From Who's Running America? The Bush Restoration by Thomas R. Dye
Dye's excerpt is an empirical assessment of the kinds of individuals who assume administrative, legislative, and judicial power as these branches have increased in size and influence in recent decades. His findings are decisive: those with privileged backgrounds have not only increasingly assumed these important roles but their wealth--and not individual personal characteristics--have paved the way for them to assume these important positions.
-According to Dye, the politically-based consequence of the increasing size and scope of government is:
A) Greater political power to start wars
B) The growing participation of minorities and women in politics
C) More lawsuits by politicians
D) The rise of "fat cat" individual financial contributors.

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Dye's findings suggest that the increasing size and influence of the government have led to the rise of wealthy individuals, or "fat cats," contributing financially to political campaigns and paving the way for those with privileged backgrounds to assume important positions.

From Who's Running America? the Bush Restoration by Thomas R