is not separable from the bond.(c) first assign a value to the liability component based on the face amount of the bond.(d) use the “with-and-without” method to value the compound instrument.