Which of the following is a true statement? socialists like adam smith believed the competition typical of capitalism was wasteful. capitalists like thomas malthus believed poverty could be entirely eliminated from society. socialists like robert owen favored a more even distribution of income. marxists like david ricardo argued that wages vary inversely with profits.

C is correct, socialists like Robert Owen favored a more even distribution of income.

while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.

i would say the executive branch is because the executive branch is in charge of enforcing the laws and judicial branch is in charge of enforcing but the executive branch is most responsible for it all so i would have to say the executive branch.