Debt Ceiling

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