Advertising is a method of nonprice competition and is one of the functions of marketing. Apart from having purely economic objectives, it is used to shape the public politically and ideologically. Advertising, which molds the needs and living standard of bourgeois society, is a social weapon of the exploiting class.
Strafford, MO. Sponsored Topics. Strafford is a city in eastern Greene County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,845 at the 2000 census, a small 2% of the population is African American and only .5% is Hispanic.[citation needed] It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The countyâs average effective property tax rate is the second highest in the state at just over 2.7%. In Rockford the rate is even higher at over 3.13%. St. Clair County. St. Clair County levies taxes on real estate to support the county government, as well as cities and schools.