Which response best reflects the dilemma of "pork" in legislation?
a. Programmatic requests are beneficial to taxpayers but detrimental to reelection.
b. Programmatic requests favor federal employees at the expense of state employees.
c. Programmatic requests favor one district at the expense of American taxpayers generally.
d. Programmatic requests are always wasteful expenditures but are useful to politicians.
c
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a. cooperative b. coercive c. dual d. complex
The principal responsibility for public safety in the United States lies with _________
A. the national government B. the National Guard C. state and local governments D. military forces
Voting in a town election is a form of unconventional participation
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Max Weber defined bureaucracy, in part, as any large organization with a hierarchy of impersonal offices to which persons were appointed based on technical qualifications
a. True b. False