The level of corruption in machine politics
a. devastated local economies because the machines ran cities into severe debt.
b. had no effect on local economies because the machines targeted state economies over local ones.
c. was not debilitating to local economies because machine politics wanted to make and spend money.
d. intertwined the local, state, and national economies by increasing the spread of machine politics nationwide.
c
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