In early​ 2008, it appeared that the u.s. economy was either in a recession or growing very slowly. president bush announced a program of tax rebates. this program can be described as​ ___________ and was intended to​ ______________.
a. an automatic​ stabilizer; increase consumer spending
b. discretionary fiscal​ policy; increase government spending
c. discretionary fiscal​ policy; increase consumer spending
d. discretionary fiscal​ policy; decrease government spending
e. an automatic​ stabilizer; increase government spending