One bureaucratic pathology described by the text is conflict, meaning the tendency of agencies to
A. grow, irrespective of the benefits and costs of their programs.
B. work at cross purposes with one another.
C. spend more than is necessary to buy some product or service.
D. generate complex and sometimes overlapping rules.
E. complicate matters that are better left to commonsense solutions.
Answer: B
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a. majority leader. b. majority whip. c. president. d. speaker of the House. e. vice president.