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How can pork-barrel spending occur in a situation of majority voting when it benefits only a small group?

Why do legislators vote for spending projects in districts that are not their own?

How does a government agency raise revenue differently from a private company, and how does that affect the way government makes decisions compared to business decisions?

What are some reasons people might find acquiring information about politics and voting rational, in contrast to rational ignorance theory?

When Microsoft was founded, the company devoted very few resources to lobbying activities. After a high-profile antitrust case against it, however, the company began to lobby heavily. Why does it make financial sense for companies to invest in lobbyists?

Representatives of competing firms often comprise special interest groups. Why are competitors sometimes willing to cooperate in order to form lobbying associations?

Is pork-barrel spending always a bad thing? Can

you think of some examples of pork-barrel projects,

perhaps from your own district, that have had positive

results?

Occupy Wall Street was a national (and later

global) organized protest against the greed, bank profits, and financial corruption that led to the $2008鈥�2009$recession. The group popularized slogans like 鈥淲e are the $99\%$,鈥� meaning it represented the majority against

the wealth of the top $1\%$. Does the fact that the protests had little to no effect on legislative changes support or contradict the chapter?

How does rational ignorance discourage voting?