Suppose the government decides to increase taxes by $30 billion in order to increase Social Security benefits by the same amount. How will this combined tax-transfer policy affect aggregate 5. If the AD shortfall is $800 billion and the MPC is 0.8,
(a) How large is the desired fiscal stimulus?
(b) How large an income tax cut is needed?
(c) Alternatively, how much more government spending would achieve the target?