Problem
U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy
From the perspective of a member of Congress, explain the political calculus of voting in support of a bill using the categories described in the lecture: whether the bill provides a concentrated benefit or a diffuse benefit and whether it entails a concentrated cost or a diffuse cost. Why is a bill that involves a concentrated benefit and a diffuse cost the type of bill that members of Congress generally find easiest to support?