Interest group liberalism holds that
A) the fact that there are numerous interest groups proves nothing, because groups are extremely unequal in power.
B) interest groups win some and lose some, but no group wins or loses all the time.
C) when one interest group throws its weight around too much, its opponents are likely to intensify their organization and thus restore balance to the system.
D) virtually all pressure group demands are legitimate, and the job of government is to advance them all.
E) the role of government is to leaven the natural inequalities of the free market system and that entails paying more attention to the needs of economically weak interest groups and less attention to economically powerful groups.
Ans: D) virtually all pressure group demands are legitimate, and the job of government is to advance them all.
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