One bureaucratic pathology described by the text is imperialism, meaning the tendency of agencies to

A. work at cross purposes with one another.
B. spend more than is necessary to buy some product or service.
C. grow, irrespective of the benefits and costs of their programs.
D. generate complex and sometimes conflicting rules.
E. complicate matters that are better left to commonsense solutions.


Answer: C

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Since the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty in Gregg v. Georgia, how many people have been executed in the United States?

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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