discussion question unit 6
Try your hand at stabilizing the U.S. debt by using Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Simulation at http://crfb.org/stabilizethedebt/. Read through the “Intro†and click “Next†in order to follow the simulation instructions. Answer the following questions once you have completed the simulation:
- Were you successful in stabilizing the U.S. debt? If not, how much of a deficit or surplus did you end up with? What does this exercise tell you about the process of creating a budget plan?
- Reexamine the budget cuts or increases you made. What problems would such changes pose for a politician facing reelection?
- This budget simulator allows you only to change spending and tax expenditures over a one-year period. This poses what problems to finding a realistic economic solution
Textbook: McEachern, W. A. (2015). ECON macroeconomics (4th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.
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