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While researching a history paper you see a graph that shows federal spending on defense in the past 200 years. You notice that federal spending throughout the late 1900s shows much more spending on?
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A decrease in federal defense spending in the US is likely to cause?
layoffs at a large defense contracting company
A decrease in federal defense spending in the US is likely to cause which actions?
layoffs at a large defense contracting company
What are the four categories of discretionary spending within the federal budget?
national defense, foreign aid, education and transportation...(although I do not think its limited to just these categories...)
How did government spending affect the economy-?
Federal spending on forgein aid increased demand for U.S goods.
Why is it difficult for the federal government to increase or decrease spending?
Because two thirds of all government spending is on entitlements which the government connot easily alter. (by Solomon Zelman)
What is the largest area of federal spending today?
The largest area of federal spending today is for social security. This is followed by Medicare, and Medicaid. Next in line is defense spending.
A decrease in federal defense spending in the US is likely to cause?
layoffs at a large defense contracting company
A decrease in federal defense spending in the US is likely to cause which actions?
layoffs at a large defense contracting company
Something that did not contribute to record federal budget deficits in the early 1980s was?
cuts in defense spending
What are the twelve categories of expenditures in the federal budget?
The four main spending categories that the federal government spends money on are Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and national defense.
The large federal deficits of the Reagan years were due mainly to?
increases in the defense budget and steady spending on social welfare and entitlement programs.
What do federal taxes pay for?
The four largest expenditures are Defense spending, Medicare, Social Security, and Interest payments on the national debt. These account for over two thirds of the entire federal budget.
What are the top subcontracted job for the federal government?
Defense contracts; development of military weapons, tops the list of all government spending (on all levels).
What are the four categories of discretionary spending within the federal budget?
national defense, foreign aid, education and transportation...(although I do not think its limited to just these categories...)
Most federal mandatory spending is spent on?
Most federal mandatory spending is spent on entitlements.
What were two of the principal reasons for the huge Federal deficit inherited by President Bush?
massive defense spending by Ronald Reagan a series of laws reducing the amount of taxes
What is the largest category of local government spending?
spending on the defense is about half of the federal government's discretionary spending. the Department of Defense spends most of their budget. it pays for the navy, army, air force, and marines and also don't forget about the departments civilians
