Author Question: Much of the federal budget goes toward the cost of Social Security, yet Congressional efforts to ... (Read 59 times)

asmith134 · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

Much of the federal budget goes toward the cost of Social Security, yet Congressional efforts to change this are hampered because spending for this program is considered

A) infallible.
B) partisan.
C) uncontrollable.
D) unnecessary.
E) majoritarian.

Question 2

When asked in a recent national poll whether federal spending should be increased, decreased or kept about the same for eighteen different purposes, respondents said that every category of spending should be maintained or increased EXCEPT

A) highways, military defense and foreign aid.
B) welfare, unemployment aid and the space program.
C) education, aid to the world's needy, and child care.
D) military defense, unemployment aid, and aid to the world's needy.
E) respondents believed every category of spending should be maintained or increased.