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Assignment:

TASK

You are going to fix the United States Budget debt. Go to https://www.federalbudgetchallenge.org/ and balance the budget the best you can. When you first log in, it will ask for some personal information. Feel free to put fake information there.

To begin the simulation, click the "Start" button and be sure to read below your choices.

There are eight categories where your choices will affect the debt. Negative numbers next to a choice indicate how much the debt will be reduced, positive numbers add to the debt. Use the "Next" and "Back" buttons to navigate to each section; do not use your browser's navigation arrows. Click the "Done" button when finished making all the choices you want. The bar graph on the right will chart how your choices affect the debt-to-GDP ratio relative to the 70% goal. Visit the FAQ page for more on how the exercise works.

1. What Investments did you make? Why?
2. Did you cut anything? What and why?
3. What policies and departments do you think are most important to protect in the US Budget?
4. Do you think the current US Congress can reach an agreement on the budget by the due date this year? Can they balance the budget? How has the coronavirus affected the budget?