Each Year, the U

question 274

Multiple Choice

Each year, the U.S. Army shoots an estimated 200 million rounds of lead bullets at target practice areas across the United States. Pentagon officials, in response to environmentalists' concerns over lead poisoning in the soil, have invested over $12 million to develop an environmentally safe tungsten bullet. This is an example of one of the outcomes of

• A) marketing ethics.
• B) consumerism.
• C) cause marketing.
• D) self-regulation.
• E) Naderism.

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Definitions:

Balanced-Budget Policies

Financial or fiscal strategies employed by governments to ensure spending does not exceed income.

Government Debt

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Social Security

A government program that provides financial assistance to people with an inadequate or no income, primarily the elderly, disabled, and families with dependent children.

Wealth Transfer

The movement of assets or capital from one individual, group, or entity to another, either voluntarily through gifts and inheritance or involuntarily through taxes or levies.