请教GWD-27-Q9

In order to raise revenue, the federal government planned a tax amnesty program that allows tax delinquents to pay all owed tax without added financial penalty. However, economists projected that the federal government would collect a far lower percentage of total tax owed by delinquents than did state governments implementing similar programs.

Which of the following, if true, would most contribute to an explanation of the economists’ projections?

1. Tax amnesty programs are only successful if they are widely publicized.

2. Most people who honestly pay their state tax are equally honest in paying their federal tax.

3. Although federal tax delinquents usually must pay high financial penalties, the states require far lower financial penalties.

4. The state tax rate varies considerably from state to state, but the federal tax is levied according to laws which apply to citizens of all the states.

5. Unlike most federal tax delinquents, most state tax delinquents fail to pay state tax because of an oversight rather than a decision not to pay.

请教NN。关于这道题，答案是E。我也同意这个答案。但是思路有点模糊。

题目是说为了提高收入，联邦政府打算实施一个特赦政策，对那些偷税的人，只要求补缴税款，而不课以罚金了。但是经济学家说，联邦政府从这些偷税的人身上收上来的税金，会远远少于地方政府干同样的事情所收上来的税金。问那个能解释经济学家的理由。

不知道我的题目理解对不对。如果对，联邦政府收税，和地方政府收税比什么啊？觉得题目有些古怪无厘头呢？请大家指正。

E选项的意思是, state税没有缴的人, 大部分是因为疏忽了, 而federal税没有缴的人, 是故意不缴

既然是故意不缴, 即使取消罚款, 也不会去缴纳, 所以得出结论