Question

Read the passage.

"Meeting the spending targets in this budget meant some very difficult choices."
President Barack Obama,
2012 Budget Message of the President

What did the president mean when he said he had to face “very difficult choices” when creating a federal budget?

Responses

deciding what would be funded and what would be cut
deciding what would be funded and what would be cut

deciding how to keep interest rates low on the national debt
deciding how to keep interest rates low on the national debt

deciding which country to borrow from to finance spending
deciding which country to borrow from to finance spending

deciding how much to increase tax rates

Answer 1

deciding what would be funded and what would be cut

He meant the budget forced choices about which programs and services to keep or reduce/eliminate because available funds were limited.