Why don't state and federal governments force people to be more efficient in their use of energy?
a. Taxes that would discourage energy use are regressive taxes, which hit poor and middle-class people the hardest.
b. People resent taxes, so elected leaders are unlikely to support them
c. Regulations and subsidies may not work well enough to encourage people to change their energy use.
d. Many consumers and businesses, especially in Texas, do not support government intervention in the economy.
e. All of these are reasons.
e
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Underlying causes of World War II included all but which of the following?
a. German and Japanese imperialism abroad b. The failure of the United States to exercise leadership over the global economy c. The reemergence of a bipolar global power distribution d. The failure of the League of Nations to protect its members against invasion by stronger states
The Eurasian Union refers to a. a trade union between Russia and China
b. a customs union between Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan that Russia envisions as growing into a political and economic organization, which will connect it to non-European Union countries. c. a consultative body that unites former Soviet Republics. d. a security pact between Russia and several Central Asian states. e. a proposed economic and political union between Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
Which group constitutes California's most underrepresented minority in terms of elected officials?
a. Asians b. Blacks c. Hispanics d. Whites
The occurrence of one outcome divided by the occurrence of another outcome produces the _____________.
What will be an ideal response?