National budget and presidency

How would you spend the national budget if you were president? Here’s your chance to find out how your ideas would affect the federal budget.

Go online to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget at the link below.

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Scroll down the page and under Tools, click on Debt Fixer Interactive Tool. This is an exercise in making difficult decisions and how government officials make trade-offs when they prepare the federal budget.

Experiment with your own budget ideas at the site. What are the effects of your decision

Your assignment will be at least one page in length and contain a minimum of 3 paragraphs. A paragraph is a minimum of 5 sentences.