General Motors Benefits from Tariffs on Imported Automobiles

question 95

Multiple Choice

General Motors benefits from tariffs on imported automobiles.Companies that use many automobiles, such as rental agencies, want to get them cheaply.In this case, the issue of tariff legislation involves

• A)a simple majority because it promises concentrated costs and benefits
• B)competing interests because it promises concentrated costs and benefits
• C)a simple majority because it promises concentrated benefits and widespread costs
• D)competing interests because it promises concentrated benefits and widespread costs
• E)competing interests because it promises concentrated costs and widespread benefits

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Definitions:

Materialist Philosophy

Materialist philosophy asserts that material conditions determine human consciousness and social structures, prioritizing the physical and tangible aspects of existence over ideas or spiritual conjectures.

Consciousness

The state or quality of awareness, or being aware of an external object or something within oneself, often considered a complex mental state.

Morality

Principles or rules concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.

Social Facts

Aspects of social life that exist outside and independently of individual consciousness and exert influence on individual behavior, as conceptualized by Émile Durkheim.