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crazycityslicker · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

State government is involved in promoting states as a place for foreign investment. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census,

a. the value of foreign-owned property, plants, and equipment in the states has been overstated.
b. more than 5.5 million jobs are a direct result of foreign investment.
c. California ranks at the bottom with respect to jobs that result from foreign investment.
d. the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has increased foreign investment inthe United States because of the low cost of labor and the support of American labor unions and theirworkers.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT true of state and municipal governments in Mexico?

a. Most municipal governments tend to rely upon funds from the central government.
b. Municipal and state governments suffer from the lack of well-paid and well-trained public officials.
c. Many jobs at these levels are distributed through political patronage.
d. State and municipal governments have traditionally had a substantial level of authority in the Mexican federal system although this power is being threatened by federal efforts to centralize power to better fight against local corruption.
e. Since 1989, politics at the state and municipal levels have become politically competitive with opposition parties gaining control of these levels of government.