1. Using Mettler's research that over 96% of adults in America have received benefits from at least one federal welfare state program identify and describe two ways in which government has had a role in your socio-economic life.

2- The reading argues that business has a "privileged position" in our political system. Identify and explain how business groups exert political influence. Do you agree or disagree with the claim that business has a "privileged position"?