ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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- Which of the following is an example of a "government failure"?
- Government implementing a balanced budget amendment to get the national debt under control to protect future generations against consequences of accumulated debt.
- Government spending $56 billion on outdated technology, $1.2M to research social habits of monkeys, $25 billion lost on unreconciled transactions, $100 billion on Medicare overspending.
- Government enforcing the immigration laws on the books, securing the U.S southern border, protecting U.S. citizens' constitutional rights under the 1st Amendment, 2nd Amendment, etc.
- All of the answers are correct.
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