One agency supports tobacco farmers while another tries to discourage smoking. These competing goals come about for which of the following reasons?
a. because the government is so large that the other branches of government are no longer in control of the bureaucracy
b. because of divided government
c. because the two major political parties disagree on so much regarding appropriate policy
d. because government pursues overlapping and conflicting goals in response to the diverse demands Americans place on it
d. because government pursues overlapping and conflicting goals in response to the diverse demands Americans place on it
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following is NOT true of the popular dislike of taxes?
A Popular dislike rises with increases in real levels of taxation. B. Popular dislike rises exponentially when state income taxes are above four percent. C. Popular dislike rises when sales tax levels are above five percent. D Popular dislike rises when state income taxes are above one percent.