The Primary Benefit of the Automatic Stabilizers Is

Multiple Choice

The primary benefit of the automatic stabilizers is:

A) ​they provide public assistance through legislative decision making.
B) ​they require no new legislative action, so there is no legislative lag before these tools respond to fluctuations in the business cycle.
C) ​they require legislative action, so there is a lag in response to these tools to fluctuations in the business cycle, and there is time to identify the spillover effects.
D) ​none of the above.