Public goods, like national defense, are usually funded through government because:
A) no one cares about them, because they are public.
B) it is prohibitively difficult to withhold national defense from someone unwilling to pay for it.
C) they cost too much for private firms to produce them.
D) they provide benefits only to individuals, and not firms.
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