Instead of Organizing an Outside Lobbying Campaign, the Pro-Zinc Public

question 7

Multiple Choice

Instead of organizing an outside lobbying campaign, the pro-zinc public interest group Common Cents decides to focus on giving campaign contributions to legislators whose support they want. After giving maximum donations to the congressional delegation from another state, those legislators change their minds about a currency reform bill and vote to keep the penny, which is made from zinc. A competing interest group investigates and proves in court that these legislators only changed their votes because of the financial incentives provided by Common Cents. Common Cents's campaign contributions are an example of ________.

• A) special incentives
• B) selective incentives
• C) insider lobbying
• D) bribes
• E) a holdup

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Definitions:

Billion

A numerical value represented by 1,000 million or 10^9.

Induced Consumption

Consumer spending that varies with income, representing the portion of income that households spend on goods and services rather than saving.

Disposable Income

Income available to households for the strategies of saving and spending after tax deductions.

Billion

A Billion is a numerical value equivalent to one thousand million (1,000,000,000) in the American short scale, commonly used in financial and demographic contexts.