Easton Verde, a young administrator within a bureau of the U.S.Department of the Interior, wants to increase his agency's footprint, and with it its budget, by expanding into new areas of work.Verde wants his agency to do well, and he also wouldn't mind the increase in pay and recognition that might come with a bigger mission.To this end, he has cultivated relationships with a few key members of Congress, and talked to them about his goals for the agency. How unusual would Verde seem to be here, among bureaucrats?
A) Highly unusual, since most bureaucrats are mostly interested in increasing their status or enriching themselves
B) Not at all unusual, since they may have a variety of motivations for wanting to increase agency budgets
C) Unusual, since most bureaucrats only want to increase budget resources that would otherwise go to their rival agencies
D) Not unusual, although most bureaucrats are unlikely to be worried about prestige and salary, given how low government salaries and status tend to be
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