Budget Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. amount borrowed in a single year
  2. 4. control, by the Federal Reserve Board, of the money supply
  3. 7. taxing and spending by the Congress and the President
  4. 9. economic support provided by government to aid an individual, industry, or business
  5. 11. spending revisited yearly by Congress/President ex. defense spending
  6. 14. Social Security is an example
  7. 15. healthcare for people 65+
Down
  1. 1. total amount of money the government owes over years
  2. 3. provides nonpartisan advise to Congress about budgetary decisions
  3. 5. #1 source of revenue for the federal government
  4. 6. social security, medicare, medicaid, interest on the debt that must be paid
  5. 8. the charge for borrowing money
  6. 10. term for when government brings in more money than it spends
  7. 12. part of EOP that advises the President about the budget
  8. 13. healthcare for needy people