Politicians tend to prefer

a. expansionary fiscal policy over contractionary policy.
b. contractionary fiscal policy over expansionary policy.
c. both contractionary and expansionary fiscal policy.
d. discretionary fiscal policy over expansionary policy.


a. expansionary fiscal policy over contractionary policy.

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