Principles of Economics 2e
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Chapter 30, Problem 9SCQ
True or False:
- Federal spending has grown substantially in recent decades.
- By world standards, the U.S. government controls a relatively large share of the U.S. economy.
- A majority of the federal government’s revenue Is collected through personal income taxes.
- Education spending is slightly larger at the federal level than at the state and local level.
- State and local government spending has not risen much in recent decades.
- Defense spending is higher now than ever.
- The share of the economy going to federal taxes has increased substantially over time.
- Foreign aid is a large portion, although less than half, of federal spending.
- Federal deficits have been very large for the last two decades.
- The accumulated federal debt as a share of
GDP is near an all-time high.
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