Federal Spending
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Kimberly A Van Horn
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Federal Spending
★Mandatory and Discretionary Spending
●Mandatory spending
■revenue required by law to spend in
certain ways
●Social Security, Medicare, etc.
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Multiple Choice
What is Mandatory spending?
Money that is allocated for tribal gaming
Funds that are subject to appropriation
Expenditures that are not subject to change
Revenue required by law to spend in certain ways
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●Discretionary spending
■revenue which government
planners can make a choice
about
●defense, welfare, education,
etc.
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Multiple Choice
What is Discretionary spending?
Revenue which government planners can make a choice about
Money allocated to a specific purpose
Revenue allocated for Social Security
Money allotted for Medicare coverage
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★Entitlement Programs
●Social welfare programs that people
are “entitled” to
■Social Security
■Medicare
■Medicaid
●medical benefits for low income
families
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●The future of entitlement spending
■it will increase as “baby boomers”
become older
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Federal Spending | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Datadown arrow
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Multiple Choice
According to the website, how much has the U.S. government spent in fiscal year 2023 to ensure the well-being of the people of the United States?
$3.15 trillion
$2.5 billion
$2.2 trillion
$4.5 trillion
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Multiple Choice
According to the website, what is the top category the U.S. government spends money on?
Transportation
Education
Defense
Social Security
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★Discretionary Spending
●Defense spending
■consumes about 20% of the federal
budget
●Other discretionary spending
■education, training, research, student
loans, technology, national parks,
law enforcement, the environment,
and housing
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Multiple Choice
About how much does defense spending consume of the federal budget?
40%
10%
30%
20%
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★Federal Aid to State and Local
Governments
●Grants-in-aid
●Called intergovernmental revenue
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Multiple Choice
What is federal aid to state and local governments called?
Taxation
Grants
Intergovernmental Revenue
Subsidies
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Federal Spending
★Mandatory and Discretionary Spending
●Mandatory spending
■revenue required by law to spend in
certain ways
●Social Security, Medicare, etc.
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