Evaluating a Claim About Consumption Tax Impact
A politician makes the following claim about a newly imposed consumption tax: 'This tax is fundamentally unfair. The amount by which the final price increases for the consumer is always greater than the tax revenue the government collects on each item sold.'
Using the relationship where the consumer price () is determined by the firm's price () and the tax rate (), evaluate the mathematical accuracy of this claim. Explain your reasoning by showing how the price increase for the consumer relates to the tax revenue collected by the government per unit.
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