Question

What are the five largest expenditures for the federal, state, and local governments? Place answers in order from highest to lowest. (Some answer choices may be used more than once.)(15 points)
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Top 5 Federal Expenses
Top 5 State Expenses
Top 5 Local Expenses

answers:
Health and hospitals
public welfare
highways and roads
police and corrections
Medicaid
interest on the national dept
k-12 schools
higher education
Social Security retirement benefits
military and defense
medicare

Answer 1

Here are the five largest expenditures for federal, state, and local governments, listed in order from highest to lowest:

### Top 5 Federal Expenses
1. **Social Security retirement benefits**
2. **Medicare**
3. **Medicaid**
4. **military and defense**
5. **interest on the national debt**

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### Top 5 State Expenses
1. **public welfare**
2. **Medicaid**
3. **higher education**
4. **K-12 schools**
5. **highways and roads**

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### Top 5 Local Expenses
1. **K-12 schools**
2. **police and corrections**
3. **highways and roads**
4. **public welfare**
5. **higher education**

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