Select one of the government functions and describe in a brief summary whether it has seen an increase or decrease in government spending over the past 10 to 15 years. For the function you have selected, is it related to the problem of addressing externalities, providing public goods or dealing with other market failures. Does it appear to be related to political functions instead of economic functions?

The government function selected is protection and regulation of the enviroment.

This government function is mainly carried out by the Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA).

Over the past fifteen years, the EPA annual budget has averaged at around 8 billion dollars. In this time frame, it had its highest budget in 2010, with over 10 billion dollars.

The EPA essentially deals with market failures. Externalities like pollution or over exploitation of natural resources (tragedy of the commons) are some of the most commonly issues that the EPA has to solve.

the correct answer option is b. a single paragraph.

explanation:

when you are thinking about paragraph​ topics, you should always choose a subject that can be adequately addressed in a single paragraph.

a paragraph is a piece of writing consisting of a few sentences that deal with a single theme. it has only a single idea that the paragraph revolves around and talks about.

so a paragraph topic must be chosen wisely where a single idea can be communicated in a single paragraph.

c

explanation:

c because the item on a bank statement is also referred to as an account statement. in addition, it provides the beginning balance, ending balance, statement date, transaction date for each transaction, payee, customer name and address, statement period, the account holder's account number, and the bank's customer service number