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Assignment – Balance the budget
To show you just how difficult it is to balance the budget, you are going to give it a try. Go to the National Budget Simulator and do your best to balance the budget. In it, you will have to decide where to make cuts, and how much to cut. After you finish the simulation, check out your results..
Download and complete the National Budget Simulation Worksheet
Once you have completed the worksheet, submit it to your instructor.
Point value: 50 points
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National Budget Simulation Worksheet
Directions: When you have finished your budget simulation and reviewed your results, answer the following reflection
questions by writing at least 4-5 sentences for each.
1. Describe how successful you were at balancing the budget by providing your ending numbers.
I believe I tried to balace the budget but my figures were not balanced per se.each and every department
needed allocation of resources. Eventually I recorded a higher deficit which i was hoping to avoid. I realize I
may have failed in effectively balancing out the budget.
2. How will the program cuts that you made affect specific groups (the elderly, students, environmentalists, savers,
the poor, foreign aid recipients, producers, etc.)? What programs did you choose to cut? Why did you choose
those programs over others?
I cut transportation and administration of justice. I mainly felt as though the budget was exeeding the budget
set for 2012. I believe cutting fu...
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