Across
- 3. than you make
- 7. Money spent minus money earned
- 9. prosperity and ensuring the financial security of
- 11. Default, Failure to fulfill an obligation, especially
- 12. pay on the debt they already borrowed.
- 13. limiting how much money the federal government
- 14. debt ceiling in America(do away with)
- 16. executive agency responsible for promoting
- 17. Makes silver coins
- 18. Nixon shock, In 1971, President Nixon decided to take
- 19. Abolish, What many people think we should do with
- 21. The number of times the US has hit the debt ceiling
Down
- 1. off the gold standard
- 2. repay a loan or appear in a court of law.
- 4. debt that can be incurred by the U.S. Treasury,
- 5. Fiscal Year, The period of time for taxing or
- 6. 1960.
- 8. purposes.
- 10. how to make sure you do not spend more
- 13. United States.
- 15. money owed
- 17. Debt Ceiling, A legislative limit on the amount of
- 18. Gold standard-Money was backed by gold
- 20. United States Department of the Treasury, A
