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Provide 3 reasons why the beard tax is a "bad" tax.

Problem a. How much should the beard tax be? What is the structure of your beard tax: progressive? regressive, or flat?

Problem b. Is tax payment made voluntarily (i.e. the bearded send a check for $X to the tax authority) or involuntarily (i.e., all people are assumed to have beards and $X are withheld from them paychecks)?

Problem c. Are there exceptions to the beard tax? Does the tax apply only to men (e.g. will women with? facial hair pays the beard tax)? Do male actors temporarily grow beards for a movie role pay the tax? Do Virginia mountain men who grow winter beards for warmth, but shave in the summer pay the beard tax?

Problem d. What is interesting and different about your beard tax design?

Problem e. What question would you ask another student about their beard tax?