The U.S. military defends Jacob from foreign attackers. The fact that Jacob enjoys this protection does not detract from others Americans' enjoyment of it. For this reason, we say that national defense is

a. excludable.
b. not excludable.
c. rival in consumption.
d. not rival in consumption.


d

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