Question

Given the fact that resources are limited and policy makers must often choose among programs, which program would be more likely to be funded on the grounds of efficiency alone?

Question options:

a)	Summer camp paid by the federal government for every child in the US.

b)	Free vaccinations for poor children.

c)	A new jet for the president of the United States.

d)	A program to re-introduce the gray wolf to its original habitat.

Answer 1

Option B is correct - Free vaccinations for poor children

Out of all the four programs, only the one in which the government is providing free vaccines to poor children is that stands on every ground of being efficient and necessary. Efficiceny meand doing some work in the most optimal way. Here, out of all the programs this is one that is necessary to be done, is a concern of national health and an aim to help poor and it is therefore the most optimal choice.