If We Compare Spending as a Percentage of GDP by Local

question 32

Multiple Choice

If we compare spending as a percentage of GDP by local and state governments and by the federal government from 1960 to 2010, we realize that

• A)federal government spending was more volatile than local and state government spending
• B) local and state government spending was more volatile than federal government spending
• C)total spending by local and state governments exceeded federal government spending over the fifty year period
• D)federal government spending was at least three times as much as spending by local and state governments over the fifty year period
• E)spending by local and state governments followed the pattern of total government spending more closely than federal government spending did

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