Making Permanent Cuts in Existing Agencies Is Often Difficult Because

question 29

Multiple Choice

Making permanent cuts in existing agencies is often difficult because

• A)most agencies have a supportive constituency that will fight to reinstate any cuts that are made.
• B)the Constitution prevents cuts to federal agencies lasting longer than five years.
• C)every permanent cut to a federal agency must be reviewed by the Supreme Court before it can be put into effect.
• D)federal law requires that the government cut every agency equally.

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Definitions:

Constructive Dilemma (CD)

A logical argument asserting that if P implies Q and R implies S, and either P or R is true, then either Q or S must be true.

Atomic Sentences

The simplest type of sentence that cannot be broken down into smaller components while still expressing a complete proposition.

Truth Table

A mathematical table used in logic to determine whether a compound statement is true or false, depending on the truth values of its components.

Modus Tollens (MT)

A form of logical argument that concludes the inverse of an antecedent from the negation of its consequent in a conditional statement.