Which Response Best Reflects the Dilemma of Pork in Legislation

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which response best reflects the dilemma of pork in legislation?

• A) Programmatic requests are beneficial to taxpayers but detrimental to reelection.
• B) Programmatic requests favor federal employees at the expense of state employees.
• C) Programmatic requests favor one district at the expense of all American taxpayers.
• D) Programmatic requests are always wasteful expenditures but are useful to politicians.
• E) Programmatic requests are typically beneficial to districts but allow the federal government to collect an undue share of tax revenue.

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Definitions:

Operating Cycle

The time period between the acquisition of inventory by a company and the receipt of cash from the sale of that inventory.

Payables Turnover

A financial efficiency ratio that measures how quickly a company pays off its suppliers by comparing net purchases to average accounts payable.

Inventory Turnover

Inventory Turnover is a measure of how often a company sells and replaces its stock of goods within a certain period, indicating efficiency in managing inventory.

Cash Cycle

Cash Cycle, also known as the cash conversion cycle, measures the time it takes a company to convert resource inputs into cash flows.