Expenso Fixed or
Variable
Expense?
Averago
Monthly
Cost
Yearly Cost
Percent of
Yearly Budget
(Rounded)
$4,800
9.8%
$48,900
Income Tax
Fixed
$400
$4,800
Housing
$950
Food
$7,800
Clothing
Variable
$75
Transportation
Fixed
$6,000
Insurance & Medical
$1,200
Entertainment
$100
$1,200
Emergency Fund
Fixed
$50
Savings for College
Fixed
$600
Savings for Retirement
$100
$1,200
Total
$4,075
$48.900
100%

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.