Debt Ceilings Are Designed to

question 115

Multiple Choice

Debt ceilings are designed to

• A)Reduce the deficit.
• B)Balance the federal budget.
• C)Specifically reduce the external debt.
• D)Do nothing since the Supreme Court held them unconstitutional in 1985.

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