By 1911, many believed the commission plan was an example of how scientific thinking could be applied to government. Read the qu
ote below. "The strongest feature of the commission plan of city government is its perfect simplicity, its directness . . . in limiting the number of those directly charged with the management of the city's affairs." – E. R. Cheesborough
Why would the author of this quotation say the commission plan has “perfect simplicity”? A. All the power to make decisions rests with one person: the mayor.
B. There are only four commissioners, and each has a specific area of responsibility.
C. The system is too simple to meet the needs of a modern city.
C. The system is too simple to meet the needs of a modern city.
Explanation:
In the excerpt above, the author believe that the commission plan has perfect simplicity due to the fact that, the city's governance is reduced to few people with no hindrance whatsoever. For example, a situation where it will take 3 weeks to obtain an approval for demolition of defective building could be done under few hours because, the power lies with one or two person.
This is false. The Communist government frowned upon foot binding because it was believed to be a part of Chinese backwardness and it was illegal and punished. By the 50s it was almost completely over. Nowadays it can only be found on extremely old grandmas who had it done when they were young.