In a Congressional Debate About Agricultural Price Supports, Senators, Members

question 189

Multiple Choice

In a congressional debate about agricultural price supports, senators, members of congress, and other experts made the following four statements. Which of these is a normative statement?

• A) "Price supports are important because America should preserve the small family farm."
• B) "Without price supports, the price of wheat and corn will fall by over twenty percent."
• C) "The decline in commodity prices caused by the removal of price supports will result in fewer, larger farms."
• D) "The decline in commodity prices caused by the removal of price supports will reduce the number of tractors sold in the United States."

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