Determine whether each statement is true, false, or uncertain and explain why. Answers with no explanation will receive no points.

(a) The US tax and transfer system is progressive overall.

(b) Intergenerational mobility in the United States is high because kids from low income family background can succeed economically.

(c) Suppose individuals A and B are unemployed and earn $0 per month. Individual A is looking for work while individual B is not. A utilitarian government would provide unemployment benefits to A but not to B because the latter is less deserving than the former.

(d) Government policies like the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit reduced poverty rate during the COVID crisis in the United States.

(e) The increase in tax revenues since World War I has funded the rise of the social state in Europe and the United States.

(f) Increasing market inequality is an important factor in explaining the persistence of poverty in the United States.

Could you show me the answer among true, false, or uncertain with explanation?

(a) True

(b) False

(c) True?

(d) True

(e) ?

(f) Uncertain?