A major drawback of providing subsidies to private companies that are natural monopolies is that

A. The companies will allow product quality to decline.
B. Private companies are less efficient than public companies.
C. Taxpayers dislike this use of their tax dollars.
D. The companies have no incentive to limit costs.

Answer: C

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