Multiple Choice
Suppose there was a debate regarding student financial aid budgets and the Democrat was arguing for a budget increase from $40 billion to $50 billion and the Republican was arguing for the budget to increase to only $41 billion. Further suppose college costs were project to rise 10% even with the same number of students. The Democrat accuses the Republican of proposing a cut to education, the Republican insists his plan increases education spending. What is going on here?
A) The Republican is cutting education only if you use current services budgeting.
B) The Republican is cutting education only if you use baseline budgeting.
C) Both are proposing increases. The Democrat is lying regardless of budgeting technique.
D) Both are proposing cuts. They are both lying regardless of budgeting technique.
Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
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