The politicians calling for stricter environmental protection
laws should be voted out of office. my factory may create
a little bit of pollution, but it's definitely not enough to hurt
the environment. by limiting the amount of chemicals i can
dump into the local river, these politicians are trying to
drive down our productivity and put me out of business!
which statement best describes the bias illustrated in the passage?
a. the author is biased against business regulations because he is
also a politician
b. the author is biased against a law because it would financially
affect his business.
c. the author is biased against certain politicians because he
personally dislikes them.
d. the author is biased against a law because he wants to protect
the environment

B. The author is biased against a law because it would financially

affect his business.

Explanation: The author goes on about how the politicians are going to put him out of business, although his business is effecting the environment

B. The author is biased against a law because it would financially  affect his business.

Explanation:

The author of the excerpt is biased. He treats environmental protection laws as if it were a strategy for politicians to end his business. Environmental laws are meant to protect the environment so that we have a comfortable life, but the author of the excerpt only cares about his company's profit and acts as if environmental laws were a bad, selfish thing.

The part of the excerpt that makes this clear is "By limiting the amount of chemicals I can pour into the local river, these politicians are trying to  drive down our productivity and put me out of business!"

states

explanation:

as the old saying goes, all politics are local. state and federal governments affect our daily lives in numerous ways. yet, in our federal system, there is supposed to be a balance between federal and state power. as james madison envisioned it in federalist no. 51, “the power surrendered by the people” would be “divided between two distinct governments,” creating a balance of power that would enable the “different governments [to] control each other.”

answer: in october 1962, an american u-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the soviet union on the island of cuba. president kennedy did not want the soviet union and cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. he met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem.

explanation: