Why Are Special Interest Groups So Powerful

question 63

Multiple Choice

Why are special interest groups so powerful?

• A) Because voters are rationally ignorant about how laws designed to help special interest groups are harmful to everyone else.
• B) Because special interest groups have a self-interest in passing favorable legislation-they stand to gain millions of dollars, while each taxpayer loses only several dollars.
• C) Neither A nor B is correct.
• D) Both A and B are correct.

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