Which of the following best describes the concept that large numbers of interested parties, each with substantial policy expertise, now appear more descriptive of policymaking in the United States?

All of the following statements about the New Deal legislation passed during the Great Depression under the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt are true EXCEPT:

a. It resulted in the creation of many new federal agencies and established a permanent "welfare state." b. It expanded presidential power. c. It opened the American power structure to new groups and helped bring about the political realignment of the mid-1930s. d. It took America in an increasingly isolationist foreign policy direction. e. It established a system of social rights to replace dependence on private charity.

Most Texans who earn more than $24,000 per year pay a state income tax of 6.25% on their personal income

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.