Question

What is the main goal in creating the federal budget?
Responses

managing businesses and increasing spending on all programs
managing businesses and increasing spending on all programs

finding a way to slow down rapid economic growth
finding a way to slow down rapid economic growth

deciding how to manage the government’s tax revenue and expenditures
deciding how to manage the government’s tax revenue and expenditures

finding a way to allow the economy to run on its own

Answer 1

deciding how to manage the government’s tax revenue and expenditures

(Primary purpose: allocate funds, set priorities, and balance revenues and spending—i.e., fiscal management.)