Prompt
Creating a federal budget is an important decision that the government has to make and consider the political implications of
those decisions. You are the president's economic
adviser. The president has come to you for advice about how to cut the
federal budget. You must align with their campaign promises
and must help his bid for reelection.
The president has made the following promises during their campaign: Taxes will not rise, Social Security, Medicare, and the
Commerce budget will not be cut, Military spending
will increase by 20%, and the budget deficit will decrease in your plan.
Using the graph below, determine what two of your largest cuts will be and why did you choose these two areas? Explain
your answer in at least two complete sentences
.