Budgetary Spending Items That Cannot Be Easily Avoided, Such as Interest

question 54

Multiple Choice

Budgetary spending items that cannot be easily avoided, such as interest payments on the national debt, are called __________ spending.

• A) subsidy
• B) mandatory
• C) discretionary
• D) deficit

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Definitions:

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