Author Question: Government programs tend to be difficult to cut back or eliminate in the United States because ... (Read 20 times)

yoroshambo · **on:** Jul 13, 2018

Government programs tend to be difficult to cut back or eliminate in the United States because __________.

a. the federal budget is renewed annually
b. interest groups lobby to protect their benefits
c. reduced government spending hurts the economy
d. politicians are inherently conservative about change

Question 2

Elite theorists and pluralists differ on whether or not __________.

a. elite rule produces economic growth
b. the concentration of power is inevitable
c. any single group has a monopoly on the influence over government policies
d. democratic government produces better policies than authoritarian government