Suppose a small economy has two income tax rates: 15% for all income up to $50,000 and 30% for any income earned above $50,000. Suppose that the economy has a Government Budget for this year (year 1) of $58,500, and a total of five individuals earning the following income: Amy $20,000, Betty $40,000, Charlie $60,000, Dimitry $80,000, Evelyn $100,000. In chapter 5 we saw that GDP can be calculated in two ways, via the expenditure approach or the income approach, and that when the income approach is used, there must be adjustments made to National Income, specifically adding the Consumption of Fixed Capital and a Statistical Discrepancy. For the sake of simplicity, let's imagine that National Income is equal to GDP, in other words the Fixed Capital and the Statistical Discrepancy are equal to zero.

5.Now assume that a recession (triggered by a reduction of Aggregate Demand) causes each of the five incomes to fall by 25%. In other words, income is 75% of what they used to be. Given the lower income,a) what would be the total tax revenue paid by each of the five citizens? b) what is the total tax revenue for the small nation? (18 points)