Many people have argued that an income tax should be "marriage neutral," that is, two people should pay the same total tax whether they are married or they are single. Suppose Amanda earns nothing, Ben earns $60,000, and Cathy and Dylan each earn $30,000. They are all single. Amanda pays no tax because she has no income. If they all live in a country that has a progressive income tax, which will be higher: the tax that Ben pays or the sum of the taxes Cathy and Dylan pay?

8. problems and applications q8there are four consumers willing to pay the following amounts for haircuts, and there are four haircutting businesses with the following costs: consumers' willingness to payyvette: $35cho: $15sean: $45bob: $25firms' costsfirm a: $40firm b: $20firm c: $10firm d: $30each firm has the capacity to produce only one haircut.for should be given.which businesses should cut hair? check all that apply.firm afirm bfirm cfirm dwhich consumers should have their hair cut? check all that apply.bobchoseanyvettethe maximum possible total surplus is